“Rural and Urban Divide”. Right.

(per Missouri DHSS)
Johnson County, Missouri: 83.87 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population 4/16/2020.
Kansas City, Missouri: 78.47 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population 4/16/2020.
Jackson County, Misouri: 67.62 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population 4/16/2020.

St. Louis, Missouri: 233.13 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population 4/16/2020.
St. Louis County, Missouri: 203.22 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population 4/16/2020.

[emphasis added]

There are two rural counties in Missouri which are among those with the highest number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population.

Saline County, Missouri:

(per Missouri DHSS)
Saline County
COVID-19 cases: 49
214.02 per 100,000 population 4/14/2020

[emphasis added]

Via Johns Hopkins:

Perry County, Missouri:

(per Missouri DHSS)
Perry County
COVID-19 cases: 38
198.43 per 100,000 population 4/16/2020

[emphasis added]

Via Johns Hopkins:

Differences in the current number of cases among sources is due to different reporting deadlines and issues with timely reporting to those sources.

So much for those astroturf “Operation Moron” rallies planned in Kansas City and Jefferson City this week.

Science and math, people.

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