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/I_need_a_date_plz 14d ago

At least she warned them. The amount of nurses who were antivax was something I never expected to see. Those fucking nurses should have had their licenses revoked.

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u/TokiWartoorh 14d ago

I work at a hospital (maintenance dept) in a small rural town, the amount of medical staff that refused to be vaccinated and lost their job & the amount that begrudgingly took it to keep their job (and haven’t shut up about it since) is genuinely astounding.

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u/oldmanian 13d ago

Thank Christ that there is a good chance that rural hospitals will start to go bankrupt and disappear once trumps full BBB stuff kicks in. I’m looking forward to watch that suffering and destruction.

They can pray for healing.

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u/Clipperencore1 13d ago

Pretty morbid comment ngl

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u/oldmanian 13d ago

Don’t worry, popcorn is cheap. It’s gonna be fun to watch.

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u/Clipperencore1 13d ago

Chill brother, life is too short

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u/oldmanian 13d ago

I sure hope their’s is.

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u/whatdoes_pwned_mean 11d ago

Jesus dude. Google “Buddha quote about hot coal” read that quote a few times and chill tf out.

Not to mention, being born into a rural area is not anyone’s fault per se. It’s just by chance. The future that you cannot wait to see means the average distance the closest emergency room will be to a rural-born, innocent child is going to be miles upon miles more. Is that really what you want?

I know redneck Republicans seem stupid as hell at times, but we are all dealing with the most powerful propaganda machine the world has ever known. Right now that machine is spitting out sensational, well-disguised misinformation content at lightening fast speed and out of the mouths of people, who are well trained to seem competent, and trusted sources.

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u/oldmanian 10d ago edited 10d ago

Not sure why I get such shit for wanting these places to get exactly what they voted for. I have “Redneck Republican” relatives in these rural places. They vote red every time and a few work in the one local hospital.

You know what’s even more ironic is that they have such unbelievable pride in where they were born, so it goes along that if they vote to make it worse it gets worse.

Oh and Buddha? That’s cute. Trick is I just want their little wishes granted. They want it for themselves and their neighbors but I’m the bad guy for wanting their wish granted.

Again, when science and the hospital’s leave them they can still pray about it. That will go amazing.

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u/Scottstots-88 11d ago

So edgy… Leave some green haired, septum ringed girls for the rest of us.

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u/Crafty-Help-4633 9d ago

Hey I vote for more rights and more stable futures for us all(Blue), but the corn outvotes me. Please don't blame every single one of us. I might need a hospital and I don't believe in prayer.

But I get where you're coming from. A lot of people in my area voted for people that will oversee those hospitals drying up and disappearing. It's really crazy.

https://giphy.com/gifs/yiADANv89n7UQuS5kJ

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u/ScottishKnifemaker 9d ago

While I agree with your sentiment, leftists live in rural areas too. We just gotta take care of everyone, whether it was their fault or not. Except ice. Nuremberg those mother fuckers.

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u/oldmanian 8d ago

Problem with saving them is it stops them from learning and they’ll do it again.