10 states that are doing the least to protect you from COVID-19

[Yoni Heisler]

• States with loose coronavirus restrictions and lax safety measures are the same ones seeing a surge in coronavirus infections.
• Without proper safety precautions in place, Dr. Fauci recently said the coronavirus death toll in the U.S. could hit 400,000 before the end of the year.
• Fauci this week advised people in 23 states to "hold off" on large Thanksgiving celebrations as indoor gatherings can serve as superspreader events.

One of the more interesting aspects of the coronavirus is that infection rates tend to vary wildly from state to state. This, of course, shouldn't come as much of a surprise given that some states were quick to take the coronavirus threat seriously while others were inexplicably lax in their response. We're even seeing this dynamic play out today as the coronavirus continues to spread rapidly in states all across the country. As it stands now, there's an indirect correlation between an increase in coronavirus cases and the number of COVID-19 restrictions implemented by individual states.

Recently, WalletHub took a close look at which states are implementing broad coronavirus restrictions and which ones aren't. The findings are based on 17 variables, a list which includes whether or not restaurants are allowed to remain open and at what capacity. Other restrictions examined include face mask requirements in public, office temperature screenings, school reopenings, work from home requirements, and more. All told, the data found that states with the least restrictive coronavirus safety measures align very closely with the states currently seeing a surge in new coronavirus infections.

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