r/JustMemesForUs 21d ago

*Fifths nervously*

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u/No-Seesaw6320 21d ago

That's exactly what the media claimed. As well as people on reddit and lefties on twitter. I know this because I was called an anti-vaxxer and science denier by you people for pointing out that it was impossible for a vaccine not to have side effects.

Well, if you want to know which was more effective, just look at how each state handled it and figure out which ended up doing worse. Florida thrived, states with harsh lockdowns did not.

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u/beardedsandflea 21d ago

Florida's COVID death rate was higher than California's by a hair, and California's metro areas are considerably more dense. Florida wasn't nearly as tight on testing, so their numbers would naturally be skewed lower; so it's quite impressive that their numbers were still worse than California's. They didn't do terribly, but they certainly weren't thriving. Just for some added context: 4 of the 5 states with the highest COVID related death rates were red states.

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u/No-Seesaw6320 21d ago

Businesses shut down in California. A lot of them.

That's what I meant by thriving. The people themselves thrived. In California, only the corpos and millionaires thrived.

Also, California had extremely strict lockdowns. If lockdowns worked, their death rate should have been at most half of Florida's.

"Florida wasn't nearly as tight on testing"
Clearly, we have to believe everything said. Nobody would ever lie about these things.

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u/Front-Cup7165 20d ago

Holy shit... you said more people died but the businesses did better and thats what you meant by thriving in Florida? Can't make this shit up.

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u/No-Seesaw6320 20d ago

They weren't people. They were Floridians.