COVID Cases, Deaths Notably Worse In Red States Than Blue States: Report
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Of the "23 states that have new case totals per capita higher than the nation overall, 21 voted for Donald Trump," The Washington Post reports.
By the looks of it, Republican attacks on masks and COVID-19 vaccines don’t seem to be particularly healthy for people living in red states. In several instances in recent months, both COVID-19 cases and deaths are notably higher in Republican states than in Democratic blue states, according to an analysis of data by The Washington Post. The Post said the analysis reveals the “inescapable overlap of pandemic and politics.” In a single, obvious example, of 54,000 people who have died since late June, 2021 in the latest wave of COVID-19, nearly one in five has died in Florida, where GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis battles against wearing masks. So a state with just 6% of the nation’s population accounts for 18% of the nation’s COVID-19 deaths this summer, the Post reported Friday.More Related News