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The way at which we are opening up here in Washington State, you'd think that Covid was gone. But now here we are with double the cases we had when we originall

The way at which we are opening up here in Washington State, you'd think that Covid was gone. But now here we are with double the cases we had when we originally shut down, and we're opening things back up. It's like we did all the previous shutdowns for nothing... like all that we did to isolate, work from home, etc was for nothing. It makes it feel like we were wrong to shut down before, and that it wasn't even necessary. Sure we have a vaccine now, a vaccine that most people don't have. It's not any safer now than it has been. It makes it feel like the Republicans were partly right in that the shutdowns only caused unnecessary economic damage, and that isolation did nothing. I want to believe that's not true, but that's not the message that I'm getting now.

frockington1 6y ago
Do you know what is causing the vaccine delays in your state? I'm in Ohio and anyone can get a vaccine now by scheduling an appointment online. So much optimism now when there was none. Even if it is a little slower in your state don't give up hope, its coming soon
undefined1 6y ago
Florida vs California is telling. FL mostly stayed open and didn't do much worse than CA, despite Florida's much older population.
- 908B64B197 6y ago
  Per capita or overall?
  - chc 6y ago
    Per capita. Florida did anomalously well given its seemingly poor handling of the situation. It's likely related to the fact that California has 3 of the 10 biggest cities in the US while Florida has 0, but that doesn't seem like enough to fully explain it.
    - 908B64B197 6y ago
      Density and demographics are two interesting points. SF and LA are pretty dense in some areas, and not very car-friendly. Florida skews heavily toward relatively well-off retiree who might already be a little more socially distanced than the norm.
      - deleted 6y ago
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    - undefined1 6y ago
      maybe, but in terms of density overall; CA: 253.9 residents per square mile FL: 397.2 residents per square mile
      - 908B64B197 6y ago
        Large chunks of land in CA are completely deserted and uninhabitable. What's more interesting is the local density; what does the distributions of residents per square miles looks like.
      - alphabettsy 6y ago
        Should probably compare places where people live. Including the vast parts of CA that are empty desert skews this stat.
        undefined1 6y ago
        that would be helpful. is there a stat that does that? removing empty CA desert and empty FL swamp?
lsllc 6y ago
It's exactly the same here in Massachusetts, 7-day averages have been trending up from a low back at the beginning of March -- for both cases and hospitalizations, yet they're opening up more and more and we just got rid of our travel ban (quarantine order). FWIW, MA also doing fairly well compared to most states with vaccinations, although eligibility for the general population isn't until 4/19. MA COVID Data 3/31: https://www.reddit.com/gallery/mhfxi4 https://www.reddit.com/gallery/mhfxi4 (courtesy of /u/oldgrimalkin on /r/CoronavirusMA).

frockington1 6y ago

Do you know what is causing the vaccine delays in your state? I'm in Ohio and anyone can get a vaccine now by scheduling an appointment online. So much optimism now when there was none. Even if it is a little slower in your state don't give up hope, its coming soon

undefined1 6y ago

Florida vs California is telling. FL mostly stayed open and didn't do much worse than CA, despite Florida's much older population.

908B64B197 6y ago
Per capita or overall?
- chc 6y ago
  Per capita. Florida did anomalously well given its seemingly poor handling of the situation. It's likely related to the fact that California has 3 of the 10 biggest cities in the US while Florida has 0, but that doesn't seem like enough to fully explain it.
  - 908B64B197 6y ago
    Density and demographics are two interesting points. SF and LA are pretty dense in some areas, and not very car-friendly. Florida skews heavily toward relatively well-off retiree who might already be a little more socially distanced than the norm.
    - deleted 6y ago
      [deleted]
  - undefined1 6y ago
    maybe, but in terms of density overall; CA: 253.9 residents per square mile FL: 397.2 residents per square mile
    - 908B64B197 6y ago
      Large chunks of land in CA are completely deserted and uninhabitable. What's more interesting is the local density; what does the distributions of residents per square miles looks like.
    - alphabettsy 6y ago
      Should probably compare places where people live. Including the vast parts of CA that are empty desert skews this stat.
      - undefined1 6y ago
        that would be helpful. is there a stat that does that? removing empty CA desert and empty FL swamp?

lsllc 6y ago

It's exactly the same here in Massachusetts, 7-day averages have been trending up from a low back at the beginning of March -- for both cases and hospitalizations, yet they're opening up more and more and we just got rid of our travel ban (quarantine order). FWIW, MA also doing fairly well compared to most states with vaccinations, although eligibility for the general population isn't until 4/19. MA COVID Data 3/31: https://www.reddit.com/gallery/mhfxi4 https://www.reddit.com/gallery/mhfxi4 (courtesy of /u/oldgrimalkin on /r/CoronavirusMA).