Ok, can anyone from Burgerland answer me on this : did they implement a single measure to stop the spread, or is it just "left to states" ? Like, I have been out of the loop on what's happening there in terms of measures besides vaccination campaigns starting.
No but really, I do appreciate the US collapsing over a fucking virus, the thought of it is both absurd and hilarious. So much blood spilled to maintain its hegemony, and yet they won't even save their system for the longterm so that the line may go up some more. Absolutely hopeless. :agony-deep:
Colorado's response has been mixed. The governor is a vaguely progressive-ish liberal who has tried to follow the science. However, the state is sandwiched by conservative states and has large pockets of groups like evangelical christians/farmers/oil and gas workers within it that are highly reactionary. None of them will listen to a gay Jewish liberal telling them to follow basic science. When the first wave hit and he declared a lockdown, boomers were making pipebombs and violating the order purposely. Individuals didn't believe in it, restaurants and bars didn't want to close or enforce masks, heavy industries like meatpacking colluded with seditious counties to pretend outbreaks weren't happening. After that initial two month lockdown, there has only been a statewide mask mandate for people over 10 in public spaces which I'd wager 60-80% of people follow to some degree. Those who don't tend to be very belligerent about it and negate whatever efforts the others were making to keep the virus out. There is zero chance of another real lockdown being enforced. Because the state is a mountain tourism destination and major interstate transportation hub, there is so much transmission potential with much of it being sent up into isolated mountain communities hours away from real hospitals.
Somehow this is on the better end of responses and I feel safer here than I would in most other states.
Not only has it been left to the states—it's effectively been left to individual cities. Enforcement varies from town to town, as do decisions about, for example, whether to open schools.
Ok, can anyone from Burgerland answer me on this : did they implement a single measure to stop the spread, or is it just "left to states" ? Like, I have been out of the loop on what's happening there in terms of measures besides vaccination campaigns starting.
No but really, I do appreciate the US collapsing over a fucking virus, the thought of it is both absurd and hilarious. So much blood spilled to maintain its hegemony, and yet they won't even save their system for the longterm so that the line may go up some more. Absolutely hopeless. :agony-deep:
The Feds did fuck all, and actively contributed to the spread by spewing misinformation at the start.
Some states implemented lockdowns to varying degrees, none of them lasted more than a few months.
So you're basically saying not a single state is currently locked down ? Unless I misinterpret something of course.
deleted by creator
deleted by creator
Colorado's response has been mixed. The governor is a vaguely progressive-ish liberal who has tried to follow the science. However, the state is sandwiched by conservative states and has large pockets of groups like evangelical christians/farmers/oil and gas workers within it that are highly reactionary. None of them will listen to a gay Jewish liberal telling them to follow basic science. When the first wave hit and he declared a lockdown, boomers were making pipebombs and violating the order purposely. Individuals didn't believe in it, restaurants and bars didn't want to close or enforce masks, heavy industries like meatpacking colluded with seditious counties to pretend outbreaks weren't happening. After that initial two month lockdown, there has only been a statewide mask mandate for people over 10 in public spaces which I'd wager 60-80% of people follow to some degree. Those who don't tend to be very belligerent about it and negate whatever efforts the others were making to keep the virus out. There is zero chance of another real lockdown being enforced. Because the state is a mountain tourism destination and major interstate transportation hub, there is so much transmission potential with much of it being sent up into isolated mountain communities hours away from real hospitals.
Somehow this is on the better end of responses and I feel safer here than I would in most other states.
deleted by creator
Not only has it been left to the states—it's effectively been left to individual cities. Enforcement varies from town to town, as do decisions about, for example, whether to open schools.
deleted by creator
yes. it varies from state to state.