Thread by @Laurie_Garrett

This reminds me of a strange set of events in the Reagan Admin. A big study done in a huge SoCAL retirement community concluded that estrogen therapy after menopause prevented women from having heart attacks. The Reagan admin promoted estrogen for millions of women. BUT [more]

https://twitter.com/B52Malmet/status/1457684809547984901

2/ The estrogen supplements caused ovarian & breast cancer & gave no benefit in cutting cardiac disease.
A look-back on that study revealed that the healthier women in that retirement community were, yes, taking estrogen, but also working out, eating low fat diets, and...
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3/..were visited more by family members & tended to vote #Democrat. Highest mortality was in women who were the opposite on all factors.
So, will #Republicans have a 2021 drop in life expectancy due to misinfo beliefs, #COVID19, anti-science, bad diets? Or no diff vs #Democrats ?

4/ During the #DeltaVariant surge we have seen many cases of people on their #COVID19 deathbeds regretting believing lies, not wearing masks, failure to vaccinate. The current US sit'n is "an epidemic of the unvaccinated," says @CDCgov . We need better data to parse this. [more]

5/ Are unvax'ed also more likely to:
- refuse to wear masks & social distance?
- generally reject health warnings & exercise?
- less likely to routinely see a MD & get check-ups?
- likely to choose friends, follow news & vote with a particular party?
Don't assume: get real data.