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Florida escaped the worst carnage predicted after Gov DeSantis left beaches open over spring break? Why?

Floridians didn't wait for their governor. wsj.com/articles/smart…
If citizens self-isolated *before* being told by state government to do so, that raises real doubts about the power of state governments to "reopen" state economies. They can prod vulnerable workers back to workplaces. They cannot prod customers to follow.
Here's the WSJ on the retail reopening in South Carolina wsj.com/articles/as-st…
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At CBC.ca, @Alex_Panetta offers three very interesting explanations on why Canadians have done better vs coronavirus than Americans. Especially of note (at least in my opinion) is Reason 3, Canada's less polarized political culture 1/x cbc.ca/news/world/cov…
@Alex_Panetta President Trump and pro-Trump media converted basic anti-virus safety measures into culture war tests of loyalty. You see this even now: wearing a face mask is interpreted anti-Trump disloyalty.

By contrast, in Canada, the virus did not become a partisan/cultural issue. 2/x
@Alex_Panetta Result: Canadians Result: Canadians of all points of view accepted sensible safety measures, while those Americans who supported Trump and watched Fox were more likely to refuse them - thereby opening the gap charted below 3/x
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.@NewYorkFed confirms the radical misallocation of Paycheck Protection Program loans. States that suffered least got most; states hardest hit, got least. PPP turned into a Red State bailout. libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2020/05/where-…
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In honor of his presidential accolade, a trip down memory lane of my exchanges with the born-again Trumper, Greg Gutfeld.

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