'Trump country' now leads in COVID-19 cases, deaths
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'Trump country' now leads in COVID-19 cases, deaths
What was once proclaimed to be a "blue state" problem by President Donald Trump, the wave of coronavirus cases in America is now crashing squarely into states that supported him in 2016. A Reuters tally shows cases of the novel coronavirus doubled in the state of Wisconsin last week. They're rising in Florida, Texas, Ohio, and the Dakotas. Back in the spring, the densely-populated cities of the Northeast and West Coast were hit hardest, and responded with strident lockdown measures. Other states followed, but by Memorial Day, many Midwestern and Southern states lifted restrictions and so no immediate uptick in virus cases. The Republican president even chided that the coronavirus was a Democratic, 'blue state' problem - and urged those areas to restore economic activity. "If you take the blue states out we are at a level that I don't think any of more than the world would be at. We are at a very low level. But some of the states they were blue states. Blue state management. By the way we recommend they open up their states." Several Republican-led states followed the president in bucking mitigation measures. But by midsummer outbreaks spread in the South before moving this fall into in the upper Midwest. And now, it is squarely a "Trump country" issue. Trump argues that case numbers are inflated by the growth of testing. But these so-called Trump states also have closed the gap when it comes to deaths. By October these states eclipsed the rest of the country in total COVID-19 deaths, and the number of fatalities continues to grow faster in those areas with a week to go before Election Day.
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Logical.
No masks and no distancing leads to lots of cases. We KNOW that. So this "news" really isn't. It was just a question of time.
Inevitable.
France is Trump country?
Who knew?
And I am going to have to look up these so called cases in Trump country surpassing the rest of the states. Ain't buying it. And one must know what other states are considered "Trump Country" as a whole. I think we need a full list of what the author considers all that Trump country. I'll let you know what I find.
Illinois, one of bluest of blue states who supposedly did everything right, set a record with over 6,000 cases today. 50% more than Florida, which supposedly did everything wrong.
These arguments are so stupid and easy to refute..
Also a list of the cities. I'm in Ga, considered "Trump Country". I work for a major hospital system here and our numbers are down. I get daily emails regarding Covid.
There are many more logistical aspects to consider than blue/red states.
Yes, I agree. There are multiple variables that come into play, including luck. It would be nice if, nine months into a global epidemic, the discussion could evolve beyond orange man bad.
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Waiting for Trump to say they caught it from blue states. It will change from the China virus to the Blue State virus.
Yep! Those blue state governments were irresponsible and failed to control the virus when they had the chance. Instead of dealing with the problem, they focused on politicizing it, blaming others while they sat on their hands. Now the rest of America is paying the price for their incompetence and recklessness. They were glad to sit around and watch people die so they could take over in Washington.
only partly /s
That's just ridiculous to say or repeat.
Meanwhile everyone loses.
The market lost another 3.6% in value today as the market reacts to the COVID surge and McConnell's
announcement that stimulus will not happen before the election.
Seems the author can't do simple research. Blue states still lead the way for death rates from Covid 19. Seems cramming people that tested positive for Covid into retirement and nursing homes that had no way to care for them was a really, really, bad thing.
As we all know CA is the deepest red state in the US. They must be since they leading the way in # of people contracting Covid 19.
Yeah it's a laugh riot describing Americans as either red state of blue state while pointing the fickle finger at them.
Meanwhile dead is dead.
smh.
Not unexpected since CA is the largest state by population, 40 million people.
A much better gauge to judge by is the number of cases per 100,000 population.
CA. has 2319 cases per 100k.
Now if you want to look at red states, TX 3120 cases per 100k. Florida 3166 cases per 100k.
Quite a difference. Take a look at the link and you can verify those numbers. In fact, red states lead the way with the top 15 states.
Cheers