Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This will go back to being a blue state bug. A second wave will hit at some point. People being people will start to relax, an dee’ll start seeing spikes in NYC etc. again. But what the blue states are not doing is denying the virus and they the need to manage it. That alone may save some Blue state lives.

Have you been in NYC recently? I have. I don't see them relaxing anytime soon.

Anonymous wrote:This will go back to being a blue state bug. A second wave will hit at some point. People being people will start to relax, an dee’ll start seeing spikes in NYC etc. again. But what the blue states are not doing is denying the virus and they the need to manage it. That alone may save some Blue state lives.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This will go back to being a blue state bug. A second wave will hit at some point. People being people will start to relax, an dee’ll start seeing spikes in NYC etc. again. But what the blue states are not doing is denying the virus and they the need to manage it. That alone may save some Blue state lives.

Have you been in NYC recently? I have. I don't see them relaxing anytime soon.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This will go back to being a blue state bug. A second wave will hit at some point. People being people will start to relax, an dee’ll start seeing spikes in NYC etc. again. But what the blue states are not doing is denying the virus and they the need to manage it. That alone may save some Blue state lives.

of course, abroad this won't happen. Only Americans are so stupid to do this.

Anonymous wrote:This will go back to being a blue state bug. A second wave will hit at some point. People being people will start to relax, an dee’ll start seeing spikes in NYC etc. again. But what the blue states are not doing is denying the virus and they the need to manage it. That alone may save some Blue state lives.

Anonymous wrote:This will go back to being a blue state bug. A second wave will hit at some point. People being people will start to relax, an dee’ll start seeing spikes in NYC etc. again. But what the blue states are not doing is denying the virus and they the need to manage it. That alone may save some Blue state lives.

Anonymous wrote:Those are all red counties in mostly red states (MN is purplish)

Anonymous wrote:Here's a Republican governor who has looked at the evidence, changed his mind, and is now starting to get it. Tate Reeves of Mississippi.

https://twitter.com/tatereeves/status/1282783825219682304?s=20

Let’s talk about herd immunity. I’ve listened to some people argue that the rapid spread of cases is a good thing, and we need to reach herd immunity in Mississippi and elsewhere to survive. I’m not a health care expert by any means, but I am a math guy. And I have thoughts:

The experts say we need 70-80% of the population to get COVID-19 to achieve herd immunity. Let’s assume they’re wrong (it’s certainly possible, they have been before.) Let’s assume they’re being way overly cautious and we actually only need 40% infection for herd immunity.

In Mississippi, our population is 3 million. We’ve had 36,680 cases so far.

We’d need 1.2 MILLION infections to achieve that hypothetical 40% threshold. (Remember, experts say it’s double that.)

Over the last two weeks, our hospital system has started to become stressed to the point of pain. We are seeing the early signs and effects of it becoming overwhelmed. We had to suspend elective surgeries again.

On our worst day of new cases, we had just over 1,000. It has typically been between 700-900 during this most aggressive time.

To get to 40% infections, we’d need 3,187 new cases every day for a full year from today.

We would need to TRIPLE our worst day—every day—for a year.

I’m not one of these guys that immediately dismisses any idea that challenges the expert status quo talking points. I’m pretty skeptical by nature. That’s healthy. But herd immunity is not anything like a realistic solution in the short or mid-term. I wish it was.

Unless you’re willing to go without hospitals after a car wreck or heart attack, we need a different approach. Right now, despite mixed messages at the beginning, it seems like masks are the best bet. They’re a hell of a lot better than widespread shut downs. Please wear one!