Thread by @charles_gaba

⚠️ Weekly Update: Which *counties* have the highest per capita rates of #COVID19 cases & deaths? 1/
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Counties w/highest per capita rate of #COVID19 *cases*:
1. Crowley County, CO
2. Dewey County, SD
3. Bent County, CO
4. Lincoln County, AR
5. Norton County, KS
6. Lake County, TN
7. Bon Homme County, SD
8. Buffalo County, SD
9. Chattahoochee County, GA
10. Trousdale County, TN
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At least 20% of the population of all 10 of these counties has tested positive for #COVID19. It's 28.5% in Crowley County, CO. Yes, there's a prison there, which likely accounts for most of the outbreak. They're still people.
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Counties w/highest per capita rates of #COVID19 *deaths*:
1. Jerauld County, SD
2. Gove County, KS
3. Dickey County, ND
4. Grant County, NE
5. Iron County, WI
6. Gregory County, SD
7. Hamlin County, SD
8. Foster County, ND
9. Turner County, SD
10. Galex, VA
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#COVID19 has killed 1 out of every 125 residents of Jerauld County, SD. It's killed at least 1 out of 170 residents of all 10 of these counties.

Gove County, KS "lost" the #1 spot this week because their official COVID death toll *dropped* from 22 to 19; not sure how.
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--Trump won 2,587 out of 3,142 total counties nationally, or 82.3%
--83 of the 100 counties w/the highest case rate voted for him
--80 of the 100 counties w/the highest mortality rate voted for him

Regardless of where we were last spring, #COVID19 is now EVERYWHERE.
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#COVID19 was 4x worse in Blue Counties last spring, 3x worse over the summer & 2x worse in the fall...but today, case rates are 10% higher in *Red Counties* and death rates are just 2.7% higher in Blue Counties.

It's officially nonpartisan even by the most cynical measure. /END