I know we've mostly moved onto election stuff, but saw this comparison of FL vs NY today, and it immediately struck me. It’s been six weeks since Florida lifted all restrictions, and over SIX MONTHS since they began reopening with beaches, bars, and restaurants with some restrictions. And yet Florida looks literally like the textbook case of what we were told was a perfect outcome that could only be achieved with all kinds of major, unprecedented mitigations. No exponential spread.
The problem is the unscientific and irrational members of Team Apocalypse have been programmed to believe that Florida's line could've, should've, and would've been literally flat at ZERO if they'd only followed The Scienceᵀᴹ. Instead of seeing how deeply this real-world data contradicts their experts predictions & models of endless exponential spread, mountains of corpses, and overrun hospitals that look like a front line army MASH unit after a bombardment; all they see is that some people died, assume a priori (against all evidence and reason) that it would've been zero had they locked down and masked harder, and blame Trump and DeSantis personally for each and every one of those deaths.
Religions around the world are taking notes and wondering how to recreate such fervent belief and dedication among their own followers.
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