This author appears to be completely unaware that, in the US anyway, the progress of the pandemic has been completely and totally disconnected from all control measures.
San Francisco, where I'm told (and believe, based on having lived there) that they had very strict lockdown measures:
https://www.sfdph.org/dph/alerts/coronavirus.asp
* Population: ~900,000
* Total Cases: 31,111 (3,457 / 100k)
* Total Deaths: 324 (36 / 100k)
Compare Austin, TX, where I can personally attest that basically everyone has said fuck the rules for almost six months now
https://austin.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#...
* Population: ~2,400,000
* Total Cases: 68,290 (2,845 / 100k)
* Total Deaths: 655 (27 / 100k)
The stats are virtually identical despite dramatically different policy decisions. So what the hell is the point?
As an addendum, to put this into perspective: in 2020, Oakland's murder rate was 23/100k, making it _almost as high as the covid death rate_. Why is it that one year of covid deaths is a world-destroying incident, but _every_ year of Oakland deaths and nobody does anything about it ever? Are Bay Area people really just that racist?
San Francisco, where I'm told (and believe, based on having lived there) that they had very strict lockdown measures:
https://www.sfdph.org/dph/alerts/coronavirus.asp
* Population: ~900,000
* Total Cases: 31,111 (3,457 / 100k)
* Total Deaths: 324 (36 / 100k)
Compare Austin, TX, where I can personally attest that basically everyone has said fuck the rules for almost six months now
https://austin.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#...
* Population: ~2,400,000
* Total Cases: 68,290 (2,845 / 100k)
* Total Deaths: 655 (27 / 100k)
The stats are virtually identical despite dramatically different policy decisions. So what the hell is the point?
As an addendum, to put this into perspective: in 2020, Oakland's murder rate was 23/100k, making it _almost as high as the covid death rate_. Why is it that one year of covid deaths is a world-destroying incident, but _every_ year of Oakland deaths and nobody does anything about it ever? Are Bay Area people really just that racist?