In our divided red and blue nation, coronavirus data is a uniting purple

California and Texas show the folly of viewing this pandemic through a political lens.

The two most populous states are seeing record numbers of Covid-19 infections amid other concerning trend lines. The Golden State was hit early on by this pandemic and had taken a cautious, calibrated approach to re-opening, while the Lone Star State was one of the first to reopen and until this past week had greeted the virus with Texas swagger. Both are now recoiling as ever-more disturbing data pour in, and the coronavirus shows how little...