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We've been enjoying outdoor eating at restaurants here, or takeout in the park. I'm hoping case numbers don't skyrocket again soon, but we'll see.
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Three months in and there's one certainty: The UK and US public is often clueless about the most basic points...starting with geometric expansion of cases and each person's role in that.
Or the most basic point imaginable...we have 160,000 deaths in the UK+US but we DON'T have multiples of that...because we've shut down. There's also a strong entitlement culture in both countries. |
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Italy, France and Spain had stricter shutdowns but are now pretty much wide open. I’m going to Italy in a couple weeks, and then plan to spend August in France. |
Stricter and now more wide open....does this not spur a thought about why they can open up?
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A few states in the south (Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama) seem to be heading towards a level of outbreak that risks overwhelming those states health care infrastructure. It's hard to imagine that these states will just let this burn, but that seems to be the stance on it right now.
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I mean, in the Northeast Corridor, basically everything is still shut down, and I can't remember the last time I saw someone not wearing a mask indoors. In contrast, my parents are in Florida, and they say no one is wearing a mask indoors anywhere, really. They're in Naples, and say it's as if the pandemic never existed. Also doesn't help that they're in a conservative, elderly, white bubble of retired Midwesterners who tend to lean strongly Trump. |
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No lockdown or adherence to any of these restrictions can eliminate the virus. It will be with us forever, but will mutate as it spreads through the population (most likely to become less deadly to its hosts). The lockdowns had a viable purpose in preventing a capacity overload in the healthcare system, but we aren’t close to that now, so we just have to get on with it and let it spread, and more vulnerable people should act accordingly. |
I don't understand how Florida hasn't been devastated yet given the demographics and apparent lack of general concern. At first there were reports of warmer weather helping slow the spread, but it doesn't seem to be helping Brazil that much.
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1. California is having a second wave now, and they did a pretty good job early on. Nevada and Oregon are also spiking now. 2 Despite never really locking down (and having a spike related to meat processing plants back in April/May) the plains states aren't really showing any signs of a major wave. 3. Texas and Florida look quite bad right now, and were states that reopened early. But Georgia also reopened early, and isn't really seeing the same rapid increases as its neighbors. Some people are suggesting the wave in AZ and the South relates to air conditioning. People in the Northeast/Midwest are out of the house more, but staying outside - and COVID-19 doesn't appear to spread well outside. It does spread well in climate-controlled buildings however. That does not explain the spike on the West Coast however. |
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