Oops! We’re At It Again

Almost every day I check the New York Times Coronavirus map— which, unlike the rest of the NYT, is not behind a paywall, presumably so that citizens in other parts of the country, or the world, can see how safe it is to venture outside their own homes. (Good on the NYT for making these stats available to everyone.) In these maps, the darker the color, the worse the outbreak.

On Monday, my little rural county was a pale, pleasant orange. By Wednesday, it was a dark, angry orange— cases had d...