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JUST IN—Analysis shows #COVID19 surge is worst now in places where leaders neglected to keep up forceful virus containment efforts or failed to implement basic measures like mask mandates, according to NYT analysis of Oxford data. Worst state leadership? S & N Dakota, IA, FL.
2) Using an index that tracks policy responses to the pandemic, these charts show the number of new virus cases and hospitalizations in each state relative to the state’s recent containment measures. https://nyti.ms/32WOqgC
3) The worse overall in state level containment leadership consistently is South Dakota’s leadership under @govkristinoem, along with by Iowa and North Dakota, according to the data.
4) here is a stark figure of how the #COVID19 surge compares in the states with fewest control measures vs intermediate vs tightest.
5) New York, like all states, started with no measures in March. But notices how cases fell once more restrictions added, and then stayed mostly down until recently.
6) Texas meanwhile, half tried in the spring and summer, but then gave up.
7) However, North Dakota never real tried any containment at all up until end of last week. This chart is the most devastating.
8) Great graphics by NYT visual masters @LaurenLeatherby and @Rich_Harris. Here is the article again. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/18/us/covid-state-restrictions.html
9) here is a thought - maybe it would have been nice to not censor or muzzle the CDC for all these months. I listed all the ways the Trump WH has... 
https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1329340822450528258
https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1329340822450528258
10) We had ample forewarning. But many of our leaders failed to act. And many people have died when it could have been prevented had we acted and acted sooner.
