COVID - the Midwest/Northeast Vs the South
shailynn
They never tell you what you need to know.
I’ve been reading a lot how COVID infection rates are once again exploding in Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York and California.
BUT it’s staying low in Texas and Florida.
Why is that? I haven’t read any reasoning why it’s bad in one place and good in the other? My only theory is it’s been said COVID doesn’t like warm weather and this time of year is usually significantly warmer in Texas and Florida than the other areas mentioned. What to the knowledgeable experts of TUSCL think?
BUT it’s staying low in Texas and Florida.
Why is that? I haven’t read any reasoning why it’s bad in one place and good in the other? My only theory is it’s been said COVID doesn’t like warm weather and this time of year is usually significantly warmer in Texas and Florida than the other areas mentioned. What to the knowledgeable experts of TUSCL think?
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I don't know about TX.
At some point common sense will need to take hold in the lockdown states. Here is Florida vaccine demand is starting to drop off already. It used to be hard to get an appointment but now it's readily available to anyone who wants it. I'll be surprised if we reach 50% by the end of June. There will come a time in every state where all this hyperventilating nonsense about young people getting COVID will have to end since it's doubtful that a high percentage of them will ultimately get the shot.
Probably the more important reason is that you don’t know if someone has been vaccinated so everyone still has to wear a mask. We’ve very much demonstrated we can’t follow rules, so putting people on the honor system of you don’t have to wear a mask if you’ve been vaccinated won’t work. Just wear a mask for the next month or two and we’ll be in good shape. We’re at 100% bar and restaurant capacity and schools are mostly open here in Maryland and our governor was one of the strictest in the beginning.
Moderna efficacy has been reduced to 90%. Pfizer is 0% effective against variants. Astrazeneca, J&J, and the foreign vaccines are proven abject failures. Vaccinated people do not necessarily have immunity, recovered COVID patients are not necessarily immune, and too few people are being vaccinated. Widespread, unmitigated transmission around the world is fueling the creation and spread of these variants, and these variants are the biggest obstacle to having an effective vaccine to end this pandemic (idiot anti-vaxers are #2). You also have the creation and dissemination of fake and fraudulent vaccination cards. Without access to a database or catalog of lot #s and distribution sites, you cannot tell if a card is real or fraudulent.
Vaccination is not guarantee of immunity. Prior infection is not guarantee of immunity. There is no actual way to separate realnfrom fake vaccinated persons. That is why we must continue to wear masks and social distance.
By that logic we would need to stay masked and distanced forever. That is highly unlikely, lol. People can only live like that for so long. At some point sanity has to take hold, with protecting the vulnerable and allowing others to go about their days unencumbered. Heck masks are already disappearing quickly in my local area.
It gets a little press that while the masks and lockdowns effectiveness against Covid is disputed/rationalized, it seems very clear that they were very effective against cold and flu. I saw the flu numbers a week ago and they were a fraction of typical years. Knock on wood, but none of my family and few of my friends got sick at all this year after the lockdowns/masks started, except for a few cases of Covid. Some people may choose to wear masks just to get that benefit.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/15/pfizer-c…
Jes sayin
Look guys, I hate to interrupt this little self righteous circle jerk, but not everyone is going to do what you think they should in the same of some greater public good. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll stop obsessing about things that are never going to happen and adopt a more practical view of the situation.
Here in FL, with 37% of the population receiving at least one shot, demand is already starting to lighten. So much so that it's no longer difficult to get an appointment, even with the limited supply. Frankly I'll be shocked if we get above 50% by the end of the Summer. Young people are not likely to clamor for it because COVID is not especially dangerous to them and parents will likely be hesitant to give it to their young children for the same reason, even when it's approved for child use.
I suppose you can keep squealing, hiking up your skirts and climbing on chairs if you want with all of this masks forever nonsense and endless paranoia over variants, but at some point we're just going to have to find a way to cope with it like we do with the flu. Frankly I doubt that masks are going to be a thing for much longer, especially with what I'm already seeing here in NE Florida.
But to each his own of course. 😉
Also, for the record, I don't screw OVER dancers, I just screw them and pay them fairly in return. And both my ample fun with dancers and my ability to process the reality that mass COVID vaccinations are a silly fantasy both come from the same source - an understanding of basic human nature. 😉
1. Lock down the sick and elderly. Let the virus spread through the rest of the population. Wait for herd immunity.
2. Lock down everyone. Then, lock them down even more. When that fails, lock them down harder.
No one, except maybe Sweden, followed theory 1. However, states like Florida, Texas, and Arizona started with a lock down but were among the first to really open up. Blue states, on the other hand, are still sticking with Theory 2. How’s that working out ?
The hospitals here are almost full. I had to call 911 for my brother today because he couldn't breath.
This State needs to be shut down again really bad. Three different Facebook friends today posted about three different people who passed away from covid within the last week.
I have no idea why it spiked in Michigan, but it's really unfortunate.
A lot of colleges are requiring the vaccine for in-person classes, and many cities are requiring it (or a recent negative COVID test) to go to large public events like concerts or sporting events.
I wonder if the low rate in some areas is just a refusal in seeking medical service/testing in places like FL/TX. Many of the cases are mild and resolve on their own. Only those who can survive COVID naturally deserve to live!?!?
This is a dangerous line to cross. Government permission is required before we can exercise our right to assemble. What else will “cities” deem necessary, for the public good, before we can exercise actions previously considered our personal rights ? How long before emergency powers become permanent ( they’ve been in place for over a year at this point ) ?
The postponement of elective procedures had a catastrophic effect on the healthcare industry. We saw our revenue drop by 30% during that time period. Hospitals saw an even larger loss of revenue, and bean laying employees as required by budget constraints. Then, the surges returned, revenue had not increased to the point where furloughed employees could be re-hired, so existing employees have now been overworked for nearly a year and most hospitals have been running at a loss. Many private surgery centers have shuttered, including the best pain management practice in southwest Florida.
The only reason for the barring of elective surgeries was to ensure enough PPE for ICU and others providing care to COVID patients. If you are going to ICU after the OR, then the surgery was not elective. There is no longer a shortage of PPE (but there is a new problem of counterfeit PPE).
I’m in NJ another one of the hot spots. It seems we are in a third wave, and it’s forecast to peak in the next few days (or possibly in a few weeks - depending on the model used). This is a small state with a large population packed in the northeastern area. There is a lot of movement of people between Northeast NJ and NYC. Folks are starting to do more - and many folks have gotten at least 1 vaccine dose. I hope the cases start to decline soon.
One of my daughters attends college in Pa, and it’s a major concern, as she’s in an on campus dormitory. Most students are good with masks and keeping safe. I hope she gets through the semester safely, so I can get her vaccinated as soon as she’s back.
My how things have changed.
As far as MI goes, I wonder if the drastically changing weather has anything to do with it. A couple weeks ago everyone was traveling and going on spring break. So much that I couldn't even get a rental to go out of town. All rental places were full. Add that in with the changing weather and you have people traveling for spring break and then coming back and huddling indoors because it's cold outside again. Bad recipe for a virus that seems to thrive on indoor spread.
I really don't know. I just hope it stays away from me. My dad just got his second vaccine. His wife, another daughter who lives with him, and son all got it but he didn't and he was partially immunized. I'm not sure exactly how much just the first dose can provide immunity but it does to some degree. My mom and grandpa got their first dose a couple weeks ago. I just got my first dose yesterday and I don't usually get vaccines but it seemed smart. I really hope I do not catch covid in between waiting for next dose. My boyfriend refuses to get the vaccine. Looks like I might be taking care of him in the future...
That doesn’t mean we’ll hit 100%, or even 70%. Based on trends, it seems like 50-60% might be the final tally. I think that will be enough, at least to keep people from needing hospitalization.
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2) your quoted phrase never appeared in my comment
3) it is entirely expected that an adult with the mind of a child, receiving a shot, would behave in precisely that same manner as a child receiving a shot
4) learn to count
5) Do uou support the socialist practice of Eugenics? Allowing the mentally ill and deficient to become sick and die out to improve the gene pool? Why shouldn't they be protected from COVID?
6) How the actual fuck did you find a website more paranoid and dedicated to fake news than info wars?
Ba dum bum. Remember to tip your waitresses and bartenders. I’ll show myself out.
I hate to be the bearer of yet more bad news, but I strongly suspect that most for profit businesses will not be requiring proof of vaccinations in order to take customer money, lol. Shocking I know, but here we are. Now a handful of larger entertainment venues may ask for some type of vaccine passport for a while, and we may even see it required in a couple of crazier states for a time, but even that will go away when those places/states become uncompetitive due to the requirement.
The crazy shit that some people actual buy into, lmao.
For the last year, a bunch of tinpot dictators in government have ignored rights under the law because........emergency. Enough is enough.
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus…
It's important to remember that the efficacy of any inoculation varies by the individual, but the vaccines also reduce the severity of a variant infection and the risk of hospitalization.