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? In what way Florida and Texas barely did anything and have better or comparable numbers to the rest of the country.
by tick_tock_tick 5y ago
? In what way Florida and Texas barely did anything and have better or comparable numbers to the rest of the country.
- bdcravens 5y agoFlorida and Texas are #1 and #2 in number of cases over the past 7 days. https://usafacts.org/visualizations/coronavirus-covid-19-spread-map/ https://usafacts.org/visualizations/coronavirus-covid-19-spr...
- commandlinefan 5y agoNumber of cases is irrelevant to lockdowns, though - what's relevant is whether the hospitals are filling up and having to turn away patients, which we don't see happening.
- bdcravens 5y agoThis is more of an "in spite of" rather than "because of". The openness may be causing more infections, but the medical system can handle the load due to the rate of vaccinations present now that weren't present when Texas disastrously tried to open up last summer.