Covid carved a partisan divide through the U.S. Democrats have been much more cautious/protective which manifests itself as generally lower infections/deaths but also much weaker economic outcomes. Omicron could perpetuate that. /1 My latest: wsj.com/articles/omicr…
2/ Especially after the initial spring/2020 wave in the northeast, infections & deaths have been higher in red states where social distancing has been lower. But job growth there has also been consistently stronger ... 
3/ This reflects not just D vs R policies but D vs R attitudes e.g. as reflected in vaccine hesitancy and perceived risk from Covid, and attitudes are harder to change than policies ...
4/ Biden's game plan is vaccination ➡️ herd immunity. But what if attitudes to vaccination don't change? Mutations, outbreaks will keep recurring, maybe with Omicron, threatening to revive protective behavior with disproportionate economic effect in blue states.
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