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...but that's really the point: it turns out that cookie cutter interventions at the State level are, in nearly every case, a huge failure with dramatic, life-e
by jMyles 6y ago
...but that's really the point: it turns out that cookie cutter interventions at the State level are, in nearly every case, a huge failure with dramatic, life-ending or -changing consequences.
I'm in Pinellas County, where there are indoor mask requirements for some places, but no other NPIs in place. Live music is on, gyms are open and people are getting back in shape, etc.
At the end of the day, Florida's numbers are the envy of most states, without any school closures and almost no statewide lockdown. There's no doubt that this will be a model for future pandemics if harm reduction is a primary goal.
Perhaps the strangest and most notable outcropping here is this: DeSantis, who as far as I can tell is a corrupt, prison-mongering, racist douche bag, for some unexplained reason had almost singular gumption to listen to progressive, established epidemiologists like Gupta, Kulldorff, Baral, Prasad - people who obviously have almost nothing politically in common with him. Why?
Let's face it: epidemiology is not a field with a lot of people who you'd view as to the right on the political spectrum (I say with a disclaimer that I think that the right-left dichotomy in politics is no longer a useful tool).
But why did nearly every other governor bench the career researchers and academics and bring in second-stringers, who had much more draconian and authoritarian leanings?
- WarOnPrivacy 6y ago> it turns out that cookie cutter interventions at the State level are, in nearly every case, a huge failure with dramatic, life-ending or -changing consequences. That may be part of a lesson we take away from this. Actions that hinge more on trust and less on expensive resources may be more effective when enacted at a local level. > At the end of the day, Florida's numbers are the envy of most states, without any school closures and almost no statewide lockdown. Remote learning and virtual schooling are viable alts to closing schools - esp in a state w/ higher numbers of kids living with grandparents. > DeSantis ... for some unexplained reason had almost singular gumption to listen to progressive, established epidemiologists like Gupta, Kulldorff, Baral, Prasad I'll need post-event analysis before I understand how much of their counsel was reflected in his actions.
- temp8964 6y ago> "Remote learning and virtual schooling are viable alts to closing schools". No. They are not. They are only good for a short period as a temporary alternative. Not for whole semester or even whole school year.
- WarOnPrivacy 6y agoI strongly disagree. My kids have benefited tremendously from virtual learning for a decade. It enabled at least two of them to graduate on time. We started remote learning this year and we find it, in every way, better than no schooling at all. In some ways it is even better than norm-year, in person schooling - eg: quieter edu time, no between-class cattle herding, no time lost to transportation.