Response to the High Plains Reader article on North Dakota during the pandemic.

Illustration from my book Alone Together: And Other Pandemic Lies. © Julie R. Neidlinger. All rights reserved.

A recently published article in the High Plains Reader (HPR), “Why Was North Dakota The ‘COVID Death Capital of the World?’” includes quotes from me.

First off, Laura Simmons, the author, made a good effort to provide a balanced article and I com…