“[Florida] state officials withheld information about infections in schools, prisons, hospitals and nursing homes, relenting only under pressure or legal action from family members, advocacy groups and journalists.” https://t.co/M0Fc9Ka15G

— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) December 8, 2020

COVID data has apparently been manipulated for months and yet only one person has spoken out publicly. Here’s why. https://t.co/QSInmdDi8j

— Slate (@Slate) December 18, 2020

Rebekah Jones, a fmr. Covid-19 data scientist, says the raid on her home by armed Florida state police officers was intended to "scare people" after she raised concerns about the state's handling of the coronavirus. https://t.co/5nSbleWx7a

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 18, 2020

SPECIAL REPORT: An astonishing pattern emerged in Florida’s #COVID19 death tally — one that suggests the state manipulated a backlog of unrecorded fatalities, presenting more favorable death counts in the days leading up to the presidential election. https://t.co/dKcZoTO2gc

— South Florida Sun Sentinel (@SunSentinel) December 16, 2020

Miami-Dade mayors say they they’ve been unable to talk to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who in September intervened in local COVID-19 responses by barring local governments from closing businesses or enforcing COVID-19 fines. https://t.co/T89cHAdjSp

— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) December 17, 2020

Opinion: Even by Florida standards, Gov. Ron DeSantis is a covid-19 catastrophe https://t.co/RIpzQv4z8p

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 22, 2020

Unreal: Researchers now believe roughly 330,000 COVID-19 cases across the US and around the world can be traced back to the two-day Biogen conference in Boston.

Infections from this one gathering made up 2% of all the US cases, @hannaskrueger reports https://t.co/OvilBh9hK5

— Ellen Barry (@EllenBarryNYT) December 11, 2020

After Giuliani visit, Michigan House says nearly 30 have tested positive for Covid this year https://t.co/hIX8q67psb

— julie k. brown (@jkbjournalist) December 10, 2020

Owner of an events company says his 4-day swingers convention in New Orleans last month has been tied to 41 new coronavirus infections. https://t.co/wNWakLHjEs

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 2, 2020

Fifteen members of the Aragonez family have tested positive for coronavirus since a get-together on November 1. Although the family is still healing, they took the time to make a public service announcement warning against large gatherings of this sort. https://t.co/efyaPWX4sK

— CNN (@CNN) November 24, 2020

A Washington state wedding that was called a "super-spreader" event may have caused deadly COVID-19 outbreaks in two long-term care facilities. https://t.co/GRfP3y5vdQ

— ABC News (@ABC) December 6, 2020

A birthday lunch left 15 Texas relatives battling covid-19: "Please don’t be like my family" https://t.co/8E7l04uNEk

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 23, 2020

A traveler who tested neg 48 hrs prior to flight was infectious by day of flight, pre-symptomatic; using genomic analysis, traced to 4 cases of in-flight transmission

This doesn’t mean don’t get tested; it means *don’t travel unless an emergency* #covid19https://t.co/1DIundqlY5

— Abraar Karan (@AbraarKaran) November 21, 2020

900 on Mayo Clinic staff have contracted coronavirus in last two weekshttps://t.co/9vJ3JwzeQw

— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) November 18, 2020

NEW: I investigated a giant, unsanctioned “superspreader” homecoming dance in Missouri. Turns out it was thrown by parents, and they may have tried to hide the number and identities of attendees in order to make contact tracing harder. https://t.co/SARHeOoimX

— Olivia Messer 🌻 (@OliviaMesser) November 13, 2020

1 in 3 South Dakotans has now been infected with Covid. Stunning.

— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) December 9, 2020

A crushingly powerful account of coronavirus illness and death in a South Dakota town, from @anniegowen:https://t.co/7juaIMERTs

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) December 9, 2020

Even before the pandemic, Pine Ridge Reservation in #SouthDakota had the lowest life expectancy in the U.S. Now, more than 1 in 1,000 people statewide are dead from COVID. SD State Rep. #PeriPourier & Sen. @RedDawnFoster1 join me 8aET & 9aET. #velshi #IndianCountry

— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) November 29, 2020

But freedom or something. This is a goddamn tragedy and it was avoidable. https://t.co/ovv7YaA5fs

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) November 28, 2020

S. Dakota COVID-19 deaths bust record—and Noem tweets about shopping https://t.co/fDS1AvEpho

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) November 28, 2020

🚨BREAKING: South Dakota records its deadliest day of COVID pandemic with 54 more dead.

Adjusting for population, that would be like ~20,000 deaths in 1 day nationwide.

— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) November 28, 2020

A South Dakota lawmaker who earlier this week visited Gov. Kristi Noem's mansion and attended her budget address in Pierre has tested positive for COVID-19. https://t.co/EexFNR5zaT

— argusleader (@argusleader) December 10, 2020

See how this works:

Vermont:
* population – 627,180
* total cases – 5,285
* total deaths – 86
* follows mask/social distancing

North Dakota:
* 760,900
* cases 86,149
* deaths 1,080
* limited restrictions late

South Dakota
* 892,631
* cases 88,023
* deaths 1,147
* "freedom"

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) December 10, 2020

Things I don't understand: SD's death rate is now 71% of NY's at its peak. How can there not be a huge backlash against the see-no-viral-evil governor? pic.twitter.com/XVr2VVQeRv

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 24, 2020

This is the most interesting thing I have ever read. https://t.co/cMOhje1lCf

— Virginia Heffernan (@page88) December 8, 2020

Link: https://t.co/mt2VhNLZS0

— Ana Bretón (@missbreton) December 8, 2020