'No surprise' we're seeing coronavirus surge in Republican areas, ER doctor explains

[ItsjustMe]

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-surge-in-republican-areas-124951839.html

There are 8 million confirmed U.S. cases of coronavirus, and yet the pandemic is politicized.

President Trump largely eschews mask wearing and falsely claimed during a town hall this week that “85% of the people wearing masks catch” Covid-19 despite becoming infected himself. At the same time, Republican-leaning areas of the U.S. are now experiencing a surge in coronavirus cases.

“To the extent that public health measures have become politicized, it really should be no surprise that we see that the spread of the disease also runs along political lines,” Dr. Steven McDonald, a New York-based emergency medicine physician, said on Yahoo Finance’s The Ticker (video above). “When you have a Republican president telling Republican supporters that mask wearing is not necessary, even after he’s had coronavirus from a maskless event, it’s no surprise that we see surges in Republican areas.”

Data compiled by web developer Dan Goodspeed shows just how badly Republican-leaning areas have been hit in the last four months as compared to Democratic-leaning states:

[SWBTATTReg]

1. Yeah, and sure they're sick w/ the CV (republicans) but they'll still go out, won't isolate ...

themselves, etc. and thus, keep reinfecting the rest of the Country.

[UpInArms]

2. Here's a great graphic to illustrate that point

https://dangoodspeed.com/covid/total-cases-since-june

[KS Toronado]

3. Everybody see the button for most or least cases? Great graph.

[calimary]

5. Wow!

By the end of the timeline (October 17) California had tumbled all the way to the bottom, above only Illinois. And Oregon wasn’t even on there. Anywhere!

But the red states sure are. Just sayin’...

[kimbutgar]

4. A friend of mine moved from the SF Bay Area to Kentucky to be near her elderly Father

She told me last night that in the area of Kentucky she lives that is near the Ohio border she sees very few people wearing masks. She wears hers all the time and she Sees some people wearing them in Grocery stores but not many. She wears her mask all the the time and she said she gets strange looks. After being in the SF Bay Area where almost everyone Wears masks it’s been unsettling to her.

[calimary]

6. Sounds like California pays attention.

AND takes the science seriously.

Kentucky and the other “reds” not so much.