[Beave Meister]

If hungry cannibals were to crack their skulls open, there wouldn't be enough brains to put on a oyster cracker...

[Steely Tom]

Slavitt said the virus was still very unpredictable and "a little bit beyond our explanation."

Well, ya gotta follow the science.

[Artcore]

They will never, ever let this thing go! They will lie, and distort actual science to keep this ridiculous thing going. Think masks are going away? Think again!

I’d also like to say a very sincere FU to all the FReepers who did their part in pushing this bull sh*t on America!

[Travis McGee]

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Because it’s all been a big, effing LIE?

LIBERATE WISCONSIN! LIBERATE AMERICA!

[chopperk]

Has the advisor ever thought of the unvetted illegal aliens arriving into Ca. everyday.

[Texas Eagle]

"What we do know is that the more careful people are, the more they mask and social distance. And the quicker we vaccinate, the quicker it goes away and the less it spreads," Slavitt said, noting that variants make it harder to predict. "As we all have learned … this is a virus that continues to surprise us. It’s very hard to predict. And all around the country, we’ve got to continue to do a better job, and I think we are, but we’re done yet."

If you can't dazzle 'em with brilliance.....

[BrexitBen]

It’s the damn face masks.

Rebreathing exhaled air is very unhealthy.

Has anyone compiled statistics on the increased number of simple headaches ?

[ifinnegan]

They can’t overcome their magical thinking.

[TigersEye]

"What we do know is that the more careful people are, the more they mask and social distance."

If that is the reason for the difference between CA and FL that must mean that conservatives treated like adults are more careful than liberals treated like children.

Which is true even though I don't think that is the reason for the difference.

[stylin19a]

when asked on MSNBC to explain California and Florida’s similar COVID-19 trends, despite having wildly different responses to the pandemic.

Slavitt said the virus was still very unpredictable and "a little bit beyond our explanation."

Yet he says this with a straight face?

"What we do know is that the more careful people are, the more they mask and social distance. And the quicker we vaccinate, the quicker it goes away and the less it spreads," Slavitt said, noting that variants make it harder to predict."

[olivia3boys]

Here is my best guess. Latinos in CA, from Mexico, like crowded indoor parties and don’t wash their hands often (I’ve heard that handwashing is more key than many realize) and crowd together in cramped housing. Latinos in FL, from Cuba and Venezuela etc, don’t?

Different habits of different Latino groups?

[olivia3boys]

Keeping outdoor dining open keeps people outside, where the virus doesn’t spread.

Banning outdoor (and indoor) dining drives people indoors into private crowded parties.

[Secret Agent Man]

can’t admot to the shamdemic

“lid day”

[Mariner]

It’s because CA is not really closed.

[norwaypinesavage]

"What we do know is that the more careful people are, the more they mask and social distance. And the quicker we vaccinate, the quicker it goes away"

In other words, "What we "know" is exactly the opposite of what the actual data says. The guy is either so stupid that he doesn't see the facts, or, he's a bald faced liar. I vote for both.

[WhattheDickens?]

Ping

[Wuli]

Bad cases are higher where bad cases are a higher proportion of all cases, and that happens where lower % of cases are mild or asymptomatic and mild and asymptomatic cases occur more often than severe cases when things are more open. Severe cases are most often (a) from someone with symptoms, (b) with close contact in close quarters, (c) over some period of time. NOT from asymptomatic persons; in other words not from the majority (mild and asymptomatic) of existing cases.

In short, I think Florida has greater herd immunity than closed California.