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Wednesday, March 30th, 2022

For red and blue America, a glaring divide in COVID-19 death rates persists 2 years later

Author:     Arielle Mitropoulos
Source:     abc News
Publication Date:     March 28, 2022 | 3:32 AM
 Link: For red and blue America, a glaring divide in COVID-19 death rates persists 2 years later
Stephan:   History, I think, is going to make much of the MAGAt world's death cult in which hundreds of thousands of Americans through willful ignorance chose to give up their lives in their allegiance to one of the greatest criminals in the centuries of America. Indeed, so great is their subservience to his will that despite everything we have learned in the past year they will vote for him if he is still out of prison and runs for president again in 2024.

Political polarization in the U.S. was evident and intensifying long before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, two years ago.

Americans were already deeply divided about a multitude of issues, with differing opinions concerning healthcare, immigration, voting rights, gun reform and climate change, often leaving little room for collaboration across the aisle.

Polling shows that the emergence of the novel coronavirus in 2020 exacerbated the rift, pushing Americans further apart on key pandemic response efforts.

Surveys from Pew Research Center, last year, found that in the early months of the pandemic, about 6 in 10 Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents believed the virus was a major threat to the health of the U.S. population, compared to only a third of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents. That 26-point gap would ultimately grow to approximately 40 points by the fall, researchers found.MORE: Fears of COVID-19 resurgence in the US grow as officials warn of potential upticks

Over the last two years, few issues have been more divisive than the pandemic and related policies […]

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