I think your vax hypothesis is more likely, but enjoying brainstorming alternates. Wish we still had good data on deaths per case vs deaths per capita

It looks like the higher WNH rate comes entirely from the 75+ group, since the others are tiny and/or within CI of each other.

So for that group, could still be an age difference? What’s the baseline total population and/or deaths between 75-85 vs 85+ in the two groups?

The problem is that the bigotry means they’ll actively renounce their social security benefits if you tell them poor black & brown people are also benefitting. Part of the “deal” part of the New Deal was letting the Dixiecrats “administer” at the state level