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12. We have and have had for some time higher new Covid cases per capita than any of our neighbors

Reply to question everything (Reply #7)

Fri Nov 19, 2021, 07:26 PM

Nov 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html

We've been swapping the number 1 spot for at least a week with Michigan. Today's the first day lately that I've seen when we're not #1 or #2 highest -- we're #4 after Michigan, New Mexico, and New Hampshire.

Three of our neighbors are close: Nodak #6, Wisconsin #8, SoDak #13, Iowa #21.

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Again, I marvel at how sane Minnesota is, surrounded by rigid, selfish and cruel [View all] question everything Nov 2021 OP

They rural empedocles Nov 2021 #1

Huh? n/t rzemanfl Nov 2021 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author empedocles Nov 2021 #3

Not all of Minnesota. TwilightZone Nov 2021 #4

Perhaps the Blue areas are centers of education. LakeVermilion Dec 2021 #22

Parts of MN are just as awful. We are fortunate in having a Dem governor Ocelot II Nov 2021 #5

Could a similar trial ended this way in Minnesota? question everything Nov 2021 #8

None of the judges I know of are as bad as that idiot in Kenosha, Ocelot II Nov 2021 #9

Stereotyping 101. madaboutharry Nov 2021 #6

None of the neighboring states even had a lockdown, none demanded masks question everything Nov 2021 #7

Most of rural Minnesota never locked down, either. TwilightZone Nov 2021 #10

Also, there is net migration from the neighboring states into Minnesota question everything Nov 2021 #15

Outstate, that is to say Trump Country, is a mess, Ocelot II Nov 2021 #18

We have and have had for some time higher new Covid cases per capita than any of our neighbors progree Nov 2021 #12

I think that opening the schools is a major reason why MN is number one question everything Nov 2021 #16

Did our schools open earlier than our neighboring states? Or a higher percentage progree Nov 2021 #19

This is a crap take. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2021 #11

Spot on. Comparing the Rittenhouse trial, judge, jury and verdict to the... brush Nov 2021 #13

Neither is representative of the state as a whole. TwilightZone Nov 2021 #14

I'm rigid, selfish and cruel, apparently. rsdsharp Nov 2021 #17

Totally agree. the_sly_pig Dec 2021 #20

I don't know about that iemanja Dec 2021 #21