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Old 11-11-2020, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by rlcooper70 View Post
Love the positivity .... the infection rate is 14% in Sumter Country ... in Brookline Mass it is 0.25% ... a factor of over 50. If everyone heads for the squares massless ... would that be considered a "Covid Party" or is it something else?
The Mass. numbers look good today but that could be due to the large number of deaths Mass has already gone through. According to Statista.com, Mass has the third highest rate of deaths in the US with 148 deaths per 100,000 population while Florida is 13th with 80 deaths per 100,000. Perhaps there are fewer infections in Mass because there are fewer left to become infected.

Which absolutely does not mean that Florida should race to achieve the numbers in Mass (or NJ, NY, Conn). We should strive to stay healthy and maintain the numbers we currently have.