I Know I’m in The Minority But I Have To Ask

California’s population is almost twice that of Florida. The number of deaths does not reflect that. Texas has almost 10 million less people than California, again, the close numbers don’t reflect that. California, based on that, should have way higher numbers of deaths, but they don’t. I wonder why that is?!

As 12/16/2021.  Number of deaths per 100,000 of population by state.  link

Florida ranks 43 with 289 deaths per 100,000 of population Pop. 21M

Texas ranks 27 with 258 deaths per 100,000 of population. Pop 31M

California ranks 18 with 191 deaths per 100,000 of population.  Pop 39M

So CA with the largest population has the least amount of deaths per 100,000 people of the three states in question.

Doesn’t sound much like “kick ass” when it comes to Texas.

Two points.

1.  CA should be doing even better because we don’t have the idiots running TX & FL running CA. 

2.  These deaths are preventable especially now with the vaccines.  I think people tend to forget that.

You. Cannot. Be. Serious.

I’m lousy at math, and even I know that the only numbers that count are the numbers of deaths as a percentage of the population, not total deaths with no consideration given to total population.

When you count the right way, California is in a much better position than Texas and Florida.

Grasping at straws again.

I'm a texan and haven't taken my mask off since March 2020. 

Be careful about not wearing a mask. My friend had both vaccinations and a booster a month ago. Stopped wearing a mask. She is now sick with Omicron. 

I see people just spouting the numbers not rates and constantly saying that Florida and Texas did so much better. I honestly think they are just repeating what they have heard that and I don’t think they want to hear different and even when given the facts they just repeat that they did better without masks or closures and just keep on talking and ignoring the facts. Remember that Florida has done everything to make their numbers look lower to. Armed personnel confiscating the computer of the woman posting the numbers.

Living in California whenever masks are mentioned Florida and Texas are mentioned as doing so much better. Every time.

Speaking of threads and posts that won't age well, I'd like to add this one for posterity:

We had a naval hospital ship come up to NYC. We had a field hospital in Central Park. We had refrigerated trucks throughout the boroughs because the morgues were full and the bodies needed to be stored. Families said goodbye to their dying loved ones over Facetime, on tablets held up by nurses and social workers as the patients died alone. That's if the patient's loved ones had the means to Facetime. The MTA, our transit company, is still dealing with staffing issues because so many bus drivers and train conductors DIED while doing their jobs because they did not have the right safety measures in place. This all happened last spring and summer, well before vaccines were available. PPE was very hard to get in the early days. People were dropping like flies, and if you were lucky and made it out of the hospital or weren't sick enough to go, you might still be dealing with lasting effects now - possibly for the rest of your life.

So yeah. There's a reason why New York took "Draconian" measures. It's very easy to look at the television and decide what's happening in other states. I can tell you firsthand that it was TERRIFYING to be in NYC in March/April 2020, especially for those of us who did not have jobs that could be done from home.

Sorry, but this shit pisses me off. It's not difficult to wear a damn mask and give a shit about the people around you. It truly is not. I will probably wear a mask on the subway forever. You know what's happened as a result of keeping one on? I have not had a cold in two years. Allergies still get me at times, but a head cold? Not one. I got the vaccine because I believe in science and medical professionals. I do actual peer-reviewed research. I understand that the only thing that will get us through this pandemic is putting politics to the side, taking our heads out of our asses, and helping each other instead of diving into an "every man for himself" situation. This whole experience reminds me of being the kid in school who did most of the group project while the others sat back and collected their A.

A global health crisis should never have politics tied to it, and yet here we are. I'm exhausted.

/rant

Yes because it’s always a “kick-ass” celebratory moment at 54,000 deaths when temporary restrictions, masks, and vaccines could have that number much closer to zero.

Add that you’re also selfish to being a fucking awful human.