Amen. He made a fool of himself by declaring victory in Trumpian manner, railing against those naysayers. Now we are at the epicenter of the outbreak. And in the next couple of weeks, the NBA will come to Orlando for the playoffs, Disney World will be re-opening, and Trump is coming for his coronation. I'm in Jax, in our county today we SMASHED the previous of high of about 400 cases. Today we had over 700. Jacksonville finally made mask wearing mandatory on Monday. Meanwhile, DeSantis continues to talk nonsense.
Hello Concart,
It is amazing masks are not required for the whole State. The whole COUNTRY, for that matter.
I'm saying some of the rise in cases can be attributed to increased testing. To put things in perspective, Tennessee currently has a higher infection rate than North Carolina, but it also has a substantially higher testing rate. Since the infection rate is already close between these states, it can logically be assumed that if NC increased its testing rate to match Tennessee, it would have a higher infection rate recorded.
With Florida, you can make a similar comparison between them and say... Pennsylvania. Florida has a higher infection rate than PA, but it also has a higher testing rate. So, if PA increased its testing rate to match that of Florida, it would likely have a higher infection rate recorded.
The problem with how people are often measuring the performance of each state is that they don't take into account differences in testing rates.
Florida is still below the national average in terms of infections per million people. Their testing rate is just below the national average, but they've been improving it over time.
Hello Concart,
It is amazing masks are not required for the whole State. The whole COUNTRY, for that matter.
Maybe some, but not many. These cases are the result of bars, gyms, and other indoor businesses opening way too early. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see the common characteristic of the states that are currently experiencing huge spikes. Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Arizona, Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi. What do they all have in common. I think you can figure that one out.
How many more were hospitalized? How many were told to go home? How many were asymptomatic?
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local...for-new-coronavirus-cases-with-10109/2256899/
10,000 new cases in one day.
DeSantis is a fool.
I'm saying some of the rise in cases can be attributed to increased testing. To put things in perspective, Tennessee currently has a higher infection rate than North Carolina, but it also has a substantially higher testing rate. Since the infection rate is already close between these states, it can logically be assumed that if NC increased its testing rate to match Tennessee, it would have a higher infection rate recorded.
With Florida, you can make a similar comparison between them and say... Pennsylvania. Florida has a higher infection rate than PA, but it also has a higher testing rate. So, if PA increased its testing rate to match that of Florida, it would likely have a higher infection rate recorded.
The problem with how people are often measuring the performance of each state is that they don't take into account differences in testing rates.
Hello Woko Haram,
OK, the testing thing.
Testing does not make the pandemic worse. It makes it better because it is a valuable tool in reducing the spread.
There are a certain number of cases out there.
The more testing you have the more cases you know about, the more cases you can do something about, at least tell the person so they know not to spread it.
If you do less testing it does not reduce the number of cases out there. All it does is makes it so you don't know about them. That makes the pandemic worse because people will be less careful if they are unaware they are carriers and could be infectious.
It is astonishing DT does not get this.
That's terrible leadership. Really, it is a lack of leadership.
And the example you gave in the OP was outdoors.
There is a lot of cognitive dissonance going on right now with the media, health agencies, and the left. Just today, health experts have come out saying that the protests that happened a few weeks ago don't appear to have affected the spread of COVID.
When considering that plenty of the protesters did not wear masks or social distance, that implies that masks and social distancing aren't as vital as once believed.
Granted, there is also the possibility that these people are running cover for a political movement they favor or are afraid to criticize.
Either way, it's hard to tell people to social distance and wear masks while simultaneously saying that gatherings of hundreds and thousands of people in close proximity did not increase the spread of COVID.
Hello Woko Haram,
Way to sugar coat it.
What makes you think it was outdoors? Because they grilled food? LOL at you. It is beyond stupid to attempt to politicize this by saying 'they did it first'. The protesters, at least the ones without masks, were reckless as well. So what?
Majority recover. Will there be constant kvetching year-round now for all eternity for every one of the many corona viruses? Every flu season?
Every death due to cigarettes? Heart disease? Pulmonary disease? Diabetes? Obesity?
Hello Woko Haram,
Way to sugar coat it.
Majority recover. Will there be constant kvetching year-round now for all eternity for every one of the many corona viruses? Every flu season?
Every death due to cigarettes? Heart disease? Pulmonary disease? Diabetes? Obesity?
I would agree that more testing is a good thing, but again, it's hard to assess the performance of states in comparison with each other when the rates vary so much.
Hello Woko Haram,
That is unimportant. Fighting the war we find ourselves in is.
Priorities.