Finally, look out in South Dakota: 2231 (or 80%) of the cases in that sparse but geographically-large state are in ONE county. But if everyone in the state is asked to “stay home,” it means that many thousands of people in small towns with zero cases are out of work. So, those areas are getting back to “normal” sooner; for people in New York, it may be months before it is safe to loosen restrictions. (The news sometimes tells how people in rural America are making medical supplies, packing meat and doing other things to help the rest of the country.)

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