A weird cultural moment when a lot of the national press lives in a city completely traumatized by coronavirus, while most of America lives in places that have barely been touched by the disease.
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Replying to @1boring_ym @PigInZen67
Because there seems to be great variability in how badly the disease affects different places. I've been watching the pandemic from Japan, where there have been many sparks and some smoke for months now, but no fire.
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Replying to @Pinboard @PigInZen67
Got it. The variability has been puzzling. I thought The Villages in Florida were going to be devastated, and possibly Japan too for that matter. But no. Thanks.
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Replying to @1boring_ym @PigInZen67
Florida is another dog that didn't bark! It is a very odd thing to watch
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Replying to @Pinboard @1boring_ym
They're not reporting stats. Again, there's a lag.
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Replying to @Pinboard @PigInZen67
I do think that all cause death data suggests a lot of deaths not captured, so to me seems relevant, but would agree that doesn’t seem to entirely explain some of the variability and that Florida hospitals not reproducing Italy. Especially given the density of elderly Floridians.
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There's a point in the death rate when you start to see stuff happening like happened in Italy and Iran—mass graves, hospitals running out of morgue space. That that hasn't happened in Florida suggests a ceiling on the possible numbers, no matter what is reported
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Replying to @Pinboard @PigInZen67
Agree. I would love to see a skilled science journalist do a long form piece on what is happening in Florida. The North appears to have taken pretty strong local action but The Villages did not AND had folks doing a lot of international travel AND is an entirely 55+ population.
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Can it not just be blind luck?
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