"Republican-leaning “red” states were much more resistant to health measures." And they had higher infection rates, hospitalization and death rates.Do you really think that then THEY would, "if in doubt, put down cause of death, as covid", to quote your silly suggestion? Why would they OVERESTIMATE their deaths?"How many of the excess deaths during the epidemic are due to Covid-19, and how many are due to our responses of healthcare reorganisation and lockdown, we don’t know."Well, we can certainly see in the USA the Republican states' responses, in their resistance to health measures, are the most likely cause of their excess deaths, compared to the Democrat states, who did try to protect their people. But you have your "doubts".Perhaps you will claim that, in contrast, the Democrat states have underestimated their infections, hospitalizations and deaths? For some unknowable reason?
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