A lot of really interesting insights on attitudes toward COVID is in the Ipsos COVID survey.
ipsos.com/en-us/news-pol…

ipsos.com/sites/default/…
According to this poll, here is the percentage of respondents of each group that claims to be unvaccinated:

By Race:
Blacks - 37%
Whites - 26%
Hispanics - 26%
Other - 21%

By Party:
Republicans - 36%
Independents - 29%
Democrats - 15%
Percentage of respondents of each group that claims to be unvaccinated (continued):

By Educational Attainment:
High School or Less - 37%
Some College - 28%
Bachelor’s Degree or Higher - 14%
% who are NOT concerned about COVID:

Everyone - 30%

By race:
Whites - 36%
Hispanics - 24%
Other - 22%
Blacks - 14%

By party:
Republicans: 41%
Independents: 30%
Democrats: 10%
% who are NOT concerned about COVID, by race and vaccination status:

White/Unvaccinated - 64%
Other/Unvaccinated - 46%
Hispanic/Unvaccinated - 41%
White/Vaccinated - 25%
Black/Unvaccinated - 22%
Hispanic/Vaccinated - 18%
Other/Vaccinated - 16%
Black/Vaccinated - 10%
% who are NOT concerned about COVID, by vaccination status:

Unvaccinated - 52%
Vaccinated - 22%
% who are NOT concerned about COVID, by party and vaccination status:

Republican/Unvaccinated - 67%
Independent/Unvaccinated - 53%
Republican/Vaccinated - 43%
Independent/Vaccinated - 22%
Democrat/Unvaccinated - 20%
Democrat/Vaccinated - 8%
% of respondents from each group who say they don’t wear masks when they leave home:

By vaccination status:
Unvaccinated - 51%
Vaccinated - 28%
% of respondents who say they don’t wear masks when they leave home:

By race/vax status
White/Unvaccinated: 66%
Other/Unvaccinated: 42%
White/Vaccinated: 36%
Hispanic/Unvaccinated: 31%
Black/Unvaccinated: 19%
Other/Unvaccinated: 19%
Hispanic/Vaccinated: 17%
Black/Vaccinated: 10%
% of respondents of each group who do NOT trust the Federal Government for accurate COVID information:

Everyone: 50%

By race:
Whites - 55%
Blacks - 42%
Hispanics - 42%
Other - 41%
% who do NOT trust the Federal Government for COVID info:

By race/vaccination status:

White/Unvaccinated: 85%
Other/Unvaccinated: 72%
Hispanic/Unvaccinated:68%
Black/Unvaccinated: 61%
White/Vaccinated: 44%
Hispanic/Vaccinated: 33%
Other/Vaccinated: 33%
Black/Vaccinated: 30%
% who do NOT trust the Federal Government for COVID info:

By party:
Republicans: 75%
Independents: 54%
Democrats: 23%
% who do NOT trust the Federal Government for COVID info:

By party/vaccination status:
Republican/Unvaccinated: 89%
Independent/Unvaccinated: 79%
Republican/Vaccinated: 68%
Democrat/Unvaccinated: 48%
Independent/Vaccinated: 43%
Democrat/Vaccinated: 18%
The main problem with the politicization of this virus is that real people are dying. And you can see the bodies littered along the political map, consistent with what the surveys tell us about the attitudes of the various constituent groups.
It’s true that, statistically speaking, people who get COVID won’t die (although many very well may have other long-term consequences).

But it’s also true that MANY have died and will die. Needlessly. And that most of them are unvaccinated and otherwise don’t take it seriously.
What’s weird is that, from this survey, it seems that whites, especially Republicans, are a lot less worried about COVID and maybe thus are not getting vaccinated.

On the other hand, blacks ARE worried about it. But despite this, include many who will not get vaccinated.

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Another way to look at Christmas - for those who are worried about student debt.

Every one of us has incurred a debt that we can never pay off. No matter how hard we work.

And today we celebrate the day God announced Loan Forgiveness!
Every one of us has incurred this form of debt called sin. What is sin? The word literally means “to miss the mark.” We’re not perfect. Our great-great … great grandad, Adam, chose to disobey God. And all of us have chosen to do the same thing. Which isn’t inconsequential.
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“… for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” (Romans 3:23, NIV).

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“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in[a] Christ Jesus our Lord.”
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1) Oklahoma
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2021: 226 COVID deaths per 100k
2) West Virginia
2020: 75 COVID deaths per 100k
2021: 215 COVID deaths per 100k

3) Alabama
2020: 96 COVID deaths per 100k
2021: 229 COVID deaths per 100k

4) Kentucky
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2021: 198 COVID deaths per 100k
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2021: 184 COVID deaths per 100k

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2021: 177 COVID deaths per 100k

7) Florida
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Dear everybody who is tweeting #ManchinMustGo:

Have you ever been to West Virginia? Ever looked at the election results there? Ever seen the polls? Know anybody who has ever been there? Do you think the people there think about politics just like you do?

Please get a grip.
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Scenario A: Dems launch a holy war on Manchin right now.

1) Manchin then switches parties. Dems need him more than he needs them.

2) Mitch McConnell snatches the gavel from the Democrats.

3) You yell “this isn’t fair!”
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1) The Dem nominee gets crushed in the General Election. Like, crater in the ground crushed. Amy McGrath crushed.

2) The GOP has an even better chance of taking the Senate.

3) You hell “this isn’t fair!”
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This is not the government’s fault. The vaccines are readily available and anyone can easily get them. It’s OUR fault.
ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinat…
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UAE (90.28%)
Portugal (89.02%)
Singapore (87.00%)
Chile (85.40%)
Cuba (83.75%)
South Korea (82.00%)
Spain (80.82%)
Cambodia (80.20%)
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Canada (76.93%)
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China (74.53%)
Italy (73.63%)
France (71.78%)
Germany (69.66%)
UK (68.92%)
Brazil (66.12%)
Thailand (63.18%)
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