As we head into the new year, there is a growing divide in how Americans deal with COVID. For the most part conservatives want to move on with their lives and liberals tend to see the pandemic as a major crisis. According to the New York Times COVID tracker, in the last week of 2021, the five highest infection rates were found in places with heavy government public health restrictions: D.C., New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Illinois. The bottom five are: South Carolina, Wyoming, Idaho, Alaska and Montana.

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