COVID-19 news: Cases spike in Midwest and South; meat processing counties see large increases
COVID-19 news: Cases spike in Midwest and South; meat processing counties see large increases
May 12, 2020 6:09pm by Hunter, Daily Kos Staff
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/1944635
"SNIP.....
• COVID-19 cases are now spiking in the Midwest and in the South, as cities including Nashville and Des Moines saw a more than 70% increase in week-to-week infection rates.
• In the week after Trump's executive order demanding meat processing plants remain open, COVID-19 infections have increased 40% in the counties holding major plants.
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• Republican governors who have taken aggressive actionto combat the pandemic are enjoying overwhelming public support, while those who have not are facing collapsing approval ratings. One interpretation: Despite the presence of Fox News, not killing people remains a popular political position.
• Trump groused about those high approval ratings for most state governors, claiming they "could have no way gotten those numbers, or had that success, without me." (Trump has been in a particularly foul mood since the weekend.)
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