Interesting state by state comparison of Covid restrictions

[jon-nyc]

A lot of work went into this piece, it’s worth perusing.

There’s detail for each state, example:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/states-reopen-map-coronavirus.html?action=click&module=Top Stories&pgtype=Homepage

[Jolly]

Those may be the rules, but people following them is something else.

I walked into Dollar General the other day and I was the only person in the store with a mask. Including the employees.

[jodi]

@Jolly same here. Depends on the store. And the town. Butte’s been pretty good. Went down to Dillon last week, and it was very different.

[Mik]

Masks are mandatory here, whatever that means, We went way out in the sticks in Ohio yesterday to:

A) Be out of the house for a long country drive
B) Try a BBQ that is WAY off the beaten path
C) Have lunch at a renowned and very old slider burger joint in Urbana

At the BBQ everyone was masked, including customers. We just got curbside. At the burger joint - drive through only - no masks, customers or worker. Did not care for that.

You can mandate anything you want. There's really no way to enforce it.

[taiwan_girl]

Yup. It’s some thing that 100% have to follow. The rules don’t matter if only 90% follow them.

UnFortunate that it became so political.

[taiwan_girl]

COVID in rural county that has highest death rate of any county in US, almost 10%. . Article shows how even restrictions that are there are not followed or not enforced. Makes it difficult to control.

(https://apple.news/ApAi5zW0FRfaiQ4It9D1jaQ)

[Jolly]

It ain't Taiwan.

Many folks on the American rural route have a very wide streak of individual freedom.