coronavirus

little_a said:
I better have a few then.
I reckon Bill Gates may need me to help repopulate the earth, so up yer dirt box 2 eyes.

Vindication for Ron DeSantis
The media vilified him for rejecting harsh lockdowns. But Florida’s Covid-19 numbers are better than California’s or New York’s, and its economy thrives.

In the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo imposed strict lockdown policies—many still in place—and became the media’s golden boy. “The governor of New York’s morning news conferences have become part of the country’s new daily rhythm,” the Washington Post’s Style section gushed in March 2020. “He’s the strongman who can admit he’s wrong. He speaks fluently about the facts. He worries about his mother, and by extension, yours, too.”

Gov. Ron DeSantis took a different approach and was pilloried. He was among the first to lift his state lockdown, adopting something resembling Sweden’s strategy of protecting the vulnerable while keeping businesses and schools open. “Florida Man Leads His State to the Morgue,” read a June headline in the New Republic. “Ron DeSantis is the latest in a long line of Republicans who made the state a plutocratic dystopia. Now he’s letting its residents die to save the plutocrats.”

A year after the virus hit the U.S., Mr. Cuomo’s luster has faded, and Mr. DeSantis can claim vindication. The Sunshine State appears to have weathered the pandemic better than others like New York and California, which stayed locked down harder and longer.

Mortality data bear out this conclusion. The Covid death risk increases enormously with each decade of age. More than 80% of Covid deaths in the U.S. have occurred among seniors over 65. They make up a larger share of Florida’s population than any other state except Maine. Based on demographics, Florida’s per-capita Covid death rate would be expected to be one of the highest in the country.

Nope. Florida’s death rate is in the middle of the pack and only slightly higher than in California, which has a much younger population. Florida’s death rate among seniors is about 20% lower than California’s and 50% lower than New York’s, based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.

Wayne_Cowdrey said:I had a mini emotional breakdown last week and have been feeling a bit fragile on and off. Covid/lockdown has really ground me down

Wayne_Cowdrey said:I had a mini emotional breakdown last week and have been feeling a bit fragile on and off. Covid/lockdown has really ground me down

Wayne_Cowdrey said:Covid/lockdown has really ground me down

Wayne_Cowdrey said:I had a mini emotional breakdown last week and have been feeling a bit fragile on and off. Covid/lockdown has really ground me down

dannyboy73 said:very interesting article on the bbc website... 64% of bricklayers have been furloughed...skilled construction workers being one of the worst hit industries...

this is a good example of journalists not understanding that stats dont always tell the complete story...

pretty much everyone on site have claimed all the grants and yet...worked through all lockdowns...

beware lazy reporting.