Most rural communities, small towns and modest-sized metro areas have seen dramatically lower rates of Covid-19 infection than big urban areas, especially the super-dense New York City region. This has led to predictable upset and pushback when state officials treated less populated regions the same as more crowded ones. As one county commissioner in Oregon told NPR, “We have no vile threat that it’s going to be expanding around here, so why in God’s name are you still holding us to restrictions?”
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