They estimate the number by looking at the death rate in those who don’t take the vaccination vs those that do. They then extrapolate by calculating the number of people who would have died if nobody took the vaccine.

There is some other stuff around transmission but they aren’t just plucking the figures out of thin air.

Thanks for this answer - very interesting!

For me (again, not an American) it seems as if American politicians (and media for the easy clicks) have convinced the public the “others” are enemies out to destroy the country (they either want to destroy families or, well, be Nazis).

Incidentally, my own perspective is that all Americans I’ve met are fairly similar, having been to both very liberal and very conservative areas. Americans just tend to be quite nice and friendly and care about their country. There are regional differences of course - like hunting, but I don’t know any country where folks living in a big city are generally into that kind of activity.

The data does seem to indicate there are differences, but in all honestly, if the difference is how much someone likes Joe Rogan, I’m not sure it’s worth worrying about.

Two things that surprised me (I’m not American)

1. Parenting seems heavily R biased. I didn’t think parenting would be political

2. Electoral Reform seems heavily D biased. I thought republicans made most noise about corrupt voting processes etc?