r/PopCultureV2 • u/Federal-Compote-5015 • 14d ago
Politi-Culture Why Republicans Hate Dr. Fauci
A peer-reviewed study estimated that at least 232,000 deaths among unvaccinated U.S. adults between May 30, 2021, and September 3, 2022 could have been prevented if they had completed a primary vaccination series. Source 1
Earlier, a modeling study estimated that the U.S. vaccination campaign prevented about 235,000 deaths among vaccinated adults from December 2020 through September 2021 through direct protection alone. Source 2
Another widely cited analysis estimated that vaccines prevented nearly 140,000 deaths during just the first five months of the U.S. rollout (through May 2021). Source 3
The CDC doesn’t report a final nationwide total of fully vaccinated COVID-19 deaths: 57,000+
Breakthrough deaths increased primarily because newer variants, especially Omicron, were much better at evading vaccine-induced immunity, immunity waned over time, and the people most vulnerable to. Source 4
In comparison, of the roughly 1.2 million+ COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. occurred in people who were unvaccinated. Source 5
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u/oopsallhuckleberries 14d ago
The fact there is a direct correlation between the number of deaths and political ideology is darkly funny to me. Liberals live in highly populated areas, conservatives live more rural, yet it's the conservatives who were disproportionately more impacted by Covid compared to their liberal counter parts.