Political ideology and the effectiveness of public health measures.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From
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In conjunction with the October issue of Health Affairs, which will
focus on disability and health
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disability and health, by writers with lived experience of disability.
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COVID-19 And Political Affiliation
Political ideology has long been known to affect health-related
behaviors, attitudes, and risk perception. Partisan differences in
attitudes toward COVID-19 policies including requiring masks, social
distancing, and vaccines are apparent in the United States.
In a June article of Health Affairs, Neil Sehgal and coauthors compare
the number of COVID-19 deaths through October 31, 2021, among counties
with differing levels of Republican vote share
,
using 2020 presidential election returns to characterize county
political affiliation.
They find that counties in which a majority of presidential votes cast
were for the Republican presidential candidate in 2020 experienced 72.9
additional COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 people relative to majority
Democratic counties.
"It is likely that individual political beliefs compromise the
effectiveness of local policies and public health measures," Sehgal
and coauthors conclude.
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