Virus Deaths in Democratic versus Republican States

[Doc7505]

Virus Deaths in Democratic versus Republican States

Virus Deaths in Democratic versus Republican States – James R. Rogers

If you listen to Democrats and their cheerleaders in the mainstream media, their leaders are just plain smarter and more caring.

lawliberty.org

28 Apr 2020 ~~ By James R. Rogers
When controlling for the differences in population across states, the number of deaths from coronavirus is over three times higher in states with Democratic governors than in states with Republican governors. As of Sunday, April 26, states with Republican governors have experienced 57.53 coronavirus deaths per million of population, states with Democratic governors have 179.74 deaths per million of population. Even excluding the state of New York as an extreme outlier, states with Democratic governors have 138.58 deaths per million from coronavirus, still over twice as many coronavirus deaths per million as deaths in states with Republican governors.
The dramatically different death rates between states with Republican and Democratic governors, however, illuminates two issues concerning state-level responses to the coronavirus. First, the dramatically lower death rates in Republican states account for the willingness of Republican governors to consider relaxed shelter-in-place policies relative to governors in Democratic states. As is appropriate in a federal system where significant policy responsibility continues to be exercised at the state level, a shelter-in-place policy appropriate for New York would not necessarily work well in Wyoming. Governors should be encouraged, not condemned, for pursuing policies tailored to the unique characteristics of their states.

If the Democrats were so smart and caring, then why this huge divergence of death rates between Republican and Democratic states?​

This is no more obviously true, even if much neglected by experts and commentators today, than in state-level policies crafted to respond to the coronavirus. Given the huge differences in the death rates of the virus across the difference states it should be almost immediately obvious that it is appropriate that different states craft different policy responses to virus. Different state policies that reflect different experiences and demographic factors is not a weakness of the U.S. federal system, it is a strength of that system.
The idea that a nation as large and diverse as the U.S. should have a one-size-fits-all national “shelter-in-place” policy is absurd on its face. Yet so much of the mainstream media’s commentary ignores the variation in state-level experience, and criticizes Republican governors for precipitately re-opening their states. This does not mean that Republican governors are necessarily right, but they’re certainly not wrong simply for not aping the policies of Democratic governors.
The lack of preparation for a pandemic cannot be laid solely at the feet of the national government in the U.S. The demographic factors and other unique circumstances, say, of New York are well known to New Yorkers. It does not take a genius to recognize the special risks that New York City or San Francisco, or Chicago would face in a pandemic.
I don’t think that Republican governors would have done any better in preparing for the coronavirus pandemic than the Democratic governors have. But that’s not the proper measure: If you listen to Democrats and their cheerleaders in the mainstream media, Democratic politicians are just plain smarter and more caring than Republican politicians. That the death rate from the coronavirus is three times higher in states with Democratic governors than in states with Republican governors challenges this tendentious narrative.
The mainstream media is critical of Trump and his response to the coronavirus threat. But the last four months is not the proper measure for assessing anti-pandemic policy. Andrew Cuomo has been Governor of New York since 2011. He has had that entire time to prepare his state for a pandemic. Yet his state’s death rate is almost ten times the national average. If Cuomo were a Republican governor, this number would not be grounds for proffering his name as a presidential candidate, it would be grounds for impeachment for nonfeasance.

Comment:
Let us further note the actions (and proposed policies) of the National Democratic leadership who appear far more concerned with advancing their agendas and their continual assault on all things considered by them to be exemplars of the Sexist, racist, patriarchal hegemon, otherwise known as American civilization, and we may begin to understand the depth of their hostility towards their "Red" brethren, their utter disregard for their "deplorable" fellow citizens, their latent tendency towards tyranny and their willingness to deny (or delay) measures (not all of which are sound, BTW) intended to ameliorate some of the economic, social and psychological harm inflicted upon the citizenry by THOSE very extreme measures implemented by the Democrat party minions.
Nero is said to have fiddled while Rome burned; Pelosi, Schumer, AOC et al may be said to be burning treasury notes while the cities health and the national economy are burning.
History tells us that the genie of increased encroachment of government powers is easily taken out of the bottle. It also tells us that putting that power back is difficult as exampled after the Civil War to replace that vaporous and apparently ever expanding pungent odors of feces. Indeed, it is debatable whether any such recapture is even desired by the political leadership.
Meanwhile we observe the Democrat Governor of New York and his mayor of NY City intimating that social distancing will and should be the "New Normal"

 

[JGalt]

And the hell of it is, it's mainly the blue states and cities who want to keep everything shut down. Meanwhile, states and cities ran by conservatives and Republicans are trying to get everything running again. The end result of this is that red states and cities will be generating revenue and will be forced to support those blue states and cities that don't want to go back to work.

 

[CWayne]

 

[occupied]

The virus has approximately the same case by case death rate everywhere in the world. No one has nailed down a firm number on that in America due to no widespread testing program. Exponential growth curves seem to totally defeat the math skills of most Americans. Throw out a bunch of bogus statistics and no one even wonders at how they are tabulated or if they tell the real story.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

Virus Deaths in Democratic versus Republican States

Virus Deaths in Democratic versus Republican States – James R. Rogers

If you listen to Democrats and their cheerleaders in the mainstream media, their leaders are just plain smarter and more caring.

lawliberty.org

28 Apr 2020 ~~ By James R. Rogers
When controlling for the differences in population across states, the number of deaths from coronavirus is over three times higher in states with Democratic governors than in states with Republican governors. As of Sunday, April 26, states with Republican governors have experienced 57.53 coronavirus deaths per million of population, states with Democratic governors have 179.74 deaths per million of population. Even excluding the state of New York as an extreme outlier, states with Democratic governors have 138.58 deaths per million from coronavirus, still over twice as many coronavirus deaths per million as deaths in states with Republican governors.
The dramatically different death rates between states with Republican and Democratic governors, however, illuminates two issues concerning state-level responses to the coronavirus. First, the dramatically lower death rates in Republican states account for the willingness of Republican governors to consider relaxed shelter-in-place policies relative to governors in Democratic states. As is appropriate in a federal system where significant policy responsibility continues to be exercised at the state level, a shelter-in-place policy appropriate for New York would not necessarily work well in Wyoming. Governors should be encouraged, not condemned, for pursuing policies tailored to the unique characteristics of their states.

If the Democrats were so smart and caring, then why this huge divergence of death rates between Republican and Democratic states?​

This is no more obviously true, even if much neglected by experts and commentators today, than in state-level policies crafted to respond to the coronavirus. Given the huge differences in the death rates of the virus across the difference states it should be almost immediately obvious that it is appropriate that different states craft different policy responses to virus. Different state policies that reflect different experiences and demographic factors is not a weakness of the U.S. federal system, it is a strength of that system.
The idea that a nation as large and diverse as the U.S. should have a one-size-fits-all national “shelter-in-place” policy is absurd on its face. Yet so much of the mainstream media’s commentary ignores the variation in state-level experience, and criticizes Republican governors for precipitately re-opening their states. This does not mean that Republican governors are necessarily right, but they’re certainly not wrong simply for not aping the policies of Democratic governors.
The lack of preparation for a pandemic cannot be laid solely at the feet of the national government in the U.S. The demographic factors and other unique circumstances, say, of New York are well known to New Yorkers. It does not take a genius to recognize the special risks that New York City or San Francisco, or Chicago would face in a pandemic.
I don’t think that Republican governors would have done any better in preparing for the coronavirus pandemic than the Democratic governors have. But that’s not the proper measure: If you listen to Democrats and their cheerleaders in the mainstream media, Democratic politicians are just plain smarter and more caring than Republican politicians. That the death rate from the coronavirus is three times higher in states with Democratic governors than in states with Republican governors challenges this tendentious narrative.
The mainstream media is critical of Trump and his response to the coronavirus threat. But the last four months is not the proper measure for assessing anti-pandemic policy. Andrew Cuomo has been Governor of New York since 2011. He has had that entire time to prepare his state for a pandemic. Yet his state’s death rate is almost ten times the national average. If Cuomo were a Republican governor, this number would not be grounds for proffering his name as a presidential candidate, it would be grounds for impeachment for nonfeasance.

Comment:
Let us further note the actions (and proposed policies) of the National Democratic leadership who appear far more concerned with advancing their agendas and their continual assault on all things considered by them to be exemplars of the Sexist, racist, patriarchal hegemon, otherwise known as American civilization, and we may begin to understand the depth of their hostility towards their "Red" brethren, their utter disregard for their "deplorable" fellow citizens, their latent tendency towards tyranny and their willingness to deny (or delay) measures (not all of which are sound, BTW) intended to ameliorate some of the economic, social and psychological harm inflicted upon the citizenry by THOSE very extreme measures implemented by the Democrat party minions.
Nero is said to have fiddled while Rome burned; Pelosi, Schumer, AOC et al may be said to be burning treasury notes while the cities health and the national economy are burning.
History tells us that the genie of increased encroachment of government powers is easily taken out of the bottle. It also tells us that putting that power back is difficult as exampled after the Civil War to replace that vaporous and apparently ever expanding pungent odors of feces. Indeed, it is debatable whether any such recapture is even desired by the political leadership.
Meanwhile we observe the Democrat Governor of New York and his mayor of NY City intimating that social distancing will and should be the "New Normal"

Oh jeepers, the virus is more deadly in densely populated areas than it is in less populated areas. Someone alert the media. We get it. Republican=Good, just, righteous. Democrat=Bad.
Problem here is that the virus doesn't care what political party you belong to. I'd wait for the tail of the tape before I pass judgement. You might find that the virus will be as big of an issue in red cities as it is in blue cities.
Just sayin.

 

[Shawnee_b]

Dems are weak, immune system, especially brains. Gods way of cleaning them out.

 

[bluzman61]

Virus Deaths in Democratic versus Republican States

Virus Deaths in Democratic versus Republican States – James R. Rogers

If you listen to Democrats and their cheerleaders in the mainstream media, their leaders are just plain smarter and more caring.

lawliberty.org

28 Apr 2020 ~~ By James R. Rogers
When controlling for the differences in population across states, the number of deaths from coronavirus is over three times higher in states with Democratic governors than in states with Republican governors. As of Sunday, April 26, states with Republican governors have experienced 57.53 coronavirus deaths per million of population, states with Democratic governors have 179.74 deaths per million of population. Even excluding the state of New York as an extreme outlier, states with Democratic governors have 138.58 deaths per million from coronavirus, still over twice as many coronavirus deaths per million as deaths in states with Republican governors.
The dramatically different death rates between states with Republican and Democratic governors, however, illuminates two issues concerning state-level responses to the coronavirus. First, the dramatically lower death rates in Republican states account for the willingness of Republican governors to consider relaxed shelter-in-place policies relative to governors in Democratic states. As is appropriate in a federal system where significant policy responsibility continues to be exercised at the state level, a shelter-in-place policy appropriate for New York would not necessarily work well in Wyoming. Governors should be encouraged, not condemned, for pursuing policies tailored to the unique characteristics of their states.

If the Democrats were so smart and caring, then why this huge divergence of death rates between Republican and Democratic states?​

This is no more obviously true, even if much neglected by experts and commentators today, than in state-level policies crafted to respond to the coronavirus. Given the huge differences in the death rates of the virus across the difference states it should be almost immediately obvious that it is appropriate that different states craft different policy responses to virus. Different state policies that reflect different experiences and demographic factors is not a weakness of the U.S. federal system, it is a strength of that system.
The idea that a nation as large and diverse as the U.S. should have a one-size-fits-all national “shelter-in-place” policy is absurd on its face. Yet so much of the mainstream media’s commentary ignores the variation in state-level experience, and criticizes Republican governors for precipitately re-opening their states. This does not mean that Republican governors are necessarily right, but they’re certainly not wrong simply for not aping the policies of Democratic governors.
The lack of preparation for a pandemic cannot be laid solely at the feet of the national government in the U.S. The demographic factors and other unique circumstances, say, of New York are well known to New Yorkers. It does not take a genius to recognize the special risks that New York City or San Francisco, or Chicago would face in a pandemic.
I don’t think that Republican governors would have done any better in preparing for the coronavirus pandemic than the Democratic governors have. But that’s not the proper measure: If you listen to Democrats and their cheerleaders in the mainstream media, Democratic politicians are just plain smarter and more caring than Republican politicians. That the death rate from the coronavirus is three times higher in states with Democratic governors than in states with Republican governors challenges this tendentious narrative.
The mainstream media is critical of Trump and his response to the coronavirus threat. But the last four months is not the proper measure for assessing anti-pandemic policy. Andrew Cuomo has been Governor of New York since 2011. He has had that entire time to prepare his state for a pandemic. Yet his state’s death rate is almost ten times the national average. If Cuomo were a Republican governor, this number would not be grounds for proffering his name as a presidential candidate, it would be grounds for impeachment for nonfeasance.

Comment:
Let us further note the actions (and proposed policies) of the National Democratic leadership who appear far more concerned with advancing their agendas and their continual assault on all things considered by them to be exemplars of the Sexist, racist, patriarchal hegemon, otherwise known as American civilization, and we may begin to understand the depth of their hostility towards their "Red" brethren, their utter disregard for their "deplorable" fellow citizens, their latent tendency towards tyranny and their willingness to deny (or delay) measures (not all of which are sound, BTW) intended to ameliorate some of the economic, social and psychological harm inflicted upon the citizenry by THOSE very extreme measures implemented by the Democrat party minions.
Nero is said to have fiddled while Rome burned; Pelosi, Schumer, AOC et al may be said to be burning treasury notes while the cities health and the national economy are burning.
History tells us that the genie of increased encroachment of government powers is easily taken out of the bottle. It also tells us that putting that power back is difficult as exampled after the Civil War to replace that vaporous and apparently ever expanding pungent odors of feces. Indeed, it is debatable whether any such recapture is even desired by the political leadership.
Meanwhile we observe the Democrat Governor of New York and his mayor of NY City intimating that social distancing will and should be the "New Normal"

Fantastic post, thanks.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

Virus Deaths in Democratic versus Republican States

Virus Deaths in Democratic versus Republican States – James R. Rogers

If you listen to Democrats and their cheerleaders in the mainstream media, their leaders are just plain smarter and more caring.

lawliberty.org

28 Apr 2020 ~~ By James R. Rogers
When controlling for the differences in population across states, the number of deaths from coronavirus is over three times higher in states with Democratic governors than in states with Republican governors. As of Sunday, April 26, states with Republican governors have experienced 57.53 coronavirus deaths per million of population, states with Democratic governors have 179.74 deaths per million of population. Even excluding the state of New York as an extreme outlier, states with Democratic governors have 138.58 deaths per million from coronavirus, still over twice as many coronavirus deaths per million as deaths in states with Republican governors.
The dramatically different death rates between states with Republican and Democratic governors, however, illuminates two issues concerning state-level responses to the coronavirus. First, the dramatically lower death rates in Republican states account for the willingness of Republican governors to consider relaxed shelter-in-place policies relative to governors in Democratic states. As is appropriate in a federal system where significant policy responsibility continues to be exercised at the state level, a shelter-in-place policy appropriate for New York would not necessarily work well in Wyoming. Governors should be encouraged, not condemned, for pursuing policies tailored to the unique characteristics of their states.

If the Democrats were so smart and caring, then why this huge divergence of death rates between Republican and Democratic states?​

This is no more obviously true, even if much neglected by experts and commentators today, than in state-level policies crafted to respond to the coronavirus. Given the huge differences in the death rates of the virus across the difference states it should be almost immediately obvious that it is appropriate that different states craft different policy responses to virus. Different state policies that reflect different experiences and demographic factors is not a weakness of the U.S. federal system, it is a strength of that system.
The idea that a nation as large and diverse as the U.S. should have a one-size-fits-all national “shelter-in-place” policy is absurd on its face. Yet so much of the mainstream media’s commentary ignores the variation in state-level experience, and criticizes Republican governors for precipitately re-opening their states. This does not mean that Republican governors are necessarily right, but they’re certainly not wrong simply for not aping the policies of Democratic governors.
The lack of preparation for a pandemic cannot be laid solely at the feet of the national government in the U.S. The demographic factors and other unique circumstances, say, of New York are well known to New Yorkers. It does not take a genius to recognize the special risks that New York City or San Francisco, or Chicago would face in a pandemic.
I don’t think that Republican governors would have done any better in preparing for the coronavirus pandemic than the Democratic governors have. But that’s not the proper measure: If you listen to Democrats and their cheerleaders in the mainstream media, Democratic politicians are just plain smarter and more caring than Republican politicians. That the death rate from the coronavirus is three times higher in states with Democratic governors than in states with Republican governors challenges this tendentious narrative.
The mainstream media is critical of Trump and his response to the coronavirus threat. But the last four months is not the proper measure for assessing anti-pandemic policy. Andrew Cuomo has been Governor of New York since 2011. He has had that entire time to prepare his state for a pandemic. Yet his state’s death rate is almost ten times the national average. If Cuomo were a Republican governor, this number would not be grounds for proffering his name as a presidential candidate, it would be grounds for impeachment for nonfeasance.

Comment:
Let us further note the actions (and proposed policies) of the National Democratic leadership who appear far more concerned with advancing their agendas and their continual assault on all things considered by them to be exemplars of the Sexist, racist, patriarchal hegemon, otherwise known as American civilization, and we may begin to understand the depth of their hostility towards their "Red" brethren, their utter disregard for their "deplorable" fellow citizens, their latent tendency towards tyranny and their willingness to deny (or delay) measures (not all of which are sound, BTW) intended to ameliorate some of the economic, social and psychological harm inflicted upon the citizenry by THOSE very extreme measures implemented by the Democrat party minions.
Nero is said to have fiddled while Rome burned; Pelosi, Schumer, AOC et al may be said to be burning treasury notes while the cities health and the national economy are burning.
History tells us that the genie of increased encroachment of government powers is easily taken out of the bottle. It also tells us that putting that power back is difficult as exampled after the Civil War to replace that vaporous and apparently ever expanding pungent odors of feces. Indeed, it is debatable whether any such recapture is even desired by the political leadership.
Meanwhile we observe the Democrat Governor of New York and his mayor of NY City intimating that social distancing will and should be the "New Normal"

Fantastic post, thanks.

LOL. The one sentence wonder speaks.
C'mon junior, throw us some red meat.

 

[Doc7505]

Virus Deaths in Democratic versus Republican States

Virus Deaths in Democratic versus Republican States – James R. Rogers

If you listen to Democrats and their cheerleaders in the mainstream media, their leaders are just plain smarter and more caring.

lawliberty.org

28 Apr 2020 ~~ By James R. Rogers
When controlling for the differences in population across states, the number of deaths from coronavirus is over three times higher in states with Democratic governors than in states with Republican governors. As of Sunday, April 26, states with Republican governors have experienced 57.53 coronavirus deaths per million of population, states with Democratic governors have 179.74 deaths per million of population. Even excluding the state of New York as an extreme outlier, states with Democratic governors have 138.58 deaths per million from coronavirus, still over twice as many coronavirus deaths per million as deaths in states with Republican governors.
The dramatically different death rates between states with Republican and Democratic governors, however, illuminates two issues concerning state-level responses to the coronavirus. First, the dramatically lower death rates in Republican states account for the willingness of Republican governors to consider relaxed shelter-in-place policies relative to governors in Democratic states. As is appropriate in a federal system where significant policy responsibility continues to be exercised at the state level, a shelter-in-place policy appropriate for New York would not necessarily work well in Wyoming. Governors should be encouraged, not condemned, for pursuing policies tailored to the unique characteristics of their states.

If the Democrats were so smart and caring, then why this huge divergence of death rates between Republican and Democratic states?​

This is no more obviously true, even if much neglected by experts and commentators today, than in state-level policies crafted to respond to the coronavirus. Given the huge differences in the death rates of the virus across the difference states it should be almost immediately obvious that it is appropriate that different states craft different policy responses to virus. Different state policies that reflect different experiences and demographic factors is not a weakness of the U.S. federal system, it is a strength of that system.
The idea that a nation as large and diverse as the U.S. should have a one-size-fits-all national “shelter-in-place” policy is absurd on its face. Yet so much of the mainstream media’s commentary ignores the variation in state-level experience, and criticizes Republican governors for precipitately re-opening their states. This does not mean that Republican governors are necessarily right, but they’re certainly not wrong simply for not aping the policies of Democratic governors.
The lack of preparation for a pandemic cannot be laid solely at the feet of the national government in the U.S. The demographic factors and other unique circumstances, say, of New York are well known to New Yorkers. It does not take a genius to recognize the special risks that New York City or San Francisco, or Chicago would face in a pandemic.
I don’t think that Republican governors would have done any better in preparing for the coronavirus pandemic than the Democratic governors have. But that’s not the proper measure: If you listen to Democrats and their cheerleaders in the mainstream media, Democratic politicians are just plain smarter and more caring than Republican politicians. That the death rate from the coronavirus is three times higher in states with Democratic governors than in states with Republican governors challenges this tendentious narrative.
The mainstream media is critical of Trump and his response to the coronavirus threat. But the last four months is not the proper measure for assessing anti-pandemic policy. Andrew Cuomo has been Governor of New York since 2011. He has had that entire time to prepare his state for a pandemic. Yet his state’s death rate is almost ten times the national average. If Cuomo were a Republican governor, this number would not be grounds for proffering his name as a presidential candidate, it would be grounds for impeachment for nonfeasance.

Comment:
Let us further note the actions (and proposed policies) of the National Democratic leadership who appear far more concerned with advancing their agendas and their continual assault on all things considered by them to be exemplars of the Sexist, racist, patriarchal hegemon, otherwise known as American civilization, and we may begin to understand the depth of their hostility towards their "Red" brethren, their utter disregard for their "deplorable" fellow citizens, their latent tendency towards tyranny and their willingness to deny (or delay) measures (not all of which are sound, BTW) intended to ameliorate some of the economic, social and psychological harm inflicted upon the citizenry by THOSE very extreme measures implemented by the Democrat party minions.
Nero is said to have fiddled while Rome burned; Pelosi, Schumer, AOC et al may be said to be burning treasury notes while the cities health and the national economy are burning.
History tells us that the genie of increased encroachment of government powers is easily taken out of the bottle. It also tells us that putting that power back is difficult as exampled after the Civil War to replace that vaporous and apparently ever expanding pungent odors of feces. Indeed, it is debatable whether any such recapture is even desired by the political leadership.
Meanwhile we observe the Democrat Governor of New York and his mayor of NY City intimating that social distancing will and should be the "New Normal"

Fantastic post, thanks.

LOL. The one sentence wonder speaks.
C'mon junior, throw us some red meat.

Yet you're not brave or intelligent enough to respond to the original posting.. There's enough 'red meat' there for you..

 

[IM2]

The cases are increasing in rural states meaning red states are about to get slammed. And they don't have the hospitals to handle the outbreak that could be coming on top of their willingness to re open early and before this is under control.

 

[JGalt]

The cases are increasing in rural states meaning red states are about to get slammed. And they don't have the hospitals to handle the outbreak that could be coming on top of their willingness to re open early and before this is under control.

No idea who told you that, but it's bunk. We've had 12 cases and 2 deaths in my county since the whole thing started. Those numbers haven't changed in three weeks.

 

[Doc7505]

The cases are increasing in rural states meaning red states are about to get slammed. And they don't have the hospitals to handle the outbreak that could be coming on top of their willingness to re open early and before this is under control.

If it hasn't happened yet, it won't happen. I live in a fair sized county in N.C. and yes the city has 755 infections but few deaths meanwhile villages and towns on the periphery half had little to none infections.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

Virus Deaths in Democratic versus Republican States

Virus Deaths in Democratic versus Republican States – James R. Rogers

If you listen to Democrats and their cheerleaders in the mainstream media, their leaders are just plain smarter and more caring.

lawliberty.org

28 Apr 2020 ~~ By James R. Rogers
When controlling for the differences in population across states, the number of deaths from coronavirus is over three times higher in states with Democratic governors than in states with Republican governors. As of Sunday, April 26, states with Republican governors have experienced 57.53 coronavirus deaths per million of population, states with Democratic governors have 179.74 deaths per million of population. Even excluding the state of New York as an extreme outlier, states with Democratic governors have 138.58 deaths per million from coronavirus, still over twice as many coronavirus deaths per million as deaths in states with Republican governors.
The dramatically different death rates between states with Republican and Democratic governors, however, illuminates two issues concerning state-level responses to the coronavirus. First, the dramatically lower death rates in Republican states account for the willingness of Republican governors to consider relaxed shelter-in-place policies relative to governors in Democratic states. As is appropriate in a federal system where significant policy responsibility continues to be exercised at the state level, a shelter-in-place policy appropriate for New York would not necessarily work well in Wyoming. Governors should be encouraged, not condemned, for pursuing policies tailored to the unique characteristics of their states.

If the Democrats were so smart and caring, then why this huge divergence of death rates between Republican and Democratic states?​

This is no more obviously true, even if much neglected by experts and commentators today, than in state-level policies crafted to respond to the coronavirus. Given the huge differences in the death rates of the virus across the difference states it should be almost immediately obvious that it is appropriate that different states craft different policy responses to virus. Different state policies that reflect different experiences and demographic factors is not a weakness of the U.S. federal system, it is a strength of that system.
The idea that a nation as large and diverse as the U.S. should have a one-size-fits-all national “shelter-in-place” policy is absurd on its face. Yet so much of the mainstream media’s commentary ignores the variation in state-level experience, and criticizes Republican governors for precipitately re-opening their states. This does not mean that Republican governors are necessarily right, but they’re certainly not wrong simply for not aping the policies of Democratic governors.
The lack of preparation for a pandemic cannot be laid solely at the feet of the national government in the U.S. The demographic factors and other unique circumstances, say, of New York are well known to New Yorkers. It does not take a genius to recognize the special risks that New York City or San Francisco, or Chicago would face in a pandemic.
I don’t think that Republican governors would have done any better in preparing for the coronavirus pandemic than the Democratic governors have. But that’s not the proper measure: If you listen to Democrats and their cheerleaders in the mainstream media, Democratic politicians are just plain smarter and more caring than Republican politicians. That the death rate from the coronavirus is three times higher in states with Democratic governors than in states with Republican governors challenges this tendentious narrative.
The mainstream media is critical of Trump and his response to the coronavirus threat. But the last four months is not the proper measure for assessing anti-pandemic policy. Andrew Cuomo has been Governor of New York since 2011. He has had that entire time to prepare his state for a pandemic. Yet his state’s death rate is almost ten times the national average. If Cuomo were a Republican governor, this number would not be grounds for proffering his name as a presidential candidate, it would be grounds for impeachment for nonfeasance.

Comment:
Let us further note the actions (and proposed policies) of the National Democratic leadership who appear far more concerned with advancing their agendas and their continual assault on all things considered by them to be exemplars of the Sexist, racist, patriarchal hegemon, otherwise known as American civilization, and we may begin to understand the depth of their hostility towards their "Red" brethren, their utter disregard for their "deplorable" fellow citizens, their latent tendency towards tyranny and their willingness to deny (or delay) measures (not all of which are sound, BTW) intended to ameliorate some of the economic, social and psychological harm inflicted upon the citizenry by THOSE very extreme measures implemented by the Democrat party minions.
Nero is said to have fiddled while Rome burned; Pelosi, Schumer, AOC et al may be said to be burning treasury notes while the cities health and the national economy are burning.
History tells us that the genie of increased encroachment of government powers is easily taken out of the bottle. It also tells us that putting that power back is difficult as exampled after the Civil War to replace that vaporous and apparently ever expanding pungent odors of feces. Indeed, it is debatable whether any such recapture is even desired by the political leadership.
Meanwhile we observe the Democrat Governor of New York and his mayor of NY City intimating that social distancing will and should be the "New Normal"

Fantastic post, thanks.

LOL. The one sentence wonder speaks.
C'mon junior, throw us some red meat.

Yet you're not brave or intelligent enough to respond to the original posting.. There's enough 'red meat' there for you..

You blathered about nothing. You don't like Democrats. I got that. You're just another FOS right winger justifying your lord and saviors inept and incompetent response to the virus.
Give me something other than your slavish devotion to the right wing.