Florida and Louisiana now in severe risk category for COVID-19.

[roamer65]

They are leading the race to the bottom.

https://covidactnow.org/?s=21391063

Give Arkansas a week and I think they will be with FL and LA.

[PortTack]

1. How many more? How many more kids will it take before they've had enough?

[NoMoreRepugs]

2. For DeSantis there is no number. He is driven by blind ambition.

[Phoenix61]

3. They can't vote for him so they don't matter. nt

[nitpicker]

8. IMO, nothing will happen unless his kids or neighbors' kids get sick

I DON'T wish that on them, BUT...

[zuul]

4. The state-wide mask mandate went into affect today in LA.

I went to a couple stores today during lunch. All employees and customers were wearing masks. But this is New Orleans, which is very blue, so I wasn’t too surprised. Even though our hospitals are filling up, think most of the new cases are coming from the suburbs and rural areas.

[roamer65]

6. I would suspect from Magastan, yes.

[Johnny2X2X]

5. If you are not vaccinated, you are almost certainly going to get Covid, period

It's a shame for those under 12 who can't get vaccinated, or those under 18 whose parents won't allow them to get vaccinated. Everyone else is choosing to get Covid.

[roamer65]

7. ...and those for true medical reasons cannot take it.

[gratuitous]

9. Coming soon to a state near or around you!

There's an old math problem about an algae bloom that doubles in size every day. On Day 30, the algae completely covers the pond it has infested, and the question is when was the pond half covered? Day 29, of course, but a lot of people will say Day 15. We're about to get another lesson in exponential growth courtesy of the latest Covid 19 variant. The lesson will be repeated until we get the response right.

[Johnny2X2X]

11. Florida reports 17,000 new cases and 140 new deaths today (Worldmeters)

The 140 deaths is the most since May.

They have record hospitalizations, they're going to have record deaths soon. the math says Florida ill be up to 200 deaths a day within a few weeks.