Five states account for 43% of the country's new Covid-19 cases in the past week

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  1. apexofpurple

    apexofpurple Well-Known Member

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    I make this post for two reasons. The first to point out that once again FL Gov MoRon DeathSantis is living up to his moniker. The Super Bowl, CPAC, spring break, the attack on masks and the refusal to engage lockdowns has earned Florida its place in this ranking and I am 100% confident that if it were not for the ongoing manipulations of COVID data at the hands of the FL Gov the state would be #1 with a strong lead.

    The second point is to poke the eye of all the nonsense claims over red states doing better than blue states I see on this board. The super-spreading of COVID continues because we allow it to continue, and while politics might play a role as motivator and enabler in the end it comes down to a simple distinction between ignorant selfish slob lifestyle and civility. The degeneracy and undeserved sense of superiority innate to humanity is not the product of any political system. We are doing this to ourselves because we are a barely evolved species, no because we have two cancerous political parties.

     
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    Fake News. You just admitted that the data falsifies your claim. If the data supported your claim, you would point to the data, but the data undercuts your claim, so you attack the facts in existance and base you claim on our personal confidence... in what?
    Fake News.

    The 7 day moving average for new cases was 256,270 on Jan 11, 2021.
    The 7 day moving average is currently 66,271 a 75% drop.

    The 7 day moving average for deaths was 3,470 on Jan 17th
    The 7 day moving average for deaths is currently 771 a 78% drop.

    https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

    WE ARE LED BY IDIOTS: CDC Narrative on COVID Was Just Blown Up by…Fauci?
    The Suicide of Expertise.
     
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    apexofpurple Well-Known Member

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    The numbers, even after the DeathSantis manipulation, which he knows full well he can only screw with to a certain degree, are still enough to put this state in the top 5. Super-spreading of the more infectious variants continues.
     
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    gfm7175 Well-Known Member

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    "super spreading" is a meaningless buzzword.

    You are fear mongering again.
     
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    Chrizton Well-Known Member

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    So Andrew Cuomo, Gretchen Whitmer, Tom Wolf, Phil Murphy don't deserve a call out, huh. Is it because they are democrats. I mean if the red state thing is nonsense, why do them blue states account for 80% of the top 5 states?
     
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    Eleuthera Well-Known Member Donor

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    That you have to call the man names shows the weakness of your position. Attempting to defend the indefensible goes hand in hand.

    When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
     
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    Notice the left never refer to their race marches as super spreader events? Wonder why the disparity.
     
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    Because nursing home beds aren't hospital beds don't ya know... And far cheaper... Why do democrats hate the old in this country?
     
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    I don't think political party had anything to do with me getting my first shot, and right after I took my mask off and sanitized my hands and was about to put my motorcycle helmet on, and some cage monster came up within six feet without a mask and started asking me about my motorcycle.

    "The degeneracy and undeserved sense of superiority innate to humanity is not the product of any political system. We are doing this to ourselves because we are a barely evolved species, no because we have two cancerous political parties." (apexofpurple)

    "Non sequitur. Your facts are uncoordinated."

    Humanity is simply going to have a few stupid ones, we can't evolve beyond it without losing all free will, and we can't fix any problem with "Florida..." without a Final Solution on stupid. So, look in the mirror...the NAZI might be you, not some dumb ass who thinks a virus cares about Red or Blue States.
     
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    Covid is a very smart virus.
    • It can somehow differentiate between the differing events, knowing to stay away from race marches but launch a full out assault on Trump rallies and other conservative gatherings.
    • It also knows to take a pause during one's lunch break (or in any case where one is eating/drinking/smoking/etc).
    • It knows to take a pause whenever one has to itch their face, readjust their mask, etc.
    • It knows that it is supposed to break away from air currents and run into plexiglass barriers rather than riding air currents and going around the barriers.
    • It knows that it is supposed to stay off of plastic wrapped materials rather than accumulate on those materials as it would on any other surface.
    • It knows that it is supposed to steer clear of mask wearers (rather than entering through the pores of a mask or through gaps in the mask fitting) yet purposely target "sinners" (people who refuse to wear a mask).
    • It knows that it is supposed to steer clear of any location that implements lockdowns and limited capacity requirements and only attack locations that remain fully open for business.
    • It knows that it is only supposed to attack mom and pop shops and other small "non-essential" businesses yet steer clear of any supermarket, corporate chain store, and other large "essential" businesses.
    This is one damn intelligent virus.
     
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    Fake News.

    Allow facts and evidence dispel fear and ignorance.

    19 countries and 27 states have had a deadlier experience with COVID than the remarkable DiSantis, who wisely and safely kept Florida's schools open while he carefully protected Florida's elderly, the truly most vulnerable population.

    As a result, Florida's students now rank #2 in the nation in AP scores, partially because they didn't loss 5/4ths of a year of in class instruction, though those that wished to opt for distance learning were free to do so. How much further ahead are Florida's student athletes that didn't miss a year and a quarter of team sports and training? The grave disservice these unnecessary lock down states have inflicted on their children just so that they could asskiss these self-serving teachers unions will have a lifelong effect on the children they let down for selfish reasons. They can never be trusted again with the public interest. Not the teachers who deliberately failed their students, nor the politicians than cravenly indulged their failure in exchange for "donations" and votes.

    https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

    Your problem is that you don't trust Freedom and Liberty. You prefer ineffective draconian rules rather than explanations and choices, the DeSantis way. You think the only way to get someone to wear a mask is with a punitive rule. I dare say that where masks are truly needed, the Red Freedom States likely have similar compliance as the Blue Authoritarian Lockdown States.
     
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    How is it possible to Lose 5/4ths of something?

    Is that the New (DeSantis) Math?

    Personally, and on topic, I find DeSantis to be a Complete Idiot (and I disagree with his approach).
     
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    5/4 is 1.25. I suppose it’s easy to lose 1.25 years of school. I expect it’s a typo but 5/4 is pretty basic math. Who taught you fractions?
     
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    They do like to jockey the numbers. It is why they so strongly opposed a citizenship question on the census---they know it would reveal that they are the ones doing most of the exploitin' and oppressin' these days.
     
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    More garbage about names from you - again.

    Significant congregations, especially involving no COVID precautions are well known to cause serious spreading.

    It might be sports. It might be crowded FL beaches. It might be meat packing plants that choose to ignore precautions. It might be marches for justice, when precautions aren't taken. Whatever.

    Bellyaching about the name is just plain childish.
     
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    I think the main point here is that there are specific places which are neglecting the protection of the American population.

    Some may be hard to fix. For example, NY is a major world transportation hub. So, we as a nation insist that those from all over the world can carry their disease to us there.

    Other places just have too many sociopaths who don't give a crap if Americans get seriously ill and die.
     
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    I was wondering the same thing. Florida is third in population and third in Covid cases. So?

    Michigan the most fascist of any state with the lockdowns is a damn disaster. What a shock.
     
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    Might have something to do with northerners coming to Florida for the winter and others to vacation. Would you have the tourist economy shut down, fall into disrepair and everyone go broke? We also have a large population in Florida.
     
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    All those spring breakers flooding Michigan to pick blueberries in their bikinis I suppose :)

    There is at least one theory out there that they flattened the curve too flat with their draconian lockdown so when they started easing up, the new UK variant exploded because there was just so many fresh meat victims that it is spreading with little to no herd immunity having been built up among the masses. :chainsaw:
     
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    No, its the utter ineptitude of science teachers to teach the people have virtually zero understanding of physics, disease, and numbers that creates the silly ideas spread about by COVID deniers.
     
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    Absolutely its a factor. People of all over, not just the north, flood to Florida to party, attend the super bowel and cpac, disney, whatever. I would have us put capacity limits on super-spreader events, enact a state wide mask mandate, and when an area is primed for an outbreak I'd roll out the temporary shutdowns.
     
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    Most people cant even be bothered to cover their mouths when they cough. Your damn right I don't trust freedom and liberty to solve this.
     
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    MoRon DeathSantis is my Gov so I'm just more interested in calling him out than those you mentioned. Its just my prerogative as a Floridian not that I think the other deserve a pass.
     
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    America, with all it's Americans might not be the right place for you. In my experience, most folks cover their mouths when it's necessary.
     
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