States Rights

Page 2 of our InnovaScapes Institute Covid19 Dashboard https://anywhereanytime.io/covid19/ is for states and state comparisons, but Page 1 is where the true comparisons are best made in my view

Here, from a sample done two weeks ago, is a comparison of the breadth of Confirmed Cases for ten states--Orange is the 'bad' color, descending to Brown and Rich Blue.   White or Light Blue is GOOD



Note that many of these states exhibit widespread infections while others do not.  WHY?  Is it policy (e.g. the governor of Georgia being 'unaware' of asymptomatic community spreaders) such as early re-opening, or willful disobedient citizens congregating (e.g. "church rights"), or failure to institute 'lock-downs' soon enough?  

Clearly rural counties have, by and large, avoided the levels of confirmed case-rates that more urban centers experienced.   Not surprising in some respects--they travel less, have less interaction with strangers, etc.    It is not true (anecdotally at least) that they abide by social distancing, shelter-at-home, or wearing masks more than their urban counterparts.    But what is happening in Georgia and Alabama and major portions of Colorado obviously suggest that rural areas are not immune.