| When New York City's Covid-19 epidemic peaked in late March and early April, the city was reporting more than 5,000 new confirmed cases a day, and more than 60% of tests for the disease were coming back positive. In Arizona, which has a similar if somewhat smaller population (7.3 million versus 8.3 million), new cases are currently averaging about 3,000 a day and about 20% of tests are positive. Things may keep getting worse in Arizona, and its Covid outbreak may eventually surpass New York City's. But it's a long, long way from getting there, and I'm guessing that it won't. That isn't to say that things are looking good in the Grand Canyon State, or in Texas, Florida, Southern California or any of the other places now experiencing big growth in coronavirus cases. But the specific conditions that enabled the awful explosion of the disease in New York City are not being replicated. Read the whole thing. Coronavirus Brings American Decline Out in the Open — Noah Smith Biden's Lead Grows, But So Do Threats to Democracy — Francis Wilkinson Trump's Failed Prosecutor Ploy Shows the System Is Working — Bloomberg's editorial board Putin Wins 16 More Years of Reckless Behavior — Hal Brands Roberts Finally Makes His Position on Abortion Clear — Noah Feldman For the EU, Banning American Tourists Is the Easy Part — Lionel Laurent Lopez Obrador Is Making Mexico's Tragedy Worse — Bloomberg's editorial board Boris Johnson Makes a Bold Move on Hong Kong — Therese Raphael India Shows China Tech the Other Side of the Fence — Tim Culpan This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion published this week based on web readership, plus some other stuff occasionally thrown in. | 
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