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Re:Hurt by Lockdowns, California’s Small Businesses Push to ... by vladgur on Sunday February 21, 2021 @03:34PM (#26216897)
Define “similar per capita rates” Financial times shows that Florida had 20% more deaths attributed to COVID per capita cumulatively. I do agree that CA failed to build on top of the success of early shutdowns, but I disagree that a hands off approach of Florida or the Dakotas can be deemed as a success by anyone.

https://ig.ft.com/coronavirus-chart

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Re:Hurt by Lockdowns, California’s Small Businesses Push to ... by ratsmack on Sunday February 21, 2021 @03:44PM (#26216989)
Some comparisons:

https://boogheta.github.io/coronavirus-countries/#country=US...

I will also note that FL has a significantly larger elderly population than CA.

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Re:Hurt by Lockdowns, California’s Small Businesses Push to ... by nemothekid on Sunday February 21, 2021 @03:46PM (#26217006)
>but I disagree that a hands off approach of Florida or the Dakotas can be deemed as a success by anyone.

First, you are right, I think I misremembered; California has a similar number of cases per capita. However, it was not my intention to show Florida as a success; I only mean to point out that it's hard to convince people to continue with the lockdowns when the results feel marginal.

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