Nation Deadliest place in America: They shrugged off the pandemic, then their family and friends started dying December 11, 2020December 12, 2020Trevor Hughes, USA TODAYComments Off on Deadliest place in America: They shrugged off the pandemic, then their family and friends started dying Lulled into complacency by their rural county's distance from the pandemic's early days, residents of this Kansas county are now paying the price.