I always bristle at this comment as well. "It's Trump supporters....they are the ones refusing to get vaccinated."
People make decisions, such as vaccination/non-vaccination, individually.....which is their right. To generalize and state it's all one's political party affiliation that dictates which side of the fence you stand on is: being too lazy to do basic research on the matter, you've had success in previous arguments lumping everyone in one bucket and no one has challenged you on it or that line of thinking is so ingrained in you that you don't want to do even the most rudimentary research on the matter and you're just being obsequious to that line of thinking/ talk track. The fact that there is not a 100% vaccination rate within the NFL should put the "It's all the Trump supporters fault" to rest. But just in case:
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...s-react-nfl-vaccine-memo-questions-future-nfl.
As a previous poster replied, I too spend quite a bit of time in the HealthCare arena based upon being in the Med Device Space for almost 20 Years. My Team Members sit in Arterial and Venous cases daily.....with their level of involvement being very high on the Venous side. When Covid first hit last year, one of my TMs stated to me that the blood looked noticeably different with Covid patients... with more of a molasses consistency to it. So the statements that Covid patients are probably more hypercoagulative is correct. I'll add additional thoughts in a second.
Years ago, I also spent some time as a Product Manager for Infectious Disease Testing with one of the larger Healthcare Companies in the World. One of the assays we tested for was PSA. It was many years ago, but I believe the figure was something like 70% of males will die with some form of Prostate Cancer..... not BECAUSE of Prostate Cancer, but will have a degree of Prostate Cancer when they die. This falls into my belief that the Covid numbers are inflated. Going back to my current role in Med Devices, I can tell you that in speaking to more than one of my Team Members and others in the Industry, documenting a Covid positive patient is important for Hospitals on two fronts: 1. Obviously they want to know as the Cath Lab/ Specials Lab is full of immunocompromised individuals and 2. The Gov't was compensating Hospitals for their levels of Covid positivity. My Team members have been in Caths or Endo cases where someone has made a point to state/ask,
"Did we test/ document this patient's Covid status?"
Going back to the Vaccination and how its an individual's right to make that call; and that you HAVE to get the vaccination to "protect" yourself. Well, I can tell you that I know of two people who got the vaccine which caused a PE and they both died FROM the vaccine. So in both those instances, they would have been better off NOT getting the vaccine. Additionally, both my College aged kids contracted Covid with the only symptoms that presented were some leg achiness. One of them subsequently got the vaccine and was pretty sick for a couple days..... once again, she had Covid with little to no symptoms previously....but got so sick from the first shot that she didn't want to get the second shot. She ended up getting the 2nd shot.
My opinion is it's still up to the individual. Additionally, if you've had Covid and have a positive Anti-body Test, you shouldn't be required to get the vaccine. If you've had Covid previously and recovered from it without issue, why would you potentially want to increase your own personal viral load by getting vaccinated? Could a vaccine exacerbate the situation? You already have the Anti-bodies. And before someone says, "Well, there are variants", true and that is why some who have already been vaccinated are getting Covid again. And for those who say, the Vaccine doesn't have the potential to cause Blood Clots:
Hematology and oncology specialist Dr. Jeffrey Laurence answers questions about the connection between blood clotting, COVID-19 and vaccines.
news.weill.cornell.edu
In short, lumping people into a political party affiliation or intelligence bucket due to their own personal stance on Vaccination is in my opinion, very narrow minded. I have interacted with more then a few Vaccine Drum Beaters who I wouldn't hire to change the light bulb on my porch.
With all that said, I am clearly aware that I have never met nor probably will meet any of you any time soon.......