# Inside the Worst-Hit County in the Worst-Hit State in the Worst-Hit Country | The New Yorker

<https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/02/15/inside-the-worst-hit-county-in-the-worst-hit-state-in-the-worst-hit-country>

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## What Jamie wrote

I have greatly enjoyed [Atul Gawande](http://atulgawande.com)'s writing ([Being Mortal](http://atulgawande.com/book/being-mortal/) and [Checklist Manifesto](http://atulgawande.com/book/the-checklist-manifesto/) are incredible reads) so when I saw that he wrote about my hometown, [Minot, North Dakota](http://www.minotnd.org), it got my attention right away. This is a long read but follows the pandemic as it comes into Minot, the community's initial reactions, and then the huge surge that was experienced in late summer when it was a giant hot spot. Gawande presents the journey well, and I appreciated how he framed the positions of various people as they navigated the pandemic. "When an entire community must decide how to tackle a serious problem—must choose what it is and is not willing to sacrifice—matters get more complicated."

## Facts

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## Appears in

- [WT173: Weekly Thing #173 / Minot, Unicorn, Bunch](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/173/), Must Read

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