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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
Some abstract math-type verbiage (meaning - no numbers, you can look it up if you need to):
Memorial Day: typical day for LARGE GROUPS of people to gather and celebrate stuff. BIG huge family day, neighborhood cookout day, store sales day.
The days after Memorial Day - those are the days where everyone who became infected ON Memorial Day return to their usual businesses of living life, and infect anyone who wasn't at their celebration days before.
THIS recent Memorial Day: the same time that some of the restrictions were lifted and people were given the go-ahead to "not stay at home."
Potential result: people who were infected on Memorial Day, spread their virus exponentially that day, because it was Memorial Day. And then the lifted restrictions allowed everyone who became infected, to infect other people.
Thus - the spike.
Again - protests played a part. But the most prevalent spikes have occurred, at least in Florida, primarily in counties where the spikes were prevalent prior to George Floyd's death. And so - those spikes would've happened even if George Floyd didn't get killed.
Maybe not AS MUCH as they did since he was killed. But they still would've happened.
The spikes were caused by the state relaxing restrictions and people refusing to social distance - at WHATEVER venue they attended.
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And no matter what......we will all think the spike in cases of Covid-19 in Florida, is caused by a lot of unnecessary "fannin' around" with people who are standing way too close to you. If you think marching is a good thing, it isn't likely you are going to blame marching. If you think going to church is a good thing, you aren't going to blame going to church. Ditto the drinking with friends at a local bar and gathering for a meal inside anywhere. If you think the virus is a hoax and a conspiracy, you will not get sick no matter what you do, and what I choose to wear to your funeral is not going to matter to you, or the fact that I am not even thinking to go to your funeral since you are acting so damn stupid..and I couldn't go anyway because of social distancing which may not stop the mess but it won't hurt.
I don't mean YOU Orange Blossom Baby...I mean you as in people in general.