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To add to Meelies post ....
2020 election stats in brackets
1. North Dakota (R 65%)
2. South Dakota (R 62%)
3. Rhode Island (D 59%)
4. Utah (R 58%)
5. Iowa (R 53%)
6. Tennessee (R 61%)
7. Arizona (D 49%)
8. Oklahoma (R 65%)
9. Arkansas (R 62%)
10. Nebraska (R 58%)
11. Kansas (R 56%)
12. Alabama (R 62%)
It isn't the climate that is the factor, it's the effect it has on day to day living. This virus will not spread easily outdoors, that's well known. Like for like that should make a difference vis a vis Florida and the UK over winter time... I don't know much about Brazil's high death toll, I imagine it's inequality driven with households packed with people in addition to the tens of thousands that have died due to lack of basic medical equipment such as O2. So yeah not so much the temperature having effect but socialising and interacting outdoors rather than indoors.
In terms of comparing Florida with the UK, I would imagine the climate makes a huge difference. Covid does not spread outside easily and so continuing with life as normal here in the UK would have caused more problems than the equivalent in Florida where they will still be able to eat outside/socialise for a lot of the winter or at least have windows and doors wide open to improve ventilation.
Seeing as you like to get your facts right, latest figures show 5.3 million vaccinated with first dose https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/public-health/states-ranked-by-percentage-of-covid-19-vaccines-administered.html
And yes however good testing has been, they almost certainly have caught no more than 50% of all cases across the state since February last year. All these factors will contribute to the falling cases and hospitalisations however much it mystified you :)
What? You're saying White Lives Matter?
Meelie, what makes that list worse is that South Dakota population is 90% white. Their death rate should be a lot lower than states with significant black/hispanic population. Tragic outcome for many there
Mellie 11.07:
Thanks for publishing that list, I was going to do so, but it would have made my original post way too long.
I can see the theory behind not closing down small to medium size businesses in the USA, which are the backbone of their economy in many less densely populated states, hoping people will maintain social distancing and wear masks instead of locking everything down, but in practise it just doesn't work and S.Dakota is living proof of that.
Human behaviour during this pandemic has shown that large swathes of the general public cannot be trusted to behave in line with scientific guidance.
I wonder if the UK gov have maintained total silence on SNG for similar reasons, waiting until sufficient stocks were in place, thinking that if the general public knew there was a treatment available then the majority would immediately expect to return to normal activities ASAP. This would have put enormous political pressure on the gov back in July 2020.
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Also it depends to what degree they are ignoring covid protocols. I know you say everything is open and everyone's having a swell time but if many are still wearing masks and people are trying to stay outside where possible and are being careful to avoid physical touching, that on top of the vaccine rollout and the tens of millions who have already contracted covid gives you your answer.
Officially 10% of Floridians have had covid. Seeing as testing in the states was so poor at the start of the pandemic and still isn't quite up there you can easily double that number, maybe more. If 25% of the population have already contracted covid and 30% have been given their first vaccine dose, you'd expect that to have an effect on transmission, right?
Agree
For the sake of knocking this argument on the head, finally.... highest cases per capita in USA are:
1. North Dakota
2. South Dakota
3. Rhode Island
4. Utah
5. Iowa
6. Tennessee
7. Arizona
8. Oklahoma
9. Arkansas
10. Nebraska
11. Kansas
12. Alabama
Considering how densely populated NY is compared to North & South Dakota (400-1), it is incredible that New York is actually way down, 31 on the list.
sTIck 2da FActz..
Because your FActz tell the whole story, yeah it's no use overcomplicating already complex geopolitical, socio-economic situations and trying to understand how they can impact public health, dem states and cities have higher rates of covid.
Gkb, that's becasue dem states tend to be more populous, and more populous places tend to have a higher level of education.
During the first half of 2020 I couldn’t understand why the USA covid figures were so high, given their extensive pharma/ healthcare resources. Having now realised that most policy decisions are taken at state level by individual governors, it became increasingly obvious that many of the republican governors were simply putting their state economies before the health of their citizens.
Over the last five days there have been several notes on this board regarding the worrying covid figures coming out of South Dakota. Governor Kristi Noem is the dream republican politician. Image conscious America find her immensely attractive, articulate, but most of all convincing. She has the wholesome family portrait, deep rooted links with the local farming communities and at only fifty years of age, is considered young in political terms and has been hotly tipped to run for republican leader against Trump in the run up to the next election.
I think this woman is absolutely bonkers and am of the opinion that she and those who share her views will indirectly do more for the SNG share price than any company promotional material/ roadshow/ Richard Marsden You Tube interview ever could. The clip below goes a long way to explaining why things are not going to improve in the USA any time soon.
At last week’s national republican rally in Florida, she chillingly received a standing ovation for stating she based her 2020/2021 covid policy on the original principles laid down by the founding fathers 245 (non-pandemic) years ago and was loudly applauded for saying ‘Dr Fauci got it wrong - a lot’.
Noem and state governors who share her views are making Synairgen’s treatment more vital by the day, therefore indirectly doing wonders for the future share price. It is no exaggeration to say those in power who share her views are unknowingly helping to make many SNG shareholders millionaires/ multi-millionaires before the end of this year.
The short video below shows her delusional responses to a grilling on the USA tv programme ‘Face The Nation’ this week, claiming her state is ‘doing well’.
Those with a solely monetary interest will love her, but if you or those around you have suffered in any way from covid you will despise her – take a look.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bEIWYxI7O0