Opinion: DeSantis 2024?

[Dill]

(02-16-2021, 09:59 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Given Florida's high population of retired folk, along with their very diverse community that includes huge population swaths of people most susceptible to the disease, Florida looks like a model compared to NYC.  When you look at the entire State of NY, only the big city is very diverse.  Once you get out to the upstate regions, it's pretty bland.  I know that another poster drew attention to the fact that Florida's largest city is less than 1M population, but that is not a valid item for comparison, when comparing State to State.  Florida is densely populated along an immense length of shoreline, in smaller cities, where people congregate in close proximity.

Seems like pop. density should be a critical factor--but look at North and South Dakota.  

I Know both states well. Wide open spaces. The largest city in North Dakota has only 124,000 people. 

And yet they lead the nation in COVID cases, proportional to population.