Fla and especially The Villages were late to the "party" we didnt start shutting down things till after March 15th and we havent been good at staying home or social distancing plus masks and gloves havent been mandatory - so in a community of 100,000-ish high risk residents we had 78 cases as of May 4th (the day before Phase 1 Opening) and the tri-county area (pop. 845,000) had 652 cases and 32 deaths. Now 25 days later The Villages has 82 cases while the tri-county area now has 787 cases and 37 deaths – those cases are lower than a “normal” flu season – BTW Sumter Cty’s 233 cases – 121 are at the prison
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