UncleJesse: Death rates per 100k people has been less in California (Florida's death rate has been 35% greater): Florida 281 \ California 184. From:https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109011/coronavirus-covid19-death-rates-us-by-state/

Fleedle: And those who’ve followed Sweden’s example have also come in for a lot of criticism. When the state of Florida — more than a year ago and strongly inspired by Sweden — removed most of its restrictions and allowed schools, restaurant and leisure parks to reopen, the judgement from the American media was swift. The state’s Republican governor was predicted to “lead his state to the morgue” (The New Republic). The media was outraged by images of Floridians swimming and sunbathing at the beach. DeSantis’s counterpart in New York, the embattled Democrat Andrew Cuomo, on the other hand, was offered a book deal for his “Leadership lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic”. A few months ago, he was forced to resign after harassing a dozen women. But the result of his “leadership lesson” lives on: 0.29% of his state’s residents died of Covid-19. The equivalent figure for Florida — the state that not only allowed the most freedom, but also has the second highest proportion of pensioners in the country — is 0.27%. Once again, an underreported fact.

Fleedle: Read the article and tell me lockdowns, school closures and mask requirements are worth it......https://unherd.com/2021/11/how-sweden-swerved-covid-disaster/

Fleedle: Who on here has gotten a booster in the last year?