We need to talk about @senatemajldr Mitch McConnell and how he is MURDERING THIS NATION. And we need to talk about it RIGHT NOW. Yesterday he killed the only chance for a nation hanging on by a thread to receive ANY economic relief. HE MUST BE REMOVED FROM HIS POSITION (Thread)
—You can register to vote online
—You can register to vote on election day
—You are automatically registered to vote when eligible
—Hand-marked paper ballots replace voting machines that can be hacked
—Candidates for POTUS must release tax returns
—This would provide comprehensive protections for LGBTQ Americans in employment, education, federal funding, housing, public accommodations and more; & make it illegal to discriminate against them, penalize, or fire them for their sexual orientation.
—DREAMers (young immigrants who came to the U.S. as children) would be protected from deportation, detainment, or harassment by ICE or CBP
—A path to citizenship would be established for more than 2 million immigrants
—Employers can no longer ask about prospective employees’ salaries
—Companies cannot retaliate against employees who compare wages or seek other employment
—Employers must show that pay disparities are based on factors like merit/performance
—Background check requirements on private sales of firearms would be expanded to include those sold at gun shows, on the internet, or through classified ads (which is how multiple mass shooters obtained their murder weapons)
—This would have blocked our exit from the Paris climate agreement, which thankfully President-elect @JoeBiden has already announced we will be rejoining on Day 1 of his administration, which cannot come soon enough.
—Nearly all Rx drug prices would be lowered
—The Affordable Care Act would be strengthened
—Healthcare for millions of Americans with preexisting conditions would be permanently protected
—Everything in the original bill +
—Funding and grants for domestic abuse programs
—Expand the prohibition of firearm purchases for spouses or formerly married partners convicted of abuse to include dating partners
—Reverse the 2017 vote to repeal net neutrality, making it once again unlawful for internet service providers like AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile to block or throttle consumer access to the internet and empower the FCC to enforce these rules
—Increase the federal minimum wage for regular employees over a 7-year period, for tipped employees, and for newly hired employees who are under 20 years old
—Eliminate the separate minimum wage requirements for tipped & newly hired employees
—Requires drug companies to reduce prices for medications, vaccines, and other healthcare products
—Requires companies to give notice and justification for raising the price of a drug more than 10% at a time or more than 25 over 3 years
—Increasing access to healthcare, health insurance, and lower-cost drugs
—Raising the minimum wage & closing the gender pay gap
—Improving internet access, cost, and speed for all Americans
—Addressing foreign and domestic terrorism, including designating white supremacist groups as terrorists
—Improving benefits for veterans, including tax relief and child care
—Building a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers
—Addressing the issue of gun violence with common-sense measures that would actually help to prevent mass shootings
—Reducing government corruption, increasing oversight, securing elections & voting rights, ending gerrymandering & ending the influence of money in politics
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Which metric is a better predictor of the severity of the fall surge in US states?
1) Margin of Democrat victory in Nov 2020 election
or
2) % infected through Sep 1, 2020
Can you guess which plot is which?
The left plot is based on the % infected through Sep 1, 2020. You can see that there is very little correlation with the % infected since Sep 1.
However, there is a *strong* correlation when using the margin of Biden's victory (right).
Infections % from https://t.co/WcXlfxv3Ah.
This is the strongest single variable I've seen in being able to explain the severity of this most recent wave in each state.
Not past infections / existing immunity, population density, racial makeup, latitude / weather / humidity, etc.
But political lean.
One can argue that states that lean Democrat are more likely to implement restrictions/mandates.
This is valid, so we test this by using the Government Stringency Index made by @UniofOxford.
We also see a correlation, but it's weaker (R^2=0.36 vs 0.50).
https://t.co/BxBBKwW6ta
To avoid look-ahead bias/confounding variables, here is the same analysis but using 2016 margin of victory as the predictor. Similar results.
This basically says that 2016 election results is a better predictor of the severity of the fall wave than intervention levels in 2020!
1) Margin of Democrat victory in Nov 2020 election
or
2) % infected through Sep 1, 2020
Can you guess which plot is which?
The left plot is based on the % infected through Sep 1, 2020. You can see that there is very little correlation with the % infected since Sep 1.
However, there is a *strong* correlation when using the margin of Biden's victory (right).
Infections % from https://t.co/WcXlfxv3Ah.
This is the strongest single variable I've seen in being able to explain the severity of this most recent wave in each state.
Not past infections / existing immunity, population density, racial makeup, latitude / weather / humidity, etc.
But political lean.
One can argue that states that lean Democrat are more likely to implement restrictions/mandates.
This is valid, so we test this by using the Government Stringency Index made by @UniofOxford.
We also see a correlation, but it's weaker (R^2=0.36 vs 0.50).
https://t.co/BxBBKwW6ta
To avoid look-ahead bias/confounding variables, here is the same analysis but using 2016 margin of victory as the predictor. Similar results.
This basically says that 2016 election results is a better predictor of the severity of the fall wave than intervention levels in 2020!