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Red and blue America arent experiencing the same pandemic.https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2020/03/one-virus-two-americas/609148/
Maybe you live in a blue state, in a hard-hit, urban area, and are currently under lockdown orders from your Democratic governor. Or maybe you live in small-town, conservative America, in one of the places thats been relatively free of COVID-19 cases, where local Republican officials are resisting further preventative measures.
Red-state and blue-state America arent experiencing the same pandemic, and its showing in the polls. National surveys reveal geographic and partisan splits in attitude, with Democrats and urban dwellers more likely to express their concern. And, perhaps even more troubling, these divides seem to be worsening. The pandemic, and Americas response, is being swallowed up by the countrys culture wars. As our politics staff writer McKay Coppins reports today, social distancing has morphed into a political acta way to signal which side youre on.
A few things to consider as you make sense of the situation:
But its also part of a decade-long philosophical battle between parties. One that predates Trump altogether: How much do the healthiest people in society owe to the most vulnerable?
All of this might change if, or when, the virus hits red states. And that might happen sooner than you think: Keep your eyes on Louisiana, which Trump carried in 2016.
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GeorgiaPeanut
(360 posts)There will be a reckoning.
Every country that said "we are fine, we only have a handful of cases" has regretted it 4 weeks later. The same will happen to these states if they don't do strict quarantine and enforce social distancing.
sop
(10,167 posts)Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)...and shit tons of dead MAGA hat wearing folks among the carnage.
The # I am looking for....
How many confirmed deaths in the U.S.A. before he ends these abhorrent daily pressers?
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Where is our first lady, I wanna see her more, just because I can read her body language and whoa those 2 behind clothes doors, not those doors, gross, you are gross! Get that dirty mind, oh wait!
I did say I enjoyed seeing her naked to remind people and make a point, oh shit I did it again.
Initech
(100,067 posts)Want to rid the world of this god forsaken virus and get back to having a functioning society? Put aside your petty stupid differences and let's work together to end this madness once and for all. Eradicating this deadly disease from the planet should be our #1 priority, everything else comes second.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)how dependent we are on each other, as this disease spreads from blue areas to red ones.
Initech
(100,067 posts)We shall see.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)These areas severely lack ICU beds. The urban hospitals will already be full. They will die in greater percentages.
The cold, harsh truth folks.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)The virus is in rural America, there is no way for them to seal themselves off. What we are seeing now is political spin, driven by a person who is more prone to divide than rally to fight a common enemy.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)They had their first death in a nursing home last week.
Front page news for that area.
onecaliberal
(32,839 posts)sfstaxprep
(9,998 posts)Their pain is our pain. They're just too ignorant and self-centered not to realize this.
onecaliberal
(32,839 posts)National or state leadership.