From the start of the pandemic, public health officials and many political leaders hoped that covid’s frightening lethality — the death toll will hit 250,000 this week — might unite the country in common cause against the virus’s spread.
But the nation’s deep divisions — political and cultural — as well as the virus’s concentrated impact on crowded urban areas in the early months, set the country on a different path.
Now, more than eight months into a pandemic that shows no sign of abating, it has become clear that although close experiences with covid-19 do change some people’s attitudes, many Americans stick to their original notions, no matter what sorrows they’ve seen, no matter where they live.
Third wave is upon us. Let’s see how each state is doing so far. The best way to measure this is by case per million. The national average is 43,913 cases per million population. There are 28 states doing worse than the national average.
Of these states, Texas is on the track of doing much worse than others with over 17,000 new cases and 200 new deaths per day. Florida and Illinois are doing pretty shitty as well.
Out of the rest of the states doing better than the US average, 3 states are on the pace of catching up to the front runners, California, New York and Pennsylvania.
Anyway, these numbers aren’t sustainable. If people don’t change their behaviors and halt the third wave, the hospitals are going to be overwhelmed again., that’s when deaths will really pick up.
Surprise! Trump puts out fake news smearing Covid doctor- I bet his supporters are chuckling.
“Someone is risking his life trying to save other people, and we managed to lie about him. MAGA!”
