Vaccinated Democratic Counties Are Leading the Economic Recovery.

Muro dubbed this divide "high-output America" vs. "low-output America." (Bloomberg Businessweek) -- With Covid-19 cases once again rising across the country, the U.S. is struggling to curb the latest, delta-driven surge, as hospitalizations and deaths have steadily climbed. From a strict output standpoint - leaving aside the terrible human cost of Covid - the U.S. is fortunate that so much of its economic activity is concentrated in counties that tend to have high vaccination rates. [Extracted from the article]

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