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Coronavirus infections, hospitalizations keep decreasing across California

10 pointsby paralelogramover 4 years ago

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systemvoltageover 4 years ago
Everywhere I go in the Bay Area, people are sensible and wearing masks. Bay Area is the size of Switzerland in terms of population ~7 million people has similar levels of COVID rates since the beginning [1] [2]<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;projects.sfchronicle.com&#x2F;2020&#x2F;coronavirus-map&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;projects.sfchronicle.com&#x2F;2020&#x2F;coronavirus-map&#x2F;</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.worldometers.info&#x2F;coronavirus&#x2F;country&#x2F;switzerland&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.worldometers.info&#x2F;coronavirus&#x2F;country&#x2F;switzerlan...</a><p>I stay in an apartment complex and there are strict rules inside the courtyard - No one allowed without masks. All cleaning staff is PPE&#x27;ed up and UPS&#x2F;Fedex delivery people are also wearing masks.<p>In contrast, LA and Sacramento area has done poorly - it presumably boils down to the culture and government competence? Not sure what measures lead to better COVID containment in terms of macroscopic policies&#x2F;culture.