mesa@piefed.social to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoNew Covid variant has been identified and is already spreading in 25 stateswww.the-independent.comexternal-linkmessage-square143fedilinkarrow-up1558arrow-down110
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minus-squareXeroxCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoAnd again, the population will be affected disproportionately based on population density, which happens to correlate strongly with political leanings.
minus-squarespidermanchild@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoThat’s not how it played out though. Rural areas had higher death rates.
minus-squareXeroxCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoNumber of infected and rate of spread was higher in higher density areas.
And again, the population will be affected disproportionately based on population density, which happens to correlate strongly with political leanings.
That’s not how it played out though. Rural areas had higher death rates.
Number of infected and rate of spread was higher in higher density areas.