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Collected Item: “New York vs. California on Coronavirus”

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New York vs. California on Coronavirus

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Screenshot of a Tweet

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New York was one of the original epicenters of the coronavirus back in the beginning of the Spring. As they have managed to get their cases under control, a similarly large state in California has had an explosion in cases. There have been a variety of discussions about how this happened, as people have debated testing, masks, and the idea of herd immunity.
This item was added TAGS v6.1.9.1. I originally searched under the hashtag #california. Within that search, I have chosen to add the following tweet because it provides a comparison of two heavily populated states attempts at handling the pandemic.

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#HST, #485, #ASU, #coronavirus, #california, #NYC, #immunity, #masks

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https://twitter.com/AlexBerenson/status/1279814025010982912

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Twitter user @ScottGottliebMD created the original tweet, Twitter user @AlexBerenson added a comment to the original tweet, Twitter user @Somethi75740529 retweeted both

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2020-07-05
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