California did everything right, shutting down the state before it needed to. Deaths per 100,000: 5. Florida and Texas did everything wrong, acting too late, leaving beaches open. Deaths per 100,000: Florida: 6, Texas: 3.
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Differences in any of the following make it difficult to compare the 3 states: 1. Number of circulating infections at time of closure 2. How death record-keeping is done 3. Density 4. Public transport 5. Local compliance & enforcement
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yes but none of those suggest severe lockdowns help.
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Severe lockdowns obviously help. That's inarguable. The question is how much more severe lockdowns help over what Sweden is alleged to be doing. What I'm saying is that it's really hard to tell.
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good luck with telling the efficacy of lockdown among countless confounding variables and laundry list of items impacting everything.
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