CDC tracker. Doh! That doesn't fit with all of the vitriol we have heard from the "plague ratters"
National single dose vaccinated rate: 61%
Florida single vaccinated rate: 63%
National fully vaccinated rate:52%
Florida fully vaccinated rate: 52%
Gov DiSantis is making it happen without even shutting his state down before high tailing it to Michigan for a summer vacation.
addendum: corrected
Link: https://usafacts.org/visualizations/covid-vaccine-tracker-states/
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Their fully vaccinated population is 5% higher than the great states of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wyoming.
DeSantis should make that a bumper sticker.
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That's when Frank will start posting against the Michigan governor.
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Check out the latest Johns Hopkins data on hospitalizations for FLA...btw, you can also click on other states' performances...like MI.
Even looking at the data you presented, FLA is quite a ways from where it should be (see the New England states, with 'dastardly' governors who advocate mask wearing)...you might even characterize their performance as a "boat anchor" for the country as a whole...
Also, there are fewer and fewer Floridians 'cheering' their governor....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/23/florida-school-districts-require-masks-battle-against-governor-desantis-order
Why does a physician swim so hard upstream against the virtual totality of his medical cohorts???...inquiring minds would like to know.
Link: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/hospitalization-7-day-trend/florida
I'll take Georgia as an example, since I live here.
You would look at the 94% number and see something to really worry about there. Yet you ignore the fluctuation in the graph, particularly in the fact that the overall number of ICU beds changes regularly. Somehow the state of Georgia had 2951 beds back in February, but currently only has 2694 listed by Johns Hopkins. That's a difference of 257 beds. That difference, if they were brought back into play, would push Georgia's utilization percentage down to 86%, much better than 94%. Not fantastic, but not nearly as scary.
This is where your fixation on percentages really is just a number to cause panic. Back at the end of February (22-28 Feb), the percent of utilization in Georgia was at 81%. The following week (Mar 1-7) the percentage stayed the same at 81%. You would look at this and be like, man things still sucked in Georgia, and somehow completely miss the fact that the number of beds dropped from 2855 total beds to 2446 beds. That's 409 beds for those who can't do it in their head or don't want to break out the old calculator. Paying attention to that should help you realize that even though the numbers might look all doom and gloom, when they need to they can find beds.
We can all agree that it sucks, but as Baron showed, the numbers for vaccination in FL are not terrible. People ignore the fact that people still continue to travel from out of state to Florida for vacation, which means some of you assholes stop for gas and food in Georgia with your Covid monkey selves, spreading it everywhere. But we are staying open anyway. Per the Georgia Department of Public Health numbers, non-Georgia residents are currently #7 in the state for confirmed cases, #6 in confirmed deaths, and #11 in hospitalizations, so thanks for that, I guess.
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hospital staffs that have to deal with his inaction.
it's not good.
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Maybe the Illinois governor is worried because his obesity makes him more vulnerable than Nancy and Chuckie frolicing in Napa Valley. But let's see him try to enforce ANYTHING down on the South Side.
Link: https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/icu-warning-level-chicago-37-counties-could-mean-restrictions
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At this point it is impossible to trust any government official about anything.
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The first news article that Congressman Paul and co-host Daniel McAdams highlight is from Bloomberg.
Here's how the very unexpected Bloomberg article, which was published this past weekend, began:
Anecdotes tell us what the data can’t: Vaccinated people appear to be getting the coronavirus at a surprisingly high rate. But exactly how often isn’t clear, nor is it certain how likely they are to spread the virus to others.
Though it is evident vaccination still provides powerful protection against the virus, there’s growing concern that vaccinated people may be more vulnerable to serious illness than previously thought.