Another just-so article that works back from different outcomes to assign causality (and blame) to a policy response. But we know coronavirus was spreading in California by January, and it just didn't catch fire like it did in New York City.https://www.propublica.org/article/two-coasts-one-virus-how-new-york-suffered-nearly-10-times-the-number-of-deaths-as-california …
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The assumption that, absent intervention, every major city will end up like Lombardy, New York or London made sense back in March, but does not fit the evidence we have in May. The problem is that journalists have not revisited this assumption and continue to write morality tales
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These stories will continue to get written because they offer a cast of heroes, villains, narratives, and above all, the illusion of control. A pandemic that we don't have a great deal of power over is mysterious and frightening. It has to be tamed and made into a story.
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What... what are you talking about? https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-to-288-with-5237-positive-cases-statewide/32521487 …
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Yeah he took that pic right before OK went in to lockdown
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