Interesting, eh? The areas of the States less likely to be vaccinated are the ones with more excess deaths.
Edit 1: add a link: https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w30512/w30512.pdf
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Yes. This is an individual-level study and as such avoids the "ecological fallacy". Studies that look at US counties as opposed to individuals are showing the same results: July 18, 2022 "Democrat-leaning “blue” states were more likely to enact mask requirements and vaccine and social distancing mandates. Republican-leaning “red” states were much more resistant to health measures. The consequences of those differences emerged by the end of 2020, when rates of hospitalization and death from COVID rose in conservative counties and dropped in liberal ones." https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/people-in-republican-counties-have-higher-death-rates-than-those-in-democratic-counties/
No. "We do not observe a statistically significant association between the county-level vaccination rate and the Republican-Democrat excess death gap until after the vaccine is widely available" In other words it showed that excess mortality figures remained the same between Republicans and Democrats until the vaccines came out. After that the Republicans started to die off at a higher rate.
Right. And you're still implying that it was due to vaccines. It could be due to vaccines, it could be due to masks, it could be due to social distancing, it could be due to a combination, or it could be due to something else entirely.
You saw a correlation and implied that it was due to vaccines. You have a bias and see what you want to see.
Take it up with Jacob Wallace, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, and Jason L. Schwartz. They're the people who wrote the paper.
Let us know what they say in response to your observations.
It’s a politically biased report. I already know where they stand.
"My mind is made up. Don't confuse me with the facts."
It's an old story folks.