The Politics of Coronavirus Testing

By Kent R. Kroeger (April 2, 2020)

Coronavirus Testing by State (Darker blue indicates more testing per capita) (Source: covidtracking.org)

According to recent a Pew Research Poll, 59 percent of Democrats (and those Democrat-leaning) said the coronavirus outbreak is a major national threat, but only one-third of Republicans (and those Republican-leaning) had the same view.

Partisans in the U.S can’t even leave politics out of a worldwide pandemic. Perhaps German writer Thomas…