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What's different? A Republican vs. A Democratic governor. Elections have consequences.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)At least in Memphis area, we have excellent Dem Mayors.
BadGimp
(4,009 posts)COVID-19 is the Coronavirus we are dealing with... fyi
OAITW r.2.0
(23,810 posts)Thanks for the editorial input.
bullwinkle428
(20,626 posts)for Iowa vs. Minnesota. Minnesota has a Democratic governor that issued a stay at home order a couple of weeks ago, and our ignorant Republican claimed she knew more about projected cases than Fauci (I'm actually not joking). I live in Iowa, and have loved ones in Minnesota. Here are the points:
* Minnesota has nearly twice the population of Iowa (5.6 million vs 3.1 million)
* Minnesota got to around 400 cases early on when Iowa had around 100, but the two states are now nearly equal in total cases
* the projected total deaths will be higher in Iowa (565 vs. 456) by June 1, despite the smaller population
d_r
(6,907 posts)At all. But Tennessee has 50% higher population, which doesn't account for difference but we will never know the actual # vs the testing #. I feel like both states have under tested so are reporting low. So the gist of this is probably accurate but there is a lot of error in the measures.