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> First, might conservatives actually be less threatened by the current pandemic? After all, the pandemic has thus far tended to hit more liberal regions, like
by thomascgalvin 6y ago
> First, might conservatives actually be less threatened by the current pandemic? After all, the pandemic has thus far tended to hit more liberal regions, like New York, harder than more conservative regions.
And conservative regions that are hard-hit, like Florida, are actively suppressing information on how bad the outbreak is.[1][2]
It'll be interesting to see how the conservative narrative changes as the outbreak becomes undeniable. The CDC projections are pointing toward 100,000 dead sometime in June[3]. That's a lot of parents and grandparents. At some point, it will be almost impossible to not be personally affected.
[1]: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/01/flor-m01.html https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/01/flor-m01.html
[2]: https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/04/29/florida-medical-examiners-were-releasing-coronavirus-death-data-the-state-made-them-stop/ https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/04/29/florida-medi...
[3]: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/forecasting-us.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/forecas...