studies, alex for all your viewers out there and if governor desantis, if he is listening that is what multiple peer reviewed studies that have been scientifically done have shown, that this is a mild side effect at worst. and it s very rare. and oh, by the way, infection with the coronavirus can cause a more severe manifestation of myocarditis. they are only talking they are cherry-picking data they are doing bad science. and they re putting it on the internet. they re not even going through peer review. but to your point, to your very good point, by doing just that, they are telling some people out there what they want to hear. they are creating a megaphone effect around that very flawed set of data. if you are a scientist, to do this to a population, it s so shameful, for political ends. dr. vin gupta critical care pulmonologist and faculty member at the university of washington s institute for health metrics and evaluation. dr. gupta, thanks for helping us understand wh
joining us now to talk about all this is dr. vin gupta, a critical care pulmonologist in faculty member at the university of washington s institute for health metrics and evaluation. dr. gupta, thank you for making time for us this evening. given the data that we have now, is partisan affiliation a risk factor for contracting covid at this point? alex, good evening. it certainly seems to be. and in terms of getting infected, certainly in terms of ending up in the hospital, alex, what we have seen, and moving forward we are going to see this from working conditions overtime that there is a vaccine that exists that vaccines that can prevent infection certainly prevent severe illness. it seems like blue cities have greater prevalence and greater uptick of vaccines at the individual level. those communities are better protected. and as a result, those hospital systems are less likely to undergo any type of stress-like condition.
university of washington s institute for health metrics and evaluation. dr. gupta, thank you for making time for us this evening. given the data that we have now, is partisan affiliation a risk factor for contracting covid at this point? alex, good evening. it certainly seems to be. and in terms of getting infected, certainly in terms of ending up in the hospital, alex, what we have seen, and moving forward we are going to see this from working more that there is a vaccine that exists that prevents severe illness. it seems like blue cities have greater prevalence and greater uptick of vaccines at the individual level. those communities are better protected. and as a result, those hospital systems are less likely to undergo any type of stress-like condition. certainly, we are seeing that divide across political lines. are our public health
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