# Why Is the Coronavirus Pandemic Worse in the USA?

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [April 6, 2020, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-coronavirus-pandemic-worse-in-the-usa/851176 "2020-04-06T07:17:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Carryon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-coronavirus-pandemic-worse-in-the-usa/851176/21 "2020-04-06T15:45:11Z")

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If look you also see success stories. California is doing very well considering it has around 40 million people, same could be said of Texas.

When I look at stats the only really one that stands out is Michigan. Which like NYC can be explained by conspiracy theories 🙂

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-coronavirus-pandemic-worse-in-the-usa/851176/22 "2020-04-06T16:37:37Z")

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**Moderator Note**

> [@Ulfreida](#):
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> The combination of a president who is very close to insane

> [@glee](#):
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> - poor leadership (Trump concerned more with his image, the Stock Market Index and punishing those who disagree with him)

Keep the political comments out of the Quarantine Zone.

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