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Compared to the Northeast, it& #39;s a very different pandemic down in Florida:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đ˝ď¸" title="Gabel und Messer mit Teller" aria-label="Emoji: Gabel und Messer mit Teller">The restaurants are full
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đď¸" title="Einkaufstaschen" aria-label="Emoji: Einkaufstaschen">The stores are hopping
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đˇ" title="Gesicht mit Mundschutz" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Mundschutz">Lots of people don& #39;t wear masks
Many Floridians are acting as if the pandemic is over, even though it plainly isn& #39;t https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
Many Floridians are acting as if the pandemic is over, even though it plainly isn& #39;t https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
Most of @opinion_joeâs friends in New York tend to view Floridians as idiots when it comes to Covid-19.
They& #39;re convinced that Governor Ron DeSantis is hiding the true number of fatalities, and that his refusal to impose a mask mandate is irresponsible https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
They& #39;re convinced that Governor Ron DeSantis is hiding the true number of fatalities, and that his refusal to impose a mask mandate is irresponsible https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
But what you hear from many Floridians â even liberal ones â is a grudging respect.
Whether DeSantis was smart or lucky, they don& #39;t care. All they know is that Florida& #39;s cases and deaths are below some states that have followed the CDC playbook faithfully https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
Whether DeSantis was smart or lucky, they don& #39;t care. All they know is that Florida& #39;s cases and deaths are below some states that have followed the CDC playbook faithfully https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
How do pandemics end?
âMaybe what happens is not that the virus goes away or is rendered impotent by the vaccine but that people simply decide they have to go on with their lives despite the risk,â @opinion_joe says https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1YpKkzLeRgPxj">https://twitter.com/i/broadca...
âMaybe what happens is not that the virus goes away or is rendered impotent by the vaccine but that people simply decide they have to go on with their lives despite the risk,â @opinion_joe says https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1YpKkzLeRgPxj">https://twitter.com/i/broadca...
In contrast to Floridians, Rhode Islanders are still playing by the rules.
Masks are everywhere, yet per capita, Rhode Island had many more deaths than Florida â 248 per 100,000 people versus 157 https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
Masks are everywhere, yet per capita, Rhode Island had many more deaths than Florida â 248 per 100,000 people versus 157 https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
Rhode Islandâs cumulative death rate is almost the highest in the country. The only states that have done worse are NY, New Jersey and Massachusetts
The morality tale that lives saved are proportional to sacrifices made doesnât necessarily reflect reality https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
The morality tale that lives saved are proportional to sacrifices made doesnât necessarily reflect reality https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
At the start of the pandemic, the Rhode Island government closed the parks, playgrounds and beaches.
âScience-based rules are ones that take human needs into account. Stricter rules arenât always better rules,â says @fayeflam https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
âScience-based rules are ones that take human needs into account. Stricter rules arenât always better rules,â says @fayeflam https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
Thereâs still so much thatâs not understood about Covid-19:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="âĄď¸" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">What role does climate play?
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="âĄď¸" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Why did cases fall from mid-January to late February?
Itâs all too easy for the media to generate outrage with footage of unmasked people on a Florida beach https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
Itâs all too easy for the media to generate outrage with footage of unmasked people on a Florida beach https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
What role does climate play?https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="âĄď¸" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Why did cases fall from mid-January to late February?Itâs all too easy for the media to generate outrage with footage of unmasked people on a Florida beach https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q..." title="Thereâs still so much thatâs not understood about Covid-19:https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="âĄď¸" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">What role does climate play?https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="âĄď¸" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Why did cases fall from mid-January to late February?Itâs all too easy for the media to generate outrage with footage of unmasked people on a Florida beach https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
After a year of dealing with the pandemic, people arenât willing to live differently anymore.
Restaurants are filling up again; some music venues are opening; people are booking air travel in numbers not seen since before the pandemic https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
Restaurants are filling up again; some music venues are opening; people are booking air travel in numbers not seen since before the pandemic https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
There are lots of reasons for this:
The human species can adapt to almost any circumstance. At some point, people decide that they will carry on with their lives, pandemic or no pandemic https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
The human species can adapt to almost any circumstance. At some point, people decide that they will carry on with their lives, pandemic or no pandemic https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
Plus, the messaging weâve been getting from the CDC has been so contradictory that many people simply donât trust the governmentâs advice anymore.
And therefore, theyâre much more willing to just ignore it https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
And therefore, theyâre much more willing to just ignore it https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
There can be a social ending to pandemics while the biological risk still lurks. People just start to accept a certain risk and go on with their lives.
That even happened during the 14th Century, when the Bubonic plague ravaged Europe https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
That even happened during the 14th Century, when the Bubonic plague ravaged Europe https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
The Covid-19 pandemic may already have had a social ending in Florida.
Unless the vaccines start to fail in a spectacular way, Rhode Islanders and New Yorkers will probably start to act like Floridians soon https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
Unless the vaccines start to fail in a spectacular way, Rhode Islanders and New Yorkers will probably start to act like Floridians soon https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
âAt this point, even if there is a fourth or fifth or sixth wave, no governor is going to call for a lockdown,â says @opinion_joe.
The citizens have made their own risk-reward calculation https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
The citizens have made their own risk-reward calculation https://trib.al/M7DZE60 ">https://trib.al/M7DZE60&q...
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