Public health officials have called for nationwide shutdowns to slow the spread of COVID-19. But many Republican governors have been slow to act.
Trump’s early view that the response to the virus was driven by hysteria rather than legitimate worry.
Still others explicitly argued that the cost of shutting businesses outweighs the benefits. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick even went so far as to suggest that many elderly people wouldAs the virus continues to spread across the country, and especially across the South, the cost of such foot-dragging could be devastating if the governors’ risky bet that COVID-19 isn’t as deadly or as widespread as public health officials have warned doesn’t pay off.
, thanks to their large elderly populations, poor overall public health quality among their residents, and other factors, including lower health insurance rates, a lack of access to quality care, or statewide medical systems that may be quickly overrun. Florida is a prime example. While New York is currently experiencing the worst outbreak of any state in the country, public health experts have increasingly warned that
― in part because it has nearly 4 million residents over the age of 65, making it particularly vulnerable to the virus.
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