COVID death rates are higher among Republicans than Democrats. Gosh, what in heavens name could be the reason for that I wonder?

Covid death rates are higher among Republicans than Democrats. The reason is up for debate.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/covid-death-rates-higher-republicans-democrats-why-rcna50883?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_np&utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

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ElwoodBlues · M

@Montanaman says

but you do realize that number is grossly exaggerated. A person dies of kidney failure, blame it on Covid.
Just saying. I know Covid is real. It's just how it's used to control Americans and install fear.

The evidence says otherwise.

Here in the table are US death numbers for the top ten causes of death for six years ending in 2020. Notice how there are 20% more deaths in 2020 than the average of the previous five years? Doing the math, that's about 500,000 excess deaths in 2020.

Notice how, in 2020, 345,000 of those 500,000 excess deaths are classified as Covid? Notice how almost all causes of death rose in 2020, including cancer & heart disease?

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2778234

If there's any validity to the claim that lots of deaths have been mis-classified as Covid, why did almost all causes of death increase in 2020? Wouldn't mis-classification produce a reduction in those other causes? The evidence says mis-classification is a red herring.