Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Stonington Harbor, Maine

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According to听Jessica Carson, assistant research professor at the Carsey School, in the nation's 199听rural counties where seasonal housing acounts for 25% or more of all housing units, average cases per 100,000 people were more than twice as high as in other rural countries and 15% higher than in urban areas.听The research suggests that rural scenery has drawn visitors seeking to escape densely populated metropolitian areas and听who likely brought the virus with them.

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