According to Ronald Brownstein of "The Atlantic", the Covid Virus is affecting Blues and reds differently.
Although it says that concern of the virus is increasing within both parts of the divide; only "Democrats consistently express much more concern about it than Republicans do".
Democrats have said they have more consistently changed their behavior because of the virus.
The story suggests that this could be a result of the environment they live, respectively suburban for Republicans and Urban for Democrats.
It states that states with Republican representatives have been slower to respond to the concerns of Covid-19 as opposed to those with Democrats in office.
Some of this reaction has come from the fact that most areas affected by Covid-19 are mostly left leaning cities like Seattle or Urban areas where democrats live but also suggests that political affiliations with the disease will soon coincide over time.
The story suggests that if the virus never breaches the big cities it could be seen as simply a Democratic problem and not one that concerns Republicans.
Even though most experts believe the virus will contact most parts of any state, they also agree that the brunt of it will be felt within urban centers.
According to those at the John Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering; Toner said that while “it’s not universally the case” that pandemic diseases tend to spread first in the places most open to international travel, “as a general rule” that is the progression they follow. “The virus travels with people,” Toner said. “So, where people travel is where the virus goes first, and then it spreads out from those areas in which it has been introduced.” The sentiment should change.
Still the article states "Republican-leaning states to this point are displaying notably less urgency about the outbreak."
The most significant difference is "Republicans and Democrats extend not only to assessments of Trump’s response to the outbreak but also to its underlying level of danger and the need to change personal behavior. If anything, there’s considerable evidence that those gaps are widening."
Of course this could simply be because of the "The parties’ contrasting geographic bases of support may also have an influence. Recent public polling has found an imposing gulf in attitudes between urban and suburban areas on one side and small-town and rural areas on the other."
This reporter summarizes his point with the following ; “Seattle, San Francisco, New York, Boston are just a few weeks ahead of other parts of the country,” Toner said. “There will be outbreaks in places that we will be very surprised by. I am quite confident about that.”
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