^ That’s because LA has nice weather but still has fanatical restrictions. It’s clear overkill.

I read somewhere that couches priced above 15K really depress covid transmissions.

What fanatical restrictions? I ate at two restaurants (one inside) and went to a bar this weekend, and other than operating at reduced capacity, it was basically normal. Disneyland even reopened last week. :shrug:

Yeah but you can't hug Goofy. Fail. :frog:

I came from Miami so it was like going back into lockdown by comparison. You don’t have bars that are open, it’s table service only, everywhere is pretty quiet etc.

Ok so not being able to sit shoulder to shoulder at a bar = lockdown? Damn dude you are something else :koko:

It is still somewhat quiet, I will agree with that. But that's more a symptom of people being hesitant to get back to normal rather than 'fanatical restrictions' imposed by the government. The pandemic was very bad in LA Nov-Jan, and I think people have taken it pretty seriously. That's a good thing, I think.

Still quite low.

In SF, 43% of all residents, 49% of those 16+, and 73% of those 65+ have been fully vaccinated.

63% of all residents, 72% of those 16+, and 86% of those 65+ have received at least one dose.

It’s the vaccines, dummy. It’s not the lockdowns—sorry Mayors and Governors, but you didn’t save your cities and municipalities. You just bankrupted everyone.

Science saved us. The vaccine is the solution. Period.

I live dining out, going to movies, etc. Ever since my shots it’s been much better.

Wow, Disney just opened!? It's been open in Florida for the last 11 months LOL

No one need fret. If SF (and maybe LA) makes the yellow tier tomorrow, he'll be able to sit at that bar and do so safely (which I'm not sure can really be said about Miami at this point: According to The NY Times FL is averaging 23 cases/100,000/day statewide and Miami is worse than that average while CA is averaging only 5 cases/100,000/day and neither LA nor SF is any longer a hotspot).

Meanwhile, 9% of the LA population and 7% of San Francisco's are "vaccine hesitant" according to the CDC while in Dade County it's 19% according to the CDC ( https://data.cdc.gov/stories/s/Vacci...D-19/cnd2-a6zw ). CA is going vaccinate all but a tiny minority of its population and reopen safely. It's less clear about FL.

Oh, what a heavy burden Lord Pretend must bear--it's not noisy enough! Not every single bar is open!

Won't someone relieve His Heinous of this ghastly oppression?

Yes, and Disney has been very unhappy about the state of CA not buying their profit-driven assurances.

He's going back to London where they are serious about their lockdowns.

And the city is still pumping vaccine into arms at a rate of nearly 1% of the eligible population (7000 people) per day. See what I posted just above about our rate of vaccine hesitancy--it's remarkably low. And it will mean that the city, at least, will probably truly reach "herd immunity" once we can start vaccinating the kids too while other parts of the country may not.

Incidentally, I don't think it's a coincidence that the national rate of vaccination began to plummet contemporaneously with the ill-advised suspension of the J&J vaccine. It appears the typical American isn't able to distinguish between the rare side effects that MAY (it's still unclear whether the cases of thrombotic thrombocytopenia among those vaccinated exceeded the rate among an unvaccinated group) be associated with the J&J and Astrazenica technology and the very different technology from Pfizer and Moderna. The suspension seems to have scared many people away from all available coronavirus vaccines. As one might guess (based on educational attainment stats), San Franciscans seem smarter than the national average and are able to make these distinctions.

Check out your town's "vaccine hesitancy" (you can roll over the link to see percentages):

https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/ser...117736/enhance
https://data.cdc.gov/stories/s/Vacci...D-19/cnd2-a6zw

I disagree that fear and hesitancy amongst younger people who have never been at risk from the virus is a good thing. It’s a product of a government and media fear campaign that will probably have lasting mental health consequences more severe than any other health impact on these generations.

^ instead of your bar buddies, tell that to those who other similarly reckless people made sick or killed.

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touristy new orleans is big easying back to life:


https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-new-...om-11620120601

So are you saying that you fear the impact of the lockdowns? If that's the case, then what is so bad about somebody fearing the virus? It's acting on the same thing, and both sides are doing it. Consider that every statement you have said about covid, can be molded into a comment about the impact of the lockdowns...
"the number of lockdowns doesn't matter"
"everybody has been impacted by the lockdowns so it's not a big deal"
"in any given year there are millions of lockdowns"

full article: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/...zker-lightfoot