Thread by @charles_gaba

⚠️ Why FOX & the GOP have done a complete 180º the past few days in one image:
acasignups.net/21/07/23/i-sen…

Here's what it looks like since June 1st, FWIW:

In case it isn't clear: Since June 1st, cases and deaths have been running 40-50% higher per capita in red counties than in blue counties.

⚠️ UPDATE: w/yesterday's data added, new cases are running 53% higher per capita & new deaths are running 57% higher in the red counties.

And that's not including Nebraska or Florida--NE has stopped reporting county-level data altogether; FL is reporting cases but not deaths (?)

To clarify: the case rates include Florida but the death rates don’t.

FWIW, here's Florida's latest report. They're only reporting weekly now, and even then they're only reporting *cases* at the county level, not deaths (though deaths are reported statewide):
ww11.doh.state.fl.us/comm/_partners…

Yup, sure enough: Neither Johns Hopkins University nor the NY Times trackers have county-level death data for Florida.

⚠️ UPDATE: Sheesh. I've done the best I can to adjust for Florida only providing county-level data for CASES, not DEATHS:

--New CASE rates are running ~50% higher in red couonties
--New DEATH rates are running ~66% unadjusted for FL but ~74% higher when adjusted for FL.

OK, this should make it easier to follow:
--Case rates don't include Nebraska (unavailable)
--Death rates don't include Nebraska or Florida (unavailable)
--Nearly all of the "missing" deaths are in Florida