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Originally Posted by Sooner or later
Texas is doing pretty well. California is terrible (if their reported numbers are correct)
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The reported numbers are almost certainly not accurate, if we're talking rate of infection. I'm sure the real number is much higher. The death numbers in Los Angeles are through the roof...not as bad as NY last spring but something like 25 refrigerated semi-trailers parked outside the county morgue with more coming. Someone told me that Los Angeles is supposedly the most dangerous place on earth right now...not sure if that is true but it's out of control here.
I'm glad to hear that other places are doing better w getting people vaccinated, it's been a debacle here. I'm sure there will be hell to pay later for some officials but basically, they are at ~50% of the number of shots given out so far compared with goals. The whole tier approach totally is not working with many first responders not wanting the vaccine, (their right of course), extra doses that they have to scramble to distribute, etc. It's a joke.
As of tomorrow, Dodger Stadium parking lot goes from being a mass testing site to a mass vaccine site. I'm not sure how they are going to do it but I think they should just do first come/first serve with old people getting priority at the site like boarding an airplane. Anyone over 80 is in group A, over 70 in group B, etc. and they vaccinate as many people as humanly possible every day until it's done. Younger people would get doses every day but maybe have to wait until the old people go first and then they stick arms until the day's supply is used up. Everyday for a month or as long as it takes. I don't think the site would be packed w young people because most don't even worry about getting Covid.
I've been slightly ill this weekend, getting better but having a hard time finding an easy testing site. I'm going to work on it tomorrow. Last time, it was next day no problem at Dodger Stadium but the disease and the demand for testing has gone ballistic here.