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Hemmingway Destroys Dem Narrative on Vaccines: 61% of Vaccine Hesitant People are NOT Republicans
Steve Straub By Steve Straub
Published July 19, 2021 at 6:04amDemocrats and their media allies like to claim that the vast majority of vaccine hesitant people are Republicans who get bad information from Fox News or Facebook.
The truth is the exact opposite as Mollie Hemmingway explains to Maura Liasson:
Rather than editorialize further, here’s the transcript of this exchange, it stands by itself:
LIASSON: “Well, you know, what we’ve heard from public health officials who has studied the way to communicate about the vaccine is that people need to hear from medical experts and get their questions answered.
In other words, the vaccine problem is not going to be solved by people calling Fauci a hack or people calling right-wing talk show hosts some kind of — I don’t know what they were calling them, but attacking them for raising questions about the vaccine.
You have to go to people where they are. What I also think is interesting about this whole controversy, it’s a big debate happening without Donald Trump. Donald Trump is proud of what he did to get the vaccines online fast.
A lot of his supporters don’t want to take them. He’s had the vaccine. He’s talked in favor of it. So I think this is kind of interesting. This is a big polarized debate and a it’s missing an element that has been present in almost every polarized debate in the last five years.”
HEMINGWAY: “If I can just point — just really quickly, this is one of the examples that you see, people make it out like it’s the Republicans that don’t want to take the vaccine. In fact, 61% of the people who are hesitant about the vaccines are not Republican. And the more the media make it out that it’s something that’s partisan, that will also going to contribute to the problems.
The more that they fail to remind people that it was President Biden and Vice President Harris, when they were running for office, who said that they didn’t have trust in the vaccine, that also makes people not trust what the media are saying.
So I think we need to be very careful and not have forgetfulness about what was happening during the campaign when the vaccine messaging was very different.”
Mollie Hemmingway really nailed that.
I agree with Mollie Hemmingway that the Biden / Harris team made a major contribution to vaccine hesitancy during the campaign by putting it down if it resulted from a Trump effort.
The administration also continues to contribute via their constant flip-flops, lack of consistency on the benefits of being vaccinated and lately, constant talk of being okay with local mandates.
After all, what ever happened to “my body, my choice?”
The Biden administration would be wise to look inward in trying to figure out why so many are hesitant to take the vaccine instead of blaming Fox News, Facebook and others.
Sadly, we all know by now that the likelihood of that happening is almost zero.
https://thefederalistpapers.org/us/hemmingway-destroys-dem-narrative-vaccines-61-vaccine-hesitant-people-not-republicans
further reading:
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/americas-vaccine-hesitant-demographics/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-vaccine-hesitancy-presidential-encouragement/
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/if-biden-wants-to-convince-the-vaccine-hesitant-give-trump-credit-for-the-vaccines/
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/democrats-have-become-the-party-of-anti-vaxxers
https://www.wfae.org/politics/2021-04-17/are-covid-19-vaccination-rates-as-simple-as-republicans-vs-democrats
The AP story notes that polls have shown Republicans to be more vaccine-hesitant than Democrats. It doesn’t mention that some African Americans are wary about being vaccinated, although recent polls show vaccine hesitancy is declining among Black Americans.
The five worst-performing states per the AP analysis are also some of the states with the highest percentage of Black residents. Mississippi is the worst-performing state in terms of vaccine performance; it also has the highest percentage of African American residents. Louisiana has the second-highest percentage of Black residents, and it’s in the bottom five in terms of vaccine performance.
And New Hampshire? It’s one of the whitest states in the Union, where less than 1% of residents are Black.
That is not to say that African Americans are the main reason some states are lagging in vaccines. But it could be a factor.
Louisiana residents could be grouped two ways: Black Democrats and white conservatives. There is no significant constituency of white Democrats – the group that’s most enthusiastic about getting jabbed.
If you buy into simplistic CNN and Democrat explanations for vax hesitancy, you are a fool.
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday July 20 2021, @12:12AM (8 children)
And, here, you admit that you were so very afraid of the COVIDS that you didn't give a damn whether the "cure" would be safe or not. You demanded instant gratification, rather than a safe product.
Now, about that faux alzheimer's treatment. FDA approval is just a formality, right? It doesn't matter if the drug actually does what it claims - the formality has been observed. Got it.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 20 2021, @12:24AM (7 children)
More anti-intellectual bullshit from you.
The FDA required trials of at least 30,000 patients before approving an emergency use authorization. They closely monitored the trials, which is why the AstraZeneca vaccine trails were paused and the vaccine hasn't been approved in the US. There was a large amount of scrutiny for the exact purpose of trying to maintain public trust in the safety of the vaccines. At this point, with over 300 million shots in arms, the data set is so massive that the safety profile is undeniable. But you continue to argue insignificant details like the FDA not formally giving full approval to the mRNA vaccines.
The FDA's requirement of 30,000 patients in clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorizations is an order of magnitude larger than the trial size for aducanumab [thelancet.com], which was just over 3,000 patients. Now, the data set for COVID-19 vaccines have grown by three more orders of magnitude, at least. Comparing aducanumab to any of the COVID-19 vaccines being administered in the US is dishonest and you know it.
You're not here for the purpose of having an honest discussion about COVID-19 vaccines. This makes it even more obvious.
(Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday July 20 2021, @12:58AM (6 children)
Partial success.
Translation: the experimental medical treatment has killed insignificant numbers of people in the short term, and we don't care much about potential long term effects.
I gotta tell you, that's real science there!
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 20 2021, @01:12AM (5 children)
Long term effects? Isn't it funny how you're concerned about the long term effects of vaccines but don't seem bothered by the long term effects from COVID-19?
The FDA's expectation is that companies conducting clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines follow up with patients at least six months after being fully vaccinated. That requirement has absolutely been satisfied. By your standards, we would never approve a vaccine to end this pandemic because we'd never have enough long term data to satisfy your politically motivated nonsense.
If you and your fellow right wingers genuinely cared about long term health effects, you would have done everything possible to stop the spread of COVID-19. We know there are some very real long term effects from COVID-19, but right wingers like you constantly downplay its serious. But you're suddenly concerned about long term effects that haven't been demonstrated with COVID-19 vaccines are involved. It's easy to see through your facade, that this is about politics rather than a genuine concern about safety.
Your obvious bullshit is obvious. Keep on moving the goalposts, troll.
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday July 20 2021, @01:36AM (3 children)
Funny how you have zero questions, and you're cocksure that you have all the answers. You must be a teenager.
Which part of "experimental treatment" have you failed to understand? It was wrong when the Nazis were doing experiments on humans, when the Japanese did it, when the US did it in Tuskegee, probably when the Soviet did it in Russia. But, this time, it's alright because you personally approve of it.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 20 2021, @01:38AM (2 children)
Sorry, I don't speak Dipshit. Please translate your post from Dipshit to English if you'd like to continue this discussion.
(Score: 1, Redundant) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday July 20 2021, @03:23PM (1 child)
You are far too modest. You're doing an excellent job!
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 20 2021, @06:09PM
Umm, buddy?
I hope you realize that you just agreed that you are the dipshit and they are doing an excellent job of communicating with you. Guess if you did realize then this whole thread would never have happened :^)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 20 2021, @10:53AM
The first clue was giving Trump credit for "approving" the vaccine in order to steal the credit from Biden. Only to then shift his narrative over "authorized" vs. "approved" when it fit that talking point. His concern is winning Internet points, period. Everything for points in the short term, even if it means undermining the long term. Oh well.