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Why the big difference ?
... and California by percentage of population, land area, and COVID cases is much lower than Ohio. Some governors made very good decisions early on, the earlier the better. Fortunately for us, Hawaii has a relatively low number of cases, and through geographic location, travel networks, or sheer dumb luck, Hawaii Island has an extremely low number of cases.
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves
By your logic Democrats started it and gave it to republicans because large growth of cases in conservative areas.
No, kander, by my logic, as explained above, the areas with the most density, that have the most connectivity to the rest of the world, NY is the example I use, but LA, SF, Seattle.. etc., all got hit first because they were, logically, the most visited from out of the country.
The point I am making is the second wave, the one that was able to be perceived and mitigated, was best done by those that took science and the facts that were developing in places like NY and apply them to take the appropriate actions to stop the threat. Steps, that as it turns out were taken by states that are, for the most part, democratic. Simple.
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The Ohio governor started locking everything down earlier.
Republicans love any excuse to suspend civil liberties.
Didn't realize that spreading a virus is a civil liberty.
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Didn't realize that spreading a virus is a civil liberty.
Death panels.
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Death panels.
That was an Obama thing,he's not president anymore.
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False test results could also be at fault, other experts said, or remnants of the virus could still be in patients’ systems but not be infectious or of danger to the host or others.
“There are different interpretations and many variables,” said Jung Ki-suck, professor of pulmonary medicine at Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital.
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That was an Obama thing,he's not president anymore.
Fake news.
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Most experts believe a person should have immunity for at least a year or two after getting infected.
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Durian Fiend - Most experts believe a person should have immunity for at least a year or two after getting infected.
Given all the unknowns, things are not really looking that simple. Hard to place bets when outcomes for related viruses has a variety of possibilities and don't even get me started on the weak immune response issue where people can test positive but then not have any antibodies detected later on - if any of the tests involved can be considered reliable enough to believe the results...
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/featur...02217.html
"There are coronaviruses other than the one that causes COVID-19 disease. A lot of common cold viruses are from the coronavirus family and we do not gain lifelong immunity after being infected by them. People who have been infected with another type of coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), can have two to three years of immunity,
so it really does vary." (emphasis mine)
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style...00691.html
""However, in certain individuals, the antibody cannot last that long," Li told USAToday. "For many patients who have been cured, there is a likelihood of relapse.""
