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I don’t understand the recent celebrating of Florida’s COVID performance — in September, after vaccinations and treatment options were widely available, Florida
by jljljl 5y ago
I don’t understand the recent celebrating of Florida’s COVID performance — in September, after vaccinations and treatment options were widely available, Florida was losing more than 300 people per day to COVID. They went from ~25th in the nation for COVID Deaths per capita to 8th worst since the pandemic started.
That “just surviving” came at a huge cost of lives.
- chmod600 5y agoAfter the vaccine was available it was mostly unvaccinated dying. It's called freedom.
- jljljl 5y agoWith any vaccine, there are people who 1. Can't access the vaccine, 2. Can't take it for medical reasons 3. Who are scared/skeptical of getting it due to misinformation (often spread by those in power). Florida could have pushed for higher vaccination rates, but mainstreamed misinformation and skepticism instead
- nradov 5y agoFlorida has a higher proportion of elderly residents at higher risk. When you adjust for demographics the death rate in Florida is about average for the USA.
- sjg007 5y agoCitation?