{"id":427780,"date":"2021-04-15T14:36:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T18:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=427780"},"modified":"2021-04-15T14:36:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T18:36:06","slug":"leftists-condemn-red-states-handling-of-covid-19-but-the-numbers-show-that-blue-states-are-still-the-worst-in-the-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftists-condemn-red-states-handling-of-covid-19-but-the-numbers-show-that-blue-states-are-still-the-worst-in-the-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftists Condemn \u2018Red States\u2019 Handling Of COVID-19,  But The Numbers Show That \u2018Blue States\u2019 Are Still The Worst In The Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleftists-condemn-red-states-handling-of-covid-19-but-the-numbers-show-that-blue-states-are-still-the-worst-in-the-nation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=427780&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2060.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Despite being supposed worshipers of \u201cthe science,\u201d the narrative being promoted by the Left when it comes to COVID-19 is, quite literally, \u201cDemocrat good, Republican bad.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For example, Cenk Uygur provided this insightful commentary on the \u201cdanger\u201d of conservatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>Now people are saying they won\u2019t travel to red states because it\u2019s a danger to be around conservatives. Nearly half of Republicans say they won\u2019t take the vaccine. It\u2019s literally hazardous to your health to be around this death cult. Their ignorance has reached a clinical level,\u201d Uygur tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.5638629283489\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now people are saying they won&#8217;t travel to red states because it&#8217;s a danger to be around conservatives. Nearly half of Republicans say they won&#8217;t take the vaccine. It&#8217;s literally hazardous to your health to be around this death cult. Their ignorance has reached a clinical level.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cenkuygur\/status\/1382434460428234753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>But what does \u201cthe science\u201d actually say? Here are some <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#datatracker-home\">key facts and figures<\/a> regarding COVID-19 which paint a different picture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cases<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>In terms of raw count, the states who have recorded the highest number of COVID-19 cases are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>California (3,604,395) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Texas (2,826,806) \u2014 Republican<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Florida (2,094,670) \u2014 Republican<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Illinois (1,285,398) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Pennsylvania (1,082,062) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Georgia (1,076,644) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>New York (1,074,867, doesn\u2019t include 894,683 cases from New York City) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Ohio (1,043,729) \u2014 Republican<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>New Jersey (959,921) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>North Carolina (936,425) \u2014 Republican<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span>By raw count, six of the top ten states are \u201cblue states,\u201d while just four are \u201cred states,\u201d with the \u201ctop state\u201d being California, a heavily Democratic state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Looking at the 7-day case rate per 100,000 in population, the \u201ctop ten\u201d states are ranked as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Michigan (551.8) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Rhode Island (304.4) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>New Jersey (294.8) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>New York City (264.5) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Minnesota (261.4) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Pennsylvania (253.1) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Delaware (239.2) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>New York (234.4) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>New Hampshire (227.6) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Connecticut (223.3) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span>Despite Uygur\u2019s claim that Republicans are part of a \u201cdeath cult,\u201d the highest rates of COVID-19 across the past seven days are entirely limited to Democrat-run states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Deaths<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>In terms of raw count, the states who have experienced the highest number of COVID-19 related deaths are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>California (59,258) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Texas (48,273) \u2014 Republican<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Florida (34,12) \u2014 Republican<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>New York City (31,950) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Pennsylvania (25,472) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>New Jersey (24,945) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Illinois (23,826) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Georgia (19,548) \u2014 Republican<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>New York (19,074) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Ohio (18,917) \u2014 Republican<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span>By raw count, six of the \u201ctop ten\u201d states (including New York City as a \u201cstate\u201d) are \u201cblue states,\u201d while four are \u201cred states.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In terms of death rate per 100,000 in population since January 2020, the states are ranked as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>New York City (380) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>New Jersey (280) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Massachusetts (25) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Rhode Island (249) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Mississippi (239) \u2014 Republican<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Arizona (235) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Connecticut (223) \u2014 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Louisiana (220) \u2014 Republican<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>South Dakota (220) \u2014 Republican<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Alabama (218) \u2014 Republican<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span>By death rate per 100,000 in population since January 2020, seven of the ten states are \u201cblue states,\u201d with four of the top five being \u201cblue states.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In terms of death rate per 100,000 in population in the past seven days, the states are ranked as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>New York City (4.3) \u2013 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Georgia (2.9) \u2013 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>New Jersey (2.8) \u2013 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Utah (2.7) \u2013 Republican<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Montana (2.2) \u2013 Republican<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Nebraska (2.2) \u2013 Republican<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>West Virginia (2.2) \u2013 Republican<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Delaware (2.1) \u2013 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Maryland (1.9) \u2013 Democrat<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Missouri (1.9) \u2013 Republican<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span>By date rate per 100,000 in population in the past seven days, five of the ten states are \u201cblue states,\u201d with the top three being \u201cblue states.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i><span>@ighaworth<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite being supposed worshipers of \u201cthe science,\u201d the narrative being promoted by the Left when it comes to COVID-19 is, quite literally, \u201cDemocrat good, Republican bad.\u201dFor example, Cenk Uygur provided &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312244,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2060.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Leftists Condemn \u2018Red States\u2019 Handling Of COVID-19,  But The Numbers Show That \u2018Blue States\u2019 Are Still The Worst In The Nation","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-427780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2060.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Leftists Condemn \u2018Red States\u2019 Handling Of COVID-19,  But The Numbers Show That \u2018Blue States\u2019 Are Still The Worst In The Nation","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}