Educational attainment, political orientation and virus spread

    We have all seen how different states have responded to the spread of COVID-19.  Some states, like California,  have responded early, proactively and aggressively.  Other states, like Florida and the South, have delayed a statewide response and then with some hesitation.  You can easily see the correlation to those states with conservative politicians and those with more liberal politicians in their response.  These correlations hold when you compare other statistics such as poverty and educational attainment.  We now can see how it also relates to response to COVID-19.  The two maps show this reality visually.  The first map shows how travel restrictions impacted mobility from cell phone tracking.  Notice how that matches up with the second map of educational attainment nationally.





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   This map shows that states that have responded slowly to social isolation are also those that have not expanded Medicaid to their poor residents who may need treatment from the virus.