Remember when @LeePrevost insisted that I was cherry-picking COVID data & I'd ignore it if the tide turned back to blue/Dem counties being hit harder again (even though I'd already been tracking it since the 1st wave in spring 2020)? Seriously, he spammed Twitter with his claim.
https://twitter.com/LeePrevost/status/1472551809159999489
Well, I'm sure he'll be disappointed to see this: While the Delta Wave decimated red counties, for the first 6 days of 2022, at least, the *case* rates are a very different story: January cases so far are running 2.3x higher in the bluest 10th of the U.S. than the reddest 10th. 
Meanwhile, the *death* rate for the first week of January continues to swing heavily towards heavily red counties...but the gap is far less dramatic so far than it was during the Delta Wave: It's "only" 86% higher in the reddest 10th of the U.S. than the bluest 10th.
Fear not, Lee! If COVID death rates among Dem-leaning parts of the country ever start to outpace GOP-leaning areas again, rest assured that I'll be sure to report that as well.
Anyway, I've been using July 1st, 2021 as my starting point for my weekly case/death rate updates; starting soon I'll be using January 1st, 2022 while still making sure to reference the Delta Wave data as well.
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