Pandemic of the Vaccinated and the Masked

[XLFD]

The most recent statewide statistics indicate two things:  1) the ten states with the highest vaccination rates have higher Covid-19 case rates than the ten states with the lowest vaccination rates, and 2) states with ongoing mask mandates have higher Covid-19 case rates on average, than those without. 

This seems to go against the narrative stridently echoed in the media, commercials, and other literature purporting to tell us that what we are experiencing is a 'pandemic of the unvaccinated' or that 'wearing masks will prevent Covid spread'.   The conclusion naturally offered by them is that governments, schools, and workplaces should impose mask and vaccine mandates, because it's what will save lives.  The data does not reflect that, in fact they indicate the reverse:  regarding Covid-19, wearing masks and getting vaxed is hazardous to your health.

The data used in this article comes from two CDC sources, another was used to find current mask laws:

1) the CDC's current (11-19-21) community transmission by state data (map below) 

2) the CDC's current (11-19-21) vaccine distribution tracker

3) Littler's current (11-18-21) statewide facemask orders

Vermont is for Vaccination

Combining data from the first two CDC sources, we look at the top ten vaccinated states with vaccinated rates over 64%, and then the bottom ten states with less than 50% vaccinated and get the following lists after we look on the interactive map for the current case rate statistics:

1. Vermont
Number of people fully vaccinated: 450,749
Percentage of population fully vaccinated: 72.24
Case rate (cases in last 7 days/100K): 362.7

2. Rhode Island
Number of people fully vaccinated: 761,791
Percentage of population fully vaccinated: 71.91
Case rate (cases in last 7 days/100K): 265.9

3. Maine
Number of people fully vaccinated: 964,009
Percentage of population fully vaccinated: 71.72
Case rate (cases in last 7 days/100K): 347.1

4. Connecticut (M)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 2,550,060
Percentage of population fully vaccinated: 71.52
Case rate (cases in last 7 days/100K): 133.7

5. Massachusetts (M)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 4,863,781
Percentage of population fully vaccinated: 70.57
Case rate (cases in last 7 days/100K): 269.8

6. New York (M)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 13,198,426
Percentage of population fully vaccinated: 67.85
Case rate (cases in last 7 days/100K): 218.2

7. New Jersey (M)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 5,977,160
Percentage of population fully vaccinated: 67.29
Case rate (cases in last 7 days/100K): 142.8

8. Maryland (M)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 4,042,361
Percentage of population fully vaccinated: 66.86
Case rate (cases in last 7 days/100K): 102.1

9. Washington (M)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 4,910,855
Percentage of population fully vaccinated: 64.49
Case rate (cases in last 7 days/100K): 185.5

10. Virginia (M)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 5,481,307
Percentage of population fully vaccinated: 64.22
Case rate (cases in last 7 days/100K): 124.5

The ten states with highest vaccination rates range from between 102.1 to 362.7 in case rates, averaging 215.23 in that category.  The seven states on this list between rank 4 and 10 all have at least indoor mask mandates, which explains the '(M)'. 

West Virginia is for Without Vaccination

Let's look at the least vaccinated ten states:

42. Georgia
Number of people fully vaccinated: 5,216,907
Percentage of population fully vaccinated: 49.14
Case rate (cases in last 7 days/100K): 77.6

43. Tennessee
Number of people fully vaccinated: 3,355,930
Percentage of population fully vaccinated: 49.14
Case rate (cases in last 7 days/100K): 126.7

44. Arkansas
Number of people fully vaccinated: 1,473,064
Percentage of population fully vaccinated: 48.81
Case rate (cases in last 7 days/100K): 136.3

45. Louisiana
Number of people fully vaccinated: 2,250,994
Percentage of population fully vaccinated: 48.42
Case rate (cases in last 7 days/100K): 69.3

46. North Dakota
Number of people fully vaccinated: 368,413
Percentage of population fully vaccinated: 48.34
Case rate (cases in last 7 days/100K): 446.2

47. Mississippi
Number of people fully vaccinated: 1,387,438
Percentage of population fully vaccinated: 46.62
Case rate (cases in last 7 days/100K): 85.6

48. Alabama
Number of people fully vaccinated: 2,237,829
Percentage of population fully vaccinated: 45.64
Case rate (cases in last 7 days/100K): 63.6

49. Wyoming
Number of people fully vaccinated: 260,997
Percentage of population fully vaccinated: 45.1
Case rate (cases in last 7 days/100K): 412.1

50. Idaho
Number of people fully vaccinated: 800,023
Percentage of population fully vaccinated: 44.77
Case rate (cases in last 7 days/100K): 210.4

51. West Virginia
Number of people fully vaccinated: 743,319
Percentage of population fully vaccinated: 41.48
Case rate (cases in last 7 days/100K): 308.1

The case rates range between 63.6 and 446.2, with sparsely populated North Dakota and Wyoming showing very high cases rates indeed.  Yet, the average case rates for the least vaccinated states is a modest 193.49.  None of these states are among the 17 states that have longstanding mask mandates.

The USA average of case rates at this time (found in the first CDC source) is 198.7, illustrating that the ten least vaccinated states fall below average at 193.5, and that the ten most vaccinated states, at 215.2, are nearly 10% over the national average of case rates.  Despite what you hear from Big Media or Big Medical, Covid-19 spread is significantly more prevalent in highly vaccinated states.

Additionally, among the ten other states with mask mandates (none of those mandates recently imposed with the intent of stopping viral spread) you find none among the 15 states with lowest case rates.  High vaccination rates go with mask mandates and both go with elevated case rates.  When one looks at those ten states, their ranking in vaccination rates and their current case rates we see this: 13. Oregon 156.9, 14. New Mexico 550.6, 15. Colorado 383.9, 16. California 84.5, 19. Delaware 235.8, 20. Illinois 240.8, 22. Hawaii 54.8, 31) Nevada 178.1, 34. North Carolina 141.1, 36. Kentucky 260.5.

Those ten states have a 228.7 average case rate, that's more than 15% above the national average.  Despite what you hear from Big Media or Big Medical, Covid-19 spread is significantly more prevalent in states with longstanding mask mandates.

Neither of those sources will ever combine that data and make the same observation-- to the contrary they keep trying to tell us all that the current surge in cases across the country is because of the sins of the unvaxed and the unmasked.  In reality, those states that are not using masks and not getting the jab in large numbers are significantly outperforming those that have embraced those prophylactics.  

The current epidemic appears to be buoyed by the vaxed and masked, according to the latest CDC stats.

[Willy]

[RK Hubbard]

Evidence please......

[stump]

This will be interesting, how many pages will be filled by this evidence.

[RK Hubbard]

Stump, at least 61 entries could be made with minute details about the lawsuits (62 in all) that Trump lost. That would be many thousands of pages. 

[Willy]

Tucker Carlson after 2020 election!

[RK Hubbard]

A year-old speech by Tucker Carlson is evidence?  Now that's funny! Willy, you are really a hoot sometimes! 

[Barney Reinberg]

"If your tired of lock downs or you're tired of wearing masks or wish you were in church this morning or watching college football, or your kids were [in] in person instruction, it is time for change in this country and that's why we have to elect Joe Biden". Gretchen Whitmer 10/18/20. Meet The Press with Chuck Todd

[Barney Reinberg]

How is it working? Asking for a friend

[XLFD]

Gretch was confused, but we all seen her, Dr. Fauci, and all others dictating anti-freedom policy 'evolve' their viewpoints over the last two years, while their apologists in Big media, Big government, Big science, Big retail, and Big pharma evolved right along with them.  

[RK Hubbard]

Please ask your friend if he or she thinks doing absolutely nothing about the worldwide Covid 19 pandemic would have been a good idea. Let us know what they say.