Spared early on, 'Trump country' now leads in coronavirus cases, deaths

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Trump trails in opinion polls ahead of the Nov. 3 election, partly on the basis of his handling of a pandemic that saw him feuding with state governors, questioning government scientists, and hesitant to frame a national response to a crisis that easily spread across state lines. He refused to change course even after catching the disease himself and requiring hospitalization.

For a while in the spring it looked like the hands-off approach might work. The daily growth in new cases declined in the hard-hit Northeast corridor, while remaining level in the Trump states of the South and Midwest.


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-coronavirus-graphic/spared-early-on-trump-country-now-leads-in-coronavirus-cases-deaths-idUSKBN27C1C5

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1. Just in time for election week, what a shame...