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Plague in a time of partisanship

By Michael Barone

Published May 28, 2020 4:00am ET

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Plague in a time of partisanship — America faces a contagious infection: partisanship. Consider the responses to a poll question about treating COVID-19 with the long-approved and widely used drug hydroxychloroquine. A Morning Consult poll shows 52% of Republicans supporting the drug and 16% against. At the same time and in the same country, 56% of Democrats opposed it, and 13% were […]

America faces a contagious infection: partisanship. Consider the responses to a poll question about treating COVID-19 with the long-approved and widely used drug hydroxychloroquine.

A Morning Consult poll shows 52% of Republicans supporting the drug and 16% against. At the same time and in the same country, 56% of Democrats opposed it, and 13% were in favor.

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