Data Updates with Images
This post is going to be different than usual. It’s going to be composed of mainly images. The images will be a repetition of the nine states that I’ve been following (Texas, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, Louisiana, California, New York and Michigan). I originally chose those states because they were in the news the most, either because of their governor’s actions, of their “hot spot” status, or simply being in the south next door to Georgia. These are images that were posted in the last blog.
But, since then, a couple more states have re-opened and I’ve started to track those, and those images – dated from 5/9/2020 – will be added in this post. I don’t think I’ll do any comments but I might change my mind.
I’m also thinking of following some states that have not re-opened as a comparison against those that have re-opened. I want to see if the shut down has any ongoing salutary effects. This could be tricky because those states, which will be those with larger populations, could decide to re-open in the following days.
You will find that there’s a lot of images and yes, after a while, they all start to look alike. There will be some states where you might question why they are re-opening (my guess is that the economy really stinks and the state budgets are hemorrhaging) and then other states were it is easy to see why they are re-opening (Montana is a good example).
The last set of graphics repeats New York; I wanted to compare New York with its neighbors New Jersey and Connecticut.
So let’s get started. I’m going to start off by putting back up the images from the last post, and then add in the new ones.
Texas, Georgia, and Florida
Tennessee, South Carolina, and Louisiana
California, New York, Michigan
(New) Alabama, West Virginia
(New) Colorado, Idaho, Indiana
(New) Kansas, Missouri, Montana
New York, (New) New Jersey, Connecticut
All of those people threatening bodily harm when confronted with the request to wear a mask in the store are showing a childish behavior. These masks aren’t going to kill you; they may save your life.
The whole caterwauling about having to wear masks just highlights how selfish and entitled Americans have become.
I don’t hear about people in Europe going up in arms about having to wear masks or undergoing stay-at-home, (which, by the way, may be at 3 months time point – way longer than we have endured). These Americans just don’t come off as a prime example of “being great”. The greatest generation of the WWII era must be rolling over in their graves at what Americans have become.
I’ve seen restaurants in years past with signs saying that the patrons must wear shoes and shirts before entering. Nobody has ever made a fuss about that.
We have laws that say we can’t “drink and drive” (well, I think it’s more like can’t drink too much, over some liquor testing levels) – nobody is wailing that their right to drink excessively and drive is being taken away. That’s because drinking and driving could kill people.
We have laws that mandate we use the seatbelt when driving, yet I don’t hear people complaining about those laws. That’s because the laws are there to save lives.
We have lots of other laws, a lot of them geared towards saving our lives. The mask orders are temporary laws for the pandemic, all in the hopes of saving lives. The masks are not going to kill you. If you can’t breathe with the masks, then you have a serious health problem which means you won’t survive the virus.
Stop complaining. It’s just embarrassing to see the number of Americans who can’t do the hard things, who can’t muster the discipline to do what needs to be done. It’s shameful.
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