1/ Let’s talk more about the magic of “social distancing”: yesterday the Ohio governor said it had reduced the state’s projected peak daily cases from 62,000 to 1,600. Awesome! But let’s take a closer look, shall we?
2/ The state’s “unmitigated” model “projects” that without mitigation, the peak of 62,000 will occur (will HAVE OCCURED, to be more accurate) on March 22...
3/ Only Ohio didn’t *actually* issue a lockdown order until Monday, March 23. Yes, lockdowns are such magic that they can PREVENT (theoretical) peaks that occurred before they were issued...
4/ Folks, at this point it’s like an exercise to see if anyone is paying attention, a combination of a national folie a deux and Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy. WHAT IS GOING ON?
I feel you have made some good points lately but this is a bad take. Focusing on the official date is specious. Aggressive distancing was already occurring 2 weeks earlier, when Ohio State made decision to cancel classes.
Cell phone data collected from Cuyahoga County confirms that people in Ohio started social distancing as soon as the state saw its first 3 cases March 9th. Schools, restaurants, and social gatherings all shut down that same week. Your misinformation is going to get people killed.
According to your chart the highest case levels should have been prior to March 24th. So your chart is fairly meaningless to back up your claim that he's providing misinformation.
For you all who don't live in Ohio...let me tell you we are done with our governor and Dr effing Acton. There was too much stretching of credulity every single day.
OH announced school closings on 3/12. They were to begin on 3/17.
#StayHome was recommended.
3/23 #StayHome Order issued b/c they weren’t happy with the voluntary participation.
We started hunkering dwn on 3/13. Many family & friends started then too.