Coronavirus (to live, rank, area)

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by goodheathen

Here's an actual opinion piece without much of a narrative.
https://theweek.com/science/health/1...and-done-convo

Good points, especially the end of the article: "We may be done with COVID. I certainly am. But it is not done with us yet."

[sav858]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

Aren't you the one who claims that cases don't matter now?

I don't recall saying that but even if I did what would that matter? You asked about cases, got your answer, then responded with deaths for whatever reason.

[As Above So Below...]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

Not really.

California's confirmed death rate per 100k: 196.2; Last 14 days: 2.7
Texas's confirmed death rate per 100k: 275.4; Last 14 days: 4.1

https://www.latimes.com/projects/cal...king-outbreak/

We talked about cases.

The deaths have little to do with policy, cases do. The death rate is higher in Texas because 1/4 of the state is obese. In California that’s much lower.

[As Above So Below...]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

Good points, especially the end of the article: "We may be done with COVID. I certainly am. But it is not done with us yet."

Can you name a virus that is done with us?

[roadwarrior101]

Originally Posted by As Above So Below...

We talked about cases.

The deaths have little to do with policy, cases do. The death rate is higher in Texas because 1/4 of the state is obese. In California that’s much lower.

I'm sure that not allowing mask mandates, vaccine mandates or other basic public health precautions has something to do with it. Just sayin'

[As Above So Below...]

Originally Posted by roadwarrior101

I'm sure that not allowing mask mandates, vaccine mandates or other basic public health precautions has something to do with it. Just sayin'

When your case rate is the similar but your death rate is much higher, we can comfortably say it doesn’t have a thing to do with mask or social distance measures.

[roadwarrior101]

Originally Posted by As Above So Below...

When your case rate is the similar but your death rate is much higher, we can comfortably say it doesn’t have a thing to do with mask or social distance measures.

Case numbers are similar but Texas has 10 million fewer people than California. So, we're doing much better on both measures.

[sav858]

Originally Posted by roadwarrior101

I'm sure that not allowing mask mandates, vaccine mandates or other basic public health precautions has something to do with it. Just sayin'

If that were the case then we should have the lowest death rate but we don't.

[roadwarrior101]

Originally Posted by sav858

If that were the case then we should have the lowest death rate but we don't.

We also aren't the most blue state overall, which is a big part of the equation. The Bay Area may be, but that doesn't represent the entire state population. The more conservative counties have much lower vaccination rates on average. Google it.

[goodheathen]

It's not just political leanings. Many ghetto types vaguely dislike Democrats less, but in practice don't vote much and if male probably don't get vaccinated. Los Angeles is dragged down partly by them.