Comments by "KesArt" (@kesart8378) on "Gottlieb calls for easing restrictions on indoor gatherings as COVID-19 cases drop" video.

  1. My kids live in the state of Florida, a Republican dominated state helmed by a corrupt, dull-witted man, Ron DeSantis, someone who dislikes transparency and is, at heart, a fascist. He was among the last of the American governors to put mitigation measures in place and one of the first to reopen his state. And the state of Florida is a breeding ground for conspiracy theories, denialism of science and truth, good-old-boy politics, and venality. So my kids are not in any rush to abandon masking and social distancing, particularly given DeSantis' mismanagement of the COVID crisis--as reflected in the statistics on deaths, hospitalizations and rate of vaccinations per one hundred thousand citizens, as well as the fact that Florida has the largest "college outbreak" of any of the states--as well as his bungling of the vaccine rollout. Lastly, given how mutable this virus is, and, thus, how unpredictable, a bit more caution seems reasonable, particularly given that only some thirty-three percent of the American population has been vaccinated to date (hardly anywhere near enough for "herd immunity"), and "vaccine hesitancy" is rising, which consequently means that the rate of vaccinations in the states is declining. Thus, measured caution seems reasonable for a bit longer. (My son is a neurologist, my daughter-in-law an Associate Professor and historian, and my granddaughter is a gobsmackingly brilliant preschooler, and they are not ready to "return to normal", particularly given that no one knows quite what the "new normal" will look like.)
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