this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2023
48 points (91.4% liked)

United States | News & Politics

7146 readers
199 users here now

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] rdeets 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A few articles to put this in context (listed chronologically):

The U.S. now has the most coronavirus cases in the world - FORTUNE March 27, 2020

COVID-19 Infections And Deaths Are Higher Among Those With Intellectual Disabilities - NPR June 9, 2020

Study Finds ‘Single Largest Driver’ of Coronavirus Misinformation: Trump - The New York Times September 30, 2020

Trump campaign rallies led to more than 30,000 coronavirus cases, Stanford researchers say - CNBC October 31, 2020

United States sets record for most Covid-19 deaths reported in one day - CNN January 12, 2021

A Tsunami of Disability Is Coming as a Result of ‘Long COVID’ - SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN July 6, 2021

Guidance on “Long COVID” as a Disability Under the ADA, Section 504, and Section 1557 - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services July 26, 2021

For COVID-19 vaccinations, party affiliation matters more than race and ethnicity | COMMENTARY - BROOKINGS October 1, 2021

2021 Progress Report: The Impact of COVID-19 on People with Disabilities - National Council on Disability October 29, 2021

Pro-Trump counties now have far higher COVID death rates. Misinformation is to blame - NPR December 5, 2021

U.S. Has Far Higher Covid Death Rate Than Other Wealthy Countries - The New York TImes February 1, 2022

Why the COVID death rate in the U.S. is so much higher than other wealthy nations - PBS NewsHour February 2, 2022

Vastly unequal US has world’s highest Covid death toll – it’s no coincidence - The Guardian February 6, 2022

COVID-19 Likely Resulted in 1.2 Million More Disabled People by the End of 2021—Workplaces and Policy Will Need to Adapt - Center for American Progress February 9, 2022

The number of Americans who say they won't get a COVID shot hasn't budged in a year - NPR May 10, 2022

Does US really have world's highest Covid death toll? - BBC News May 12, 2022

This is how many lives could have been saved with COVID vaccinations in each state - NPR May 13, 2022

How long covid could change the way we think about disability - The Washington Post June 6, 2022

Long COVID Could Be a ‘Mass Deterioration Event’ - The Atlantic June 15, 2022

Covid death rates are higher among Republicans than Democrats, mounting evidence shows - NBC News October 6, 2022

States With the Worst COVID-19 Vaccination Rates - U.S. News December 14, 2022

The Extent and Demographics of Long COVID Disability in United States - The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) December 20, 2022

U.S. records 100 million Covid cases, but more than 200 million Americans have probably had it - CNBC December 28, 2022

As Emergency Ends, a Look at Covid’s U.S. Death Toll - The New York Times May 11, 2023

TL;DR: You might want to recalibrate your compass.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's all well and good, but this isn't the community it belongs in.

[–] rdeets 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can't separate the country from the pandemic, as I have previously proven.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We both know that you posted this on every community and magazine that you could think of for it to be remotely relevant. It's not really relevant here. You don't have to have it on every community.

[–] rdeets 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't that half of the point of a social link aggregation and discussion platform?

Lemmy is a selfhosted social link aggregation and discussion platform. It is completely free and open, and not controlled by any company.

Lemmy - A link aggregator for the fediverse

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Posting content to irrelevant communities? No, that's not the point. This isn't the right community for that link. You might as well have posted it on a community about cats.