Hi guys. I think you guys do a great show. I just like to point out something that is across the TWIT shows that is a little bothersome. I live in Florida (not there at the moment) and we have been at 100% capacity at businesses (same thing Texas did) for months. Life is very much “back to normal.” There are several other states with the same rules. I feel like the hosts on your shows always seem to think everyone is “locked down in their home.” and @MaryJo always says “no one can drink inside a bar”
That is NOT remotely the case.
I know you are going to say something like “What about the COVID risk?” Well, Lets look at the numbers.
According to the NY Times, the top 5 states for per-capita deaths are
- NJ
- NY
- RI
- MA
- MS
4 out of top 5 there are “lockdown states”
IL (another big lockdown state) ranks #14. Texas (who has been at 75% for a long time before they moved to 100%) is ranked at #24. Florida (who has been 100% open) is ranked at 26th, just ahead of California who is the biggest lockdown state of them all.
So the states that have been open for a while have lower deaths counts and much lower unemployment rates and are “back to normal.”
Former JerseyShore Resident.