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Your study, my study .... this is not a contest. Can't you simply wait for the time required for comprehensive research to be done, for the multiple studies to be peer-reviewed, and for a consensus of experts to develop for the truth to then be known? I only posted the link I did to illustrate...

That's not even close to accurate. If taxes was a driving reason to keep businesses open, businesses would have been kept open. Every month, our gym sends thousands of dollars to the state for sales taxes. When we completed our sales tax return for our first full shutdown month, I actually felt...

I agree. Theoretically, it is possible to stop the virus in its tracks, but as a practical matter it is not. Theoretically, we could lock down the world (not shut down but lock down), fixing everyone in place until the virus runs its course in those who have it but spreads no further for lack of...

Yes, it would be something if we had the answer all along. But as with most things COVID, it's not that simple. https://www.recoverytrial.net/news/recovery-trial-finds-aspirin-does-not-improve-survival-for-patients-hospitalised-with-covid-19

If you can't manage a pandemic, what can you do? Or do you do nothing and simply let it run?

We can check the numbers for any time period we want. Above was about the summer surge. The virus was first reported in Florida in March, 2020. If we wished, we could compare that date to present. Or we could compare calendar year 2020, year-to-date 2021, or any other time period. The question...

There has been talk in this thread about the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of certain state governors in managing the COVID-19 pandemic. Is a state's COVID-19 death rate a reasonable indicator of a governor's effectiveness? If a state has a low COVID-19 death rate compared to others, can...

Nearly all doctors say the opposite

So if covid "is just not manageable and may never will be," what would you change? Would you have Vermont cease its vaccination program so it no longer leads the country in the number of vaccinated people?

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/04/politics/donald-trump-ron-desantis-florida-2024/index.html

I believe that too has changed as black vaccine hesitancy has lifted. "12.4 percent of the general population is Black. Black Americans are also getting vaccinated at a rate slightly higher than their share of the population in recent weeks, according to the CDC, at 14.6 percent." (NBC News)

The CDC is not doing that analysis. Various other entities are (media, foundations, a legislative caucus). Click link for examples: https://www.opb.org/article/2021/09/30/covid-19-deaths-higher-washington-republican-counties/ Washington Post reporter Philip Blump put it succinctly: "More...

I just got the Kindle version for $0.99.

The human variables are the same in all states, yet some states seem to do better than others in managing the virus.

In this case, what happens when you politicize something that ought not be political is fewer Republicans than Democrats get vaccinated, so more Republicans die.

I remember that with NY Gov. Cuomo. I heard nothing of the other three you mention. Again, source?

There's talk now of "Red Covid." https://www.marketwatch.com/story/red-covid-coronavirus-deaths-are-highest-in-counties-with-the-largest-share-of-trump-voters-report-11632764116

Yes but covid is here now and long covid is a new illness. I get a runny nose as a cold symptom, flu symptom, stepping out into the winter cold, exposure to certain aromas or gasses, and COVID-19, and crying at a funeral. The fact that the same symptom is a function of various causes does not...

Again, source?

muttly, just curious. Are you vaccinated against COVID-19? Why or why not?