>= 1,000 - 285 100 to 999 - 1,466(New) grand total of counties reads at 3,102. While I've not gotten into an argument with the Topo folks over this re-definition of 'affected' counties, it certainly looks like a move to bolster ex-President AuH2O 2020's perpetual lying.
This is the first crossing of the 3,100 threshold of total counties since the re-definition. Yahoo!! Looking at the USGS/Census Bureau definition(s) of 'county', we find on the order of 3,141 total entities. Of the other defined entities, Alaska seems the least likely to contribute. Well... if you slide the map to look at Alaska, behold! Some surprisingly large numbers. So, I guess the country has rounded the corner to eliminating Covid-19? Don't you think so too?
As to what the numbers imply, let's start with the Big Bang: 100 to 999. No where near that count before, and it keeps sucking up the lower levels inexorably; they keep losing count while the total creeps up. This does not bode well, despite what Batshit J. Moron keeps saying. Cowabunga! to quote Snoopy, the Phantom Surfer.
The 1,000+ counties are now dispersed across the country, no longer just in those evil Coastal Blue States; in fact mostly in the Heartland where Real Americans live. Given that most of that territory consists of much smaller population counties, the per-capita rates there must be through the roof. Well, let's not just guess, let's go see... another interesting map, which displays the per-capita counts by grouping. And, yes, the Southeast and upper Midwest lead the pack. And, furthermore, there's a distinct path north from Texas to the Dakotas that's also evident from the Topo maps. God's country is no protection from Covid-19, despite what the Right Wingnuts clearly believe.
The density in the Southeast is particularly bothersome. As ex-President AuH2O 2020 so stupidly said back in February
Feb. 10: Now, the virus that we're talking about having to do — you know, a lot of people think that goes away in April with the heat — as the heat comes in. Typically, that will go away in April. We're in great shape though. We have 12 cases — 11 cases, and many of them are in good shape now.Clearly, what's going to happen once all those folks, mask-denying all, go indoors like everybody else? A virus grows in Birmingham?
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