Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Why didn't DeSantis pay a price for this? Because Covid victims die out of the public eye, offscreen as it were. A resident of Florida is ~20X as likely to die gratuitously from Covid as a resident of NY is to be murdered, but crime makes headlines while other deaths don't 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 13, 2022

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Adjusted for population, the Florida-equivalent death toll was FL 59,170 CA 39,217 NY 39,551 So states that didn't have governors promoting Covid disinformation and anti-tax propaganda lost far fewer people — the equivalent of ~20K excess in FL 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 13, 2022

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And no, it's not about freedom. We're not talking about lockdowns and restrictions at this point, just about lifesaving shots that DeSantis deterred people from getting. Truly awesome 6/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 13, 2022