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Covid-19 now disproportionately affects rural America, and is hitting red states harder than blue ones. Rural counties have 14 percent of US population and 21 percent of new Covid-19 cases. The nation’s largest, densest urban counties now have Covid-19 rates lower than mid-sized and smaller metros and rural areas. This shift to a largely rural […]

Covid-19 now disproportionately affects rural America, and is hitting red states harder than blue ones. OK, reporters, we’re waiting for the stories about rural Americans decamping to cities (or suburbs) and from red states to blue ones, where they will be safe from the pandemics. In the early months of the pandemic, reporters were quick