@John_Hempton I doubt it influenced much. The hardcore MAGAs are typically in solid red electorates. Unlikely that excess deaths spread across the US swung any elections. Add gerrymandering to the equation and almost certainly nil.
More interesting would be whether it influenced survivors…
@MikeCarlton01 It’s good. Best take I’ve seen is the US is a centre left country with a gerrymandering problem.
GOP may still take the house but the red wave was bullshit. Biased and poor polling. Underestimated young voters who are probably repelled by MAGA
@raglandwrites It gets them lots of internet points as they ascend the cultish tech ponzi. Fine when you live on ungodly VC money for your wOrLd ChanGing Idea 🤡
@AvidCommentator Non partisan bureaucracy that is proud of its independence and mandatory voting. Probably the most important two facets. Still need to guard against bad actors but @AusElectoralCom does a brilliant job.
“Infecting an entire generation is irresponsible. We don’t yet know what this infection does to children’s immune systems when it occurs repeatedly.”
Karl Lauterbach, Minister for Health, Germany.
@John_Hempton@tim_cook@elonmusk As a non-finance type … could you please help me calculate the ROI on a $44bn begging bowl, where people give you $8 at a time…
@VictorianCHO What are your thoughts on early reports antivirals possibly prevent long covid? Some societal and long term health system impacts to consider…