unome
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There was some great book once that had a saying about two eyes, a speck and a plank. Paraphrasing it: Let's not notice the issues that the other guy has when we have bigger issues. Let's not compare ourselves to the neighbors from the west, let's compare to the one's from the east. The dreaded land of cheese. The land of drunken Sconnies. Our COVID numbers are almost identical and we both have Democratic Governors. Let's look at those facts: Wisconsin: 83,334 cases; 1,183 deaths; 14,313 cases per million; 203 deaths per million Minnesota: 81,868 cases; 1,921 deaths; 14,517 cases per million; 341 deaths per million Those numbers are so close. Similar population size, similar population in many ways, almost identical case numbers and, wait, those death numbers are a big difference. Maybe WE completely mishandled the virus? Walz failed to adequately protect the LTC facilities until late May and we have more than 700 deaths than a neighboring state with almost identical COVID numbers in every other way. Drat, and we were having such a fun time being all high and mighty. So, I guess the fact DO speak for themselves. Our Governor mishandled the virus and hundreds of Minnesotans paid with their lives. I am sorry, I got distracted, what was the topic again? Oh yes, we were trying to shame a neighboring state with better COVID numbers than we have. Again, paraphrasing the same book I mentioned above: those without anything to be ashamed about can cast the first stone. We Minnesotans better keep those stones in our own hands on this one.
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