Thread by @paulkrugman, One of these trajectories is not like the others. Is it Trump's [...]

One of these trajectories is not like the others. Is it Trump's fault? Of course: pandemic response is heavily dependent on presidential leadership, and Trump has been a malign influence every step of the way 1/

But it's not just Trump. Republican governors also played crucial dire roles 2/

Ron DeSantis killed a lot of Floridians 3/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/coronavirus-ravaged-florida-as-ron-desantis-sidelined-scientists-and-followed-trump/2020/07/25/0b8008da-c648-11ea-b037-f9711f89ee46_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-banner-main_virusdesantis-810pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans

Coronavirus ravaged Florida, as Ron DeSantis sidelined scientists and followed Trump

Experts say the state suffered from centralized decision-making divorced from scientific evidence.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/coronavirus-ravaged-florida-as-ron-desantis-sidelined-scientists-and-followed-trump/2020/07/25/0b8008da-c648-11ea-b037-f9711f89ee46_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-banner-main_virusdesantis-810pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans

Abbott killed a lot of Texans, although his state's toxic political culture is making it hard for him to do better 4/ https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-texas-shut-down-again-amid-surge-in-covid-19-cases-11595669400?mod=hp_lead_pos3

Will Texas Shut Down Again Amid Surge in Covid-19 Cases?

Debate in Texas over how to combat mounting coronavirus cases has left Gov. Greg Abbott bouncing between policies and appeasing no one.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-texas-shut-down-again-amid-surge-in-covid-19-cases-11595669400?mod=hp_lead_pos3

So it's the ideology of modern conservatism as a whole, but just Trump's hopeless inadequacy, that has made America the sick man of the Western world — literally 5/

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