Post by the Scribe on Sept 29, 2020 18:38:23 GMT
COVID-19 Surging In Red States Just Weeks Before Election
www.yahoo.com/huffpost/trump-election-red-state-covid-surge-042208240.html
Mary PapenfussTrends Reporter, HuffPost
HuffPostSun, September 27, 2020, 9:22 PM MST
Despite President Donald Trump’s repeated insistence that COVID-19 is largely a blue state problem, cases are surging in red states just five weeks before the election.
www.huffpost.com/news/topic/donald-trump
www.huffpost.com/news/topic/covid-19
Twenty-two states are currently seeing increases in cases, including in the Midwest, the Great Plains and parts of the South. The biggest spikes in new cases have been in North and South Dakota (scene of the massive Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in August), Wisconsin, Utah, Oklahoma and Iowa— all of which voted for Trump in 2016. Among those states, Trump is particularly vulnerable in Iowa and Wisconsin in this year’s election.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html
www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/09/01/816707182/map-tracking-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-in-the-u-s
time.com/5888513/north-south-dakotas-covid19/
apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-south-dakota-lifestyle-travel-virus-outbreak-fa074079157ad9a3683445b291daaf39
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/09/iowa-coronavirus-cases-bars-masks-stay-open
www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-nw-nyt-2020-red-state-poll-20200924-cm3ajmnjizebnmpqyergiqvhui-story.html
www.politico.com/news/2020/09/21/trump-white-voters-support-418420
Cases nationwide, which have generally been down from July, are now again ticking upward.
The country tallied a troubling 55,000 infections in a single day Friday — the biggest 24-hour jump in more than a month.
coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/new-cases
www.huffpost.com/entry/55000-covid-cases-on-rise-us_n_5f7028c9c5b64deddeeeebb6
The Wisconsin Health Department reported 2,817 new cases Saturday — its highest daily total since the pandemic began. South Dakota also experienced its highest daily total — 579 new cases.
www.huffpost.com/news/topic/wisconsin
www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/cases.htm
doh.sd.gov/news/coronavirus.aspx#SD
Critics have slammed Trump for turning the battle against the coronavirus into a partisan issue, and argue that there should be a national mobilization against a disease that has already killed more than 204,000 Americans.
Trump admitted he intentionally misled Americans about the seriousness of the pandemic, claiming he didn’t want to panic people with the truth. Health experts say his failed leadership is reflected in the U.S. toll of deaths and infections ― the highest in the world.
Trump insisted in a press conference earlier this month that the U.S. death toll is “very low ... if you take the blue states out” — without offering any evidence.
“The blue states had tremendous death rates. If you take the blue states out, we’re at a level that I don’t think anybody in the world would be at,” Trump insisted. “We’re really at a very low level, but some of the states — they were blue states, and blue-state management.”
Two of the five states with the highest death tolls, Texas and Florida, are currently controlled by Republicans. In mid-September, deaths were almost evenly divided between red and blue states.
www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54248080
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/16/trump-blames-blue-states-coronavirus-death-toll-but-most-recent-deaths-have-been-red-states/
Meanwhile, Trump has been holding jam-packed political rallies throughout election season, with few attendees wearing face masks or observing social distancing — ignoring guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.huffpost.com/life/topic/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention
Pennsylvania’s Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf last week slammed Trump for staging two rallies in his state without safety protocols to protect attendees’ health.
“It is gravely concerning that the president would insist on holding this event with blatant disregard for social distancing and masking requirements,” Wolf said in a statement. ”Americans should be very concerned that the president has put headlines and publicity above the health and safety of our families and communities.”
www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/gov-wolf-issues-statement-on-trump-rallies-in-pa/
www.yahoo.com/huffpost/trump-election-red-state-covid-surge-042208240.html
Mary PapenfussTrends Reporter, HuffPost
HuffPostSun, September 27, 2020, 9:22 PM MST
Despite President Donald Trump’s repeated insistence that COVID-19 is largely a blue state problem, cases are surging in red states just five weeks before the election.
www.huffpost.com/news/topic/donald-trump
www.huffpost.com/news/topic/covid-19
Twenty-two states are currently seeing increases in cases, including in the Midwest, the Great Plains and parts of the South. The biggest spikes in new cases have been in North and South Dakota (scene of the massive Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in August), Wisconsin, Utah, Oklahoma and Iowa— all of which voted for Trump in 2016. Among those states, Trump is particularly vulnerable in Iowa and Wisconsin in this year’s election.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html
www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/09/01/816707182/map-tracking-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-in-the-u-s
time.com/5888513/north-south-dakotas-covid19/
apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-south-dakota-lifestyle-travel-virus-outbreak-fa074079157ad9a3683445b291daaf39
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/09/iowa-coronavirus-cases-bars-masks-stay-open
www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-nw-nyt-2020-red-state-poll-20200924-cm3ajmnjizebnmpqyergiqvhui-story.html
www.politico.com/news/2020/09/21/trump-white-voters-support-418420
Cases nationwide, which have generally been down from July, are now again ticking upward.
The country tallied a troubling 55,000 infections in a single day Friday — the biggest 24-hour jump in more than a month.
coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/new-cases
www.huffpost.com/entry/55000-covid-cases-on-rise-us_n_5f7028c9c5b64deddeeeebb6
The Wisconsin Health Department reported 2,817 new cases Saturday — its highest daily total since the pandemic began. South Dakota also experienced its highest daily total — 579 new cases.
www.huffpost.com/news/topic/wisconsin
www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/cases.htm
doh.sd.gov/news/coronavirus.aspx#SD
Critics have slammed Trump for turning the battle against the coronavirus into a partisan issue, and argue that there should be a national mobilization against a disease that has already killed more than 204,000 Americans.
Trump admitted he intentionally misled Americans about the seriousness of the pandemic, claiming he didn’t want to panic people with the truth. Health experts say his failed leadership is reflected in the U.S. toll of deaths and infections ― the highest in the world.
Trump insisted in a press conference earlier this month that the U.S. death toll is “very low ... if you take the blue states out” — without offering any evidence.
“The blue states had tremendous death rates. If you take the blue states out, we’re at a level that I don’t think anybody in the world would be at,” Trump insisted. “We’re really at a very low level, but some of the states — they were blue states, and blue-state management.”
Two of the five states with the highest death tolls, Texas and Florida, are currently controlled by Republicans. In mid-September, deaths were almost evenly divided between red and blue states.
www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54248080
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/16/trump-blames-blue-states-coronavirus-death-toll-but-most-recent-deaths-have-been-red-states/
Meanwhile, Trump has been holding jam-packed political rallies throughout election season, with few attendees wearing face masks or observing social distancing — ignoring guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.huffpost.com/life/topic/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention
Pennsylvania’s Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf last week slammed Trump for staging two rallies in his state without safety protocols to protect attendees’ health.
“It is gravely concerning that the president would insist on holding this event with blatant disregard for social distancing and masking requirements,” Wolf said in a statement. ”Americans should be very concerned that the president has put headlines and publicity above the health and safety of our families and communities.”
www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/gov-wolf-issues-statement-on-trump-rallies-in-pa/