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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMississippi surpasses NJ as state with highest rate for COVID deaths
Updated: 5:15 p.m. | Published: 5:14 p.m.
... Mississippis death rate from COVID-19 is 308 per 100,000 people, as of Sept. 17. New Jerseys is 306. Louisiana and New York, respectively, have the next-highest rates, with 288 and 281 per 100,000 people ...
https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2021/09/mississippi-surpasses-nj-as-us-state-with-highest-rate-for-covid-deaths.html
JustAnotherGen
(31,681 posts)They had 2.9 million in 2009.
How terribly sad.
jimfields33
(15,450 posts)But per 100,000, they are close to the same.
JustAnotherGen
(31,681 posts)Like - we are dense and smaller (land wise). They could have social distanced. The vast majority of our deaths took place pre Vaccine.
Murphy made every move he could to keep us alive.
Polybius
(15,235 posts)It's a reliably liberal state with a good governor.
mainer
(12,013 posts)And before doctors had access to monoclonal antibodies.
LeftInTX
(24,541 posts)Klaralven
(7,510 posts)Vendors and temporary help spreading Covid. Visitors were allowed. Seniors would visit day care centers. etc.
There were also a lot of family gathering, weddings, etc. that continued for a while in the beginning.
E.g. "Coronavirus Ravages 7 Members of a Single Family, Killing 4"
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/nyregion/new-jersey-family-coronavirus.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-deaths-grace-fusco-family-new-jersey/
JustAnotherGen
(31,681 posts)Murphy did everything he could to keep us alive pre-vaccine