North Dakota now has the most COVID cases per capita, and the hospitals and ICUs are overwhelmed. This was 100% predictable. The government is Republican and it refuses to take any steps to combat the pandemic, mandate masks, or stop superspreader events such as the Sturgis Motorcycle rally, that directly or indirectly killed hundreds of people, in states smaller than one urban county in Georgia. In GOP states such as Georgia there is virtually no case tracking, warning or quarantine, but in counties with mask mandates, there are about half as many cases and deaths. The Dakotas have nothing -- no public health measures at all. It is a control experiment to see how many people are maimed or killed when you do nothing to stop the disease. There is an extreme shortage of doctors and nurses. The governor, who is a homicidal idiot like Georgia governor Kemp, suggested a plan to pour gasoline on the fire. He thinks that nurses should be allowed to work even if they test positive for COVID-19, as long as they exhibit no symptoms.
North Dakota allows Covid-positive healthcare workers to stay on job as nurses warn it's 'irresponsible'
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/u…job-record-surge-n1247487
Imagine you are on an airplane, preparing to take off. The pilot comes on the intercom. "Folks, some of you have noticed flames and smoke pouring out of the starboard engine. Don't worry about that. We have no indicator lights here in the cockpit showing any troubles. So we are cleared for take-off! Have a nice flight."