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An article in the NY Times today about spiking coronavirus cases across the United States singles out Douglas County, KS, as an exception, mentioning that the county is the home of Lawrence, KS, which in turn is best known as being the home of the KU West Campus, which is in turn known for occasional mountain lion sightings and UROs (Unidentified Running Objects--"runners" running at night in bizarre, random vector fashion with a space beam attached to their foreheads). Lawrence is also known for a local landmark, Ulrik's Hill, which one local resident, Sammy Hagar (not to be confused with the Van Halen Sammy Hagar) points out as being: "Not so much a hill, it's more like a slightly less flat spot."
The article does hint that continued mask wearing and social distancing could be one reason for the unusually low case rate, but curiously omits any discussion of the link between unusually high bean consumption in Douglas County and transmission rates of coronavirus. Per capita bean consumption in Douglas County is believed to be among the highest of all counties in the United States.
The NY Times also declined to use the article as an occasion for a PSA reminding all readers that chili does *not* contain beans.