Kolek planning to go pro
The irony here is that if Comey et al had acted like professionals in doing their job instead of like incompetent boy scouts who were terrified of the NY FBI office, Trump never would have been elected in the first place.
is that with states fully open including schools and large events?
Where I think he has erred is in assuming people actually believe that message on doing the right thing. If this does go away to a large extent over the summer. People are going to have the memory of everyone over-reacting. The result will be when/if it re-emerges, people will be reluctant to take as severe of measures.
Yeah, that's part of what I mean by I don't think he is taking human behavior into account. But he does have a background in public health so one would think he's factored that in. I guess we shall see soon enough.
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2020/05/11/Pennsylvania-plan-nursing-homes-long-term-care-coronavirus-COVID-19-cases-deaths-response/stories/20200509006468% of Covid deaths in Pennsylvania are in nursing homes - epic fail to protect the most vulnerable as robust, comprehensive plan was never implemented.
Any thoughts on how/why Flordia seems to be doing much better than most states despite all the really bad press about them closing down late?
Three thoughts:1. Florida ranks 8th in number of coronavirus deaths.2. Florida ranks tied for 25th (with Missouri, Iowa and Arkansas) in coronavirus deaths per capita.3. For me, it's too early to conclude anything. Maybe they'll do even better in the coming months, or maybe they'll get devastated as bad as anybody. I'll wait to see what the science says X number of months from now. Here's hoping things stay OK there.
I'll bet a beef n cheddar that 1000 people in a room the size of a football field will get infected at a 10x rate than 1000 people on an outdoor football field.Add in 5mph breeze and a sunny day, and I'll go 20x.I was never massively bothered by the "Florida Beach" scenes. It was outdoors and I've been on a beach before. Unless it's hella crowded, people's encampments are spread out.
1. 8th in Covid19 deaths, 3rd in US population. 6.5% of US population, 2.1% of US deaths.2. Florida has the (along with Maine) the highest % of senior citizens in the US - 20.5% and the second highest total number behind California. Nursing homes/senior living facilities are everywhere. Given these factors and who Covid kills, one would expect Florida to be an unmitigated disaster. Instead, it’s been a relative success.3. It may be “to early” to draw conclusions about Florida’s success, but It’s not too early to draw conclusions about New York’s, New Jersey’s, Connecticut’s, Massachusetts’, Pennsylvania’s, Michigan’s and Illinois’ failures. I’m content and grateful to be in Florida and reasonably confident that despite our aging population we’ll be better off than most.
Unless their policies have changed (honestly don't know), Florida is tallying their deaths differently than most, in a way that lowers their toll.They're only counting lab-confirmed cases as COVID-19, and they're not counting people who die in Florida but don't claim state residency. So, if a snowbird from Wisconsin got sick and died from COVID in Clearwater, that person wasn't included in the state's death count.https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/04/11/floridas-count-of-coronavirus-deaths-is-missing-some-cases/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/fl-ne-coronavirus-florida-pneumonia-flu-deaths-spike-20200417-lkel6rlik5blhd5zdktkrxhzze-story.html
Here in Illinois we are counting any that dies with the virus even if the virus isn’t what killed them.