COVID-19 threatens to rip apart Southern states in a way that isn’t happening anywhere else

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NEW ORLEANS, LA - MARCH 27: A view of empty Bourbon street in the French Quarter amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on March 27, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana.  Orleans Parish has reported at least 1,170 cases, and recorded 57 deaths from the coronavirus.  (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
A view along an empty Bourbon Street in the French Quarter on March 27, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

On Wednesday, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp finally issued a stay-at-home order for his state after resisting it for weeks. Kemp’s stated reason was one part amusing, three parts terrifying: he claimed that he had just learned that some people with COVID-19 can be asymptomatic, a fact that has been clear since January. Meanwhile, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has still not provided any statewide guidance, leaving such decisions to cities and counties. The same thing applies in Alabama, where Republican Gov. Kay Ivey sniffed that her state is “not California” and declared that she’s not ready to take an…

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