Joe, besides being quite creepy in your posts re me, you're also way off base, yet again.JoeMauer89 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 9:58 amOS,old salt wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 12:44 amMight want to withhold comparative analysis (& ghoulish gloating) until the delta surge has burned it's way through the entire country.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 12:27 am I wonder why this is?
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/21/health/u ... index.html
Maybe I'm being too "negative".
It's moving N. Where's the empathy you showed in making excuses for the high initial death rates in the NE ? ...& NY v FL nursing home deaths ?
Exactly, it's nonexistent. Want to know why? Because he was in Florida enjoying the nice weather and lack thereof of restrictions. He wasn't in in the NE for the majority of last winter. So you won't get a decent answer.
Joe
And this comment itself has zero to do with the actually discussion, it's purely personal.
For a response to Salty that addresses the actual topic, see above. To you, below.
I've suggested previously that you're clearly a happier, more constructive poster camper when you stick to the lax threads. When you come on here, something seems to click over and it's just personal attacks and/or angry rants.
High unvaccinated areas are going to have surges of transmission, it'll happen wherever there are pockets of such concentration. Same for areas without strong efforts to reduce transmission ala masks etc.
Some regions will have leadership and populations that encourages vaccination and transmission mitigation, others apparently do not. But we'll see surges this go round anywhere there are remaining concentrations of unvaccinated.
As to where I was when there were actual lockdowns, that was 18 months ago, I was in Maryland. We participated with all such. Not fun. Last winter, yes, we were in Florida, but I wasn't enjoying any "lack of restrictions". Our community was terrifically concerned, heavy mitigation efforts, and we took them quite seriously. As a result, that large community of nearly all 60+ year olds (mostly 70+) had zero Covid deaths, though the county we were in experienced lots. But we did have the luxury of outdoor activities like golf and boating, outdoor dining at the club, spread apart. True. I expect we'll do so again this winter.