California’s surge in Covid-19 cases is so large it skews the results in the other 49 states

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattv...clining-nationally-if-not-for-o-n2582126

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As other regions of the country finally see some relief from the insidious coronavirus,
California’s surge has grown so large it now claims a dark distinction in the nation’s outbreak:
Without the Golden State, U.S. numbers would be dropping.
That’s according to The COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic, which analyzes data from across the country.

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