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Do Lockdowns Make A Difference? Two US States With Opposite COVID Strategies Get Same Result

Do Lockdowns Make A Difference? Two US States With Opposite COVID Strategies Get Same Result

Since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, no two states have been more different in their approaches than California and Florida, as reported by DailyMail.com.

California Gov Gavin Newsom took a very strict approach and closed bars and indoor dining, issued mask mandates, and limited gathering.

By comparison, Florida Gov Ron DeSantis has issued very few closures and said he has trusted Floridians to ‘use common sense’ to control the spread of the virus.

Historically, when adjusting for population, Florida has had 8,306 cases and 117 deaths per 100,000 residents and California has had about 8,499 cases and 130 deaths per 100,000.

Currently, each state is recording between 200 and 400 cases per million people and between 10 and 20 deaths per million, showing a very similar curve over the last two months.

Hospitalization rates are also very similar with California reporting 24 hospitalizations per 100,000 while Florida has recorded about 22 per 100,000.

CALIFORNIA: Historically California has had a rate of about 8,499 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents

FLORIDA: Similarly to California, Florida has an overall rate of about 8,306 cases oper 100,000 people
California has had a rate of about 8,499 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents while Florida has had about 8,306 per 100,000 over the course of the pandemic. Currently, both are seeing rapid declines with fewer than 10,000 cases being reported every day. The dashed line represents the national seven-day average and the solid line represents California’s and Florida’s seven-day averages.
CALIFORNIA: California has been recording between 10 and 20 deaths per million people over the last two months with an overall historical rate of 117 deaths per 100,000
FLORIDA: Similarly, Florida has a;sp  been recording between 10 and 20 deaths per million people over the last two months with an overall historical rate of 130 deaths per 100,000
California and Florida both have been recording anywhere between 10 and 20 deaths per million people over the last two months. Historically, Florida has recorded about 130 cases per 100.000 people and in comparison with 117 deaths per 100,000 in California. The dashed line represents the national seven-day average and the solid line represents California’s and Florida’s seven-day averages.
CALIFORNIA: California's and Florida's hospitalizations curves bear a striking resemblance to each other with peaks seen around early-to-mid January and declines ever sinceFLORIDA: California's and Florida's hospitalizations curves bear a striking resemblance to each other with peaks seen around early-to-mid January and declines ever since
The hospitalization cures of California and Florida bear a striking resemblance to each other with peaks seen around early-to-mid January and declines ever since. The dashed line represents the national seven-day average and the solid line represents California’s and Florida’s seven-day averages

Some additional information that may have affected the infection, death, and hospitalization rates:

California: Pop. 39.56 mil in 2018–15% of the population (6 mil) at least 65 years old .

What say you Def-Con News readers? Were lockdowns necessary and did they work? Were lockdowns beneficial in the early months due to our lack of knowledge about how COVID-19 spread and how to treat it? Did certain states become too restrictive and/or too slow in opening back up? I hope not, but I don’t doubt Biden will try to establish a nation-wide edict via Executive Order aimed at controlling the population. What a mess that will become.