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We need politicians who take COVID seriously

2020-10-24T00:32:51.807Z


While we hear a lot of libertarian and individual responsibility rhetoric, the course of the pandemic is terrifying


Paramount Miami Worldcenter skyscraper displaying a message encouraging the vote.Bryan Glazer / AP

Once upon a time, in a United States far, far away - in fact, just this past spring - many conservatives saw Covid-19 as a New York problem.

It is true that, in the first few months, the New York area, the port of entry for many infected European visitors, was hit hard.

But New York being the epicenter also fitted the right wing's "American carnage" tales of the ills afflicting diverse and densely populated cities.

White rural states believed themselves immune ...

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