Allen Waters for Congress 1st Congressional District US Inactive
THE WATERS COMMITTEE
⚠ Creative removed by Meta
This ad's image was taken down for violating Meta's ad standards; the copy below is preserved from the Ad Library.
This ad's image was taken down for violating Meta's ad standards; the copy below is preserved from the Ad Library.
Preliminary In-Season 2019-2020 Flu Burden Estimates
CDC's weekly cumulative in-season estimates of flu cases, medical visits, hospitalizations and deaths in the United States.
Ad copy
"SAVE THE ECONOMY!" - Allen Waters for U.S. Senate (R-RI) Donate: WatersforSenate.com It is time to treat Covid-19 response more like the flu. We have had massive illness this flu season and less national alarm. Now that we have a better understanding of Coronavirus, let's restart the economy with public health education and reasonable precautions. CDC estimates that, from October 1, 2019, through April 4, 2020, there have been: 39,000,000 – 56,000,000 flu illnesses 18,000,000 – 26,000,000 flu medical visits 410,000 – 740,000 flu hospitalizations 24,000 – 62,000 flu deaths https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/preliminary-in-season-estimates.htm
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Performance proxies
| Overall score | 31.7/100 |
| Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff. | 0.0 · 53.0 · 1.4 · 72.5 |
| Spend range | <USD 99 |
| Impressions | 9,000 – 9,999 |
| CPM (≈ $/1k impr) | USD 5.21 |
| Est. audience size | 500,001 – 1,000,000 |
| Days live | 6 (2020-04-17 → 2020-04-23) |
| Created | 2020-04-17 |
| Creative variants | 1 body · 1 headline |
| Platforms | facebook, instagram |
| Languages | en |
| Candidate | RI — Allen Waters |
| Surfaced by | “senate:Allen Waters” |
🧠 AI analysis
| Issue | economy taxes |
| Framing | issue advocacy |
| Message type | fundraising |
| Emotional appeal | urgency |
| Production tier | diy amateur |
| Who pictured | none |
| Symbols | none |
| Call to action | donate |
| Standout element | Facebook content removal notice replacing the actual ad creative, exposing a policy violation |
| Tactic | The ad leverages CDC flu statistics to minimize COVID-19 fears and push an economy-reopening message, but was removed by Facebook for non-compliant disclaimers, undermining its persuasive reach entirely. |
Where it ran (delivery by region)
| Rhode Island | 100.0% |
Who saw it (delivery)
| 45-54 · male | 6.7% |
| 35-44 · male | 4.0% |
| 45-54 · unknown | 0.1% |
| 35-44 · unknown | 0.1% |
| 25-34 · unknown | 0.2% |
| 65+ · female | 14.4% |
| 65+ · male | 7.9% |
| 25-34 · male | 8.5% |
| 55-64 · female | 12.6% |
| 55-64 · unknown | 0.1% |
| 18-24 · male | 5.1% |
| 35-44 · female | 4.0% |
| 18-24 · unknown | 0.1% |
| 55-64 · male | 8.0% |
| 25-34 · female | 11.2% |
| 18-24 · female | 10.7% |
| 45-54 · female | 5.9% |
| 65+ · unknown | 0.1% |
