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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump-voting states have passed Clinton-voting states in total # of Covid cases.
For the first time.
And the spread in those red and purple states is not slowing down.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13O1rprFdkU9xpbnrlfEZeWu9T972NBKbppRVLWHhmYM/edit#gid=1501828509
ETA: breakdown of red/blue is at the bottom of the spreadsheet.
durablend
(7,416 posts)"WE'RE #1! WE'RE #1!"
Squinch
(50,774 posts)And frankly, those things are just not that hard. Wear a mask. Shut down for a month or two. That's not that hard, when you consider the stakes.
But they are not going to get to the point where they're willing to do those things until all of them have lost somebody. And who knows if it can be contained by the time it gets through their sick heads.
And in the meantime, tens if not hundreds of thousands will be dead for no reason.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Squinch
(50,774 posts)their numbers seem to come from a combo of Johns Hopkins and Worldmeters.
You can also pretty easily contact the owners when you find an error. And they do have some errors, which makes me think it's just a person doing the work and sharing it.
God's work!
empedocles
(15,751 posts)mucifer
(23,374 posts)Just a factor in all of this
bullimiami
(13,044 posts)Fl, TX still in denial.
Squinch
(50,774 posts)We haven't fully reopened yet, and NY ended up with over 400,000 cases. Imagine where it is going to go in these red states.
bullimiami
(13,044 posts)beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)Karma has offered a solution and we all can hope its a good one
Squinch
(50,774 posts)Communities of color have been hardest hit up till now.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)and not depend on others to do the right thing. It is what it is. And karma offers the solution
chriscan64
(1,789 posts)and this is the result. We get to see what reality based policy looks like and its effects. Trump is going from being a bad campaign strategist for himself, to being a good one for Biden.