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The US? I'm not aware of any place here that's under lockdown.
by hvac 6y ago
The US? I'm not aware of any place here that's under lockdown.
- henrikschroder 6y agoOahu in Hawaii is currently under lockdown until September 23rd.
- hvac 6y agoHuh, you're right. Apparently there is limited hospital bed capacity on the Hawaiian islands.
- username90 6y agoAs long as schools are closed you have at least a partial lockdown. Schools are still mostly closed in California, no?
- clairity 6y agoyes, california is in arbitrary lockdown, closing many businesses and amenities that basically don't contribute to spread, rather than tackling the much harder but much more effective challenge of restricting (large) private social gatherings (where social norms actively discourage preventative measures like distancing) that are driving the spread (outside of hospitals and care facilities). our state "leaders" don't want to take the political hit of actually doing the effective rather than the performative.
- username90 6y agoIf you count excess mortality then California has 60% more deaths than registered covid deaths, as can be seen here. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/05/us/coronavirus-death-toll-us.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/05/us/coronaviru... If we take that into account then California actually has more deaths per capita than Sweden, and people are still dying in California so it will only get worse. So I agree their strategy was not all that good.
- clairity 6y agoyes, as a resident, i can't tell you how frustrated i am with the inanity of it all. so much talk and bluster, so much performance, so much (lower- and middle-class) socioeconomic damage, yet so little effectiveness.