Please don't take HN threads further into regional flamewar, or any flamewar. It's not what this site is for.

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Depends on your metric. It’s perfectly reasonable to think that Kansas is doing better than Missouri because more people are able to lead the life they want.

There are other metrics beside “least fatalities” to factor.

The death rate difference could be due to something as simple as a higher percentage of seniors in the state, for instance, or differing population densities. Hacker News is full of sophists.

"Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community."

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Your comment would be just fine without that swipe.

Median age in Kansas is 36.7. Median age in Missouri is 38.6. Kansas has 4 towns with population densities >4000/sq mile. Missouri has 38 towns with population densities >4000/sq mile.

I was curious, and it looks like the metrics for Kansas and Missouri for infections, mask use, hospitalizations/deaths, and social distancing are all pretty similar: https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america/kans...

Looks like anxiety is better in Kansas, though…