Obesity, lack of health care, lack of education, and then, eventually, lack of vaccination.
Whornz4 on
Is this surprising? The average age of Hawaii residents is 8 years longer than Mississippi or West Virginia residents.Â
new_jill_city on
Mistrust of the medical establishment and fewer healthcare resources in Republican-dominated rural areas
manofredearth on
Republican corruption, greed, and misinformation.
Son_of_Plato on
People used to know how dumb they were and actually listen to advice and fall in line. Now everyone has access to infinite validation on the internet and think they know everything and listen to nobody.
VolkRiot on
Republicans represent a lot of poor and uneducated people looking to blame someone other than the wealthy and powerful interests that dictate their entire party’s platform.
tapdancinghellspawn on
So many reasons. Poor diet. Bad to no health care. Misinformation about covid, etc.
KiwasiGames on
That graph is pretty self explanatory. The red line is flat since around 2010 and the blue line keeps dropping.
That would suggest that people on the blue line are taking advantage of new scientific advances and red people aren’t.
The_Bjorn_Identity on
This is the kind of thing thats hard to *scientifically* pinpoint but, like, we all know why
New_Celebration906 on
Republicans aren’t praying hard enough.
redderGlass on
Diet. The American diet is horrible. And nobody mentions the biggest issue: sugar!
We have been lied to about how had sugar is for us. It is worse than alcohol yet we happily feed it to children.
chowmushi on
So I recently asked my doctor for a prescription to get the newly restricted COVID vaccine. I figured the idiots in the health department had made this mandatory. I found out that NYS does not restrict the COVID vaccine and I can just go get it at the local pharmacy. Maybe sensible decisions help people in blue states live longer?
Miklay83 on
Bad food and overpriced healthcare.
dogmealyem on
Effective public health interventions are usually practical, boots on the ground stuff, not necessarily new innovations- accessible clinics, affordable preventative care, pollution control, access to nutritious food and safe housing, addiction treatment, road and pedestrian safety, that kinda thing. It’s done by infrastructure and social programs which need government investment. Republicans tend to cut those investments.Â
CanadianLadyMoose on
Red states have:
– Less and often worse education (creationism in science classes, abstinence only sex ed)
– More guns
– higher obesity rates
– less access and to worse Healthcare (such as rural communities having fewer hospitals, and smaller hospitals that have to transfer patients elsewhere for procedures when they lack equipment)
– distrust of medical science leading to lower vaccination rates, fewer checkups, less pediatric involvement, and inappropriate/harmful experimental home treatments
– more privatized/less regulated industries and thus worse infrastructure leading to poorer air, soil, and water qualities
– more likely to legalize and participate in inbreeding (first cousin marriages)
– lower rates of post secondary education
– low media literacy, low media access
Gullible-Apricot3379 on
Red counties tend to be rural. Blue counties tend to be urban.
I wonder how this would chart against a metric like average distance from a hospital, or more specifically, from a stroke center or trauma center.
Kelathos on
A people who reject scientific advancement are going to miss the prosperity it brings.
Varnu on
For the same reason that the the value you can gain from an investment is unlimited, but the most you can lose is 100%. The floor is the floor. There’s no ceiling. We still have stone-age tribes on this planet! And we almost certainly will when we land people on Mars.
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Obesity, lack of health care, lack of education, and then, eventually, lack of vaccination.
Is this surprising? The average age of Hawaii residents is 8 years longer than Mississippi or West Virginia residents.Â
Mistrust of the medical establishment and fewer healthcare resources in Republican-dominated rural areas
Republican corruption, greed, and misinformation.
People used to know how dumb they were and actually listen to advice and fall in line. Now everyone has access to infinite validation on the internet and think they know everything and listen to nobody.
Republicans represent a lot of poor and uneducated people looking to blame someone other than the wealthy and powerful interests that dictate their entire party’s platform.
So many reasons. Poor diet. Bad to no health care. Misinformation about covid, etc.
That graph is pretty self explanatory. The red line is flat since around 2010 and the blue line keeps dropping.
That would suggest that people on the blue line are taking advantage of new scientific advances and red people aren’t.
This is the kind of thing thats hard to *scientifically* pinpoint but, like, we all know why
Republicans aren’t praying hard enough.
Diet. The American diet is horrible. And nobody mentions the biggest issue: sugar!
We have been lied to about how had sugar is for us. It is worse than alcohol yet we happily feed it to children.
So I recently asked my doctor for a prescription to get the newly restricted COVID vaccine. I figured the idiots in the health department had made this mandatory. I found out that NYS does not restrict the COVID vaccine and I can just go get it at the local pharmacy. Maybe sensible decisions help people in blue states live longer?
Bad food and overpriced healthcare.
Effective public health interventions are usually practical, boots on the ground stuff, not necessarily new innovations- accessible clinics, affordable preventative care, pollution control, access to nutritious food and safe housing, addiction treatment, road and pedestrian safety, that kinda thing. It’s done by infrastructure and social programs which need government investment. Republicans tend to cut those investments.Â
Red states have:
– Less and often worse education (creationism in science classes, abstinence only sex ed)
– More guns
– higher obesity rates
– less access and to worse Healthcare (such as rural communities having fewer hospitals, and smaller hospitals that have to transfer patients elsewhere for procedures when they lack equipment)
– distrust of medical science leading to lower vaccination rates, fewer checkups, less pediatric involvement, and inappropriate/harmful experimental home treatments
– more privatized/less regulated industries and thus worse infrastructure leading to poorer air, soil, and water qualities
– more likely to legalize and participate in inbreeding (first cousin marriages)
– lower rates of post secondary education
– low media literacy, low media access
Red counties tend to be rural. Blue counties tend to be urban.
I wonder how this would chart against a metric like average distance from a hospital, or more specifically, from a stroke center or trauma center.
A people who reject scientific advancement are going to miss the prosperity it brings.
For the same reason that the the value you can gain from an investment is unlimited, but the most you can lose is 100%. The floor is the floor. There’s no ceiling. We still have stone-age tribes on this planet! And we almost certainly will when we land people on Mars.