Monday, July 20, 2020
By Gary Bauer
The media and the political left are having a great time crucifying "red" states like Florida, Georgia, and Texas for increasing COVID-19 deaths. These states with conservative governors were less aggressive in shutting down their economies and somewhat quicker to reopen. Even Dr. Fauci has been joining in on the bashing while this weekend holding up New York as an example of the "right way" to fight the virus.
The virus apparently does not agree with this analysis. As of this morning, here are the number of COVID-19 deaths in the states in question, both of which have very liberal governors and legislatures.
State Deaths Deaths per 100,000 Population
New York 33,323 171
New Jersey 15,706 176
And here are the "bad" states that are being clobbered by the media.
State Deaths Deaths per 100,000 Population
Florida 5,090 23
Georgia 3,173 29
Texas 4,029 13
This can change, of course. Perhaps the mortality rate per 100,000 people in the three red states will skyrocket. But as of now, they are far from the disaster that is New York and New Jersey.
*There are at least five national groups keeping track of statistics, so the numbers listed may vary by group*
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