> But in September, we opened bars and restaurants and gyms, inviting pandemic spread even as we knew the seasonality of the disease would make everything much

> But in September, we opened bars and restaurants and gyms, inviting pandemic spread even as we knew the seasonality of the disease would make everything much riskier in the fall. Were people talking about seasonality? I mean, sure, I bet you could find people who mentioned it, but it seemed like popular opinion was on the effectiveness of masks, lockdown, etc. And when asked for evidence they point to the drop...which oddly enough coincided with the season change. It's like seasonality is always brought up as a reason to fear the virus (Biden with the "dark winter"), but then casually dismissed when the virus recedes (you never hear "bright summer" - you saw that idiot lawyer with the reaper costume on the beach). Cuomo was doing a victory lap, selling his bizarre posters claiming NYC figured out how to beat it and get over the hill. Anyone paying attention can see the curves are seasonal and if any of these interventions worked we wouldn't be facing another rise.