To COVID-19, there are no red states, no blue states, just the United States
We need to see the mistakes being made in Florida, Texas and Mississippi not as blunders to mock but as our Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.
If you were repulsed by the idea that Gov. Ron DeSantis “won" the pandemic, you might get perverse pleasure from watching his state of Florida continually set records for COVID-19 hospitalizations.
Critics of Gov. Greg Abbott could get smug watching him catch the coronavirus as he wages war against any effort to mandate measures to contain the pandemic across Texas.
And who can do anything but shake a head as the 20,000 students forced to quarantine in Mississippi can’t persuade Gov. Tate Reeves to implement a statewide mask requirement?
But please don’t get cocky. These slow-motion disasters are nothing to savor – and not just because the tens of thousands getting sick aren’t getting an early booster shot. And, as Oregon has already learned, your state could be next.