- Apr 8, 2013
- 15,997
- 13,717
- 136
This approach includes multiple metrics: health outcome, economic outcome, social (crime, food anxiety, etc.), and education. As predicted, red states haven't done as well on the health metrics. But on the whole, they've done a little better on education and economics.
I kind of agree with the approach as a rough estimation. The fact is, red states did about as well as blue states, or slightly better. Assuming, for example, you downgrade the education score for having schools shut down and requiring distance learning. I think many on the left and in the media have always operated from the premise that the best health outcome was preferable, and other factors far less important. I don't agree with that premise. Setting kids back educationally has a negative effect on us all, and can indirectly cause more death than the per capita difference in death rates between the two approaches. Same with the economy. People were put out of work and some have chosen not to return.
Masks and vaccinations are good because there is no tradeoff really. School and business shutdowns, not so much.
One factor which counter-balances this a little: states with high tourism fared worst of all for obvious and unavoidable reasons. Most of those are blue states.
Source is Politico. You can check how your state fared here:
www.politico.com
I kind of agree with the approach as a rough estimation. The fact is, red states did about as well as blue states, or slightly better. Assuming, for example, you downgrade the education score for having schools shut down and requiring distance learning. I think many on the left and in the media have always operated from the premise that the best health outcome was preferable, and other factors far less important. I don't agree with that premise. Setting kids back educationally has a negative effect on us all, and can indirectly cause more death than the per capita difference in death rates between the two approaches. Same with the economy. People were put out of work and some have chosen not to return.
Masks and vaccinations are good because there is no tradeoff really. School and business shutdowns, not so much.
One factor which counter-balances this a little: states with high tourism fared worst of all for obvious and unavoidable reasons. Most of those are blue states.
Source is Politico. You can check how your state fared here:
Covid’s deadly tradeoffs, by the numbers: How each state has fared in the pandemic
POLITICO’s State Pandemic Scorecard shows how state decisions impacted lives, jobs, education and well-being.
www.politico.com
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