As the state of Victoria in Australia has declared a “state of disaster” due to rising Covid infections, with the city of Melbourne even announcing a strict curfew, this article does a good job of explaining how much worse the situation in the U.S. is, compared to Australia. 1/
To build on that, let’s zoom in on a comparison between the state of Victoria and the state of Maryland – because I used to live in MD and have family in Victoria, and because they’re both similar in terms of population (6.6 million for Victoria, about 6 million for Maryland). 2/
On Sunday, Victoria registered 671 new infections – overall, they’re up to 12,000 confirmed cases and fewer than 150 deaths. Maryland, meanwhile, has been hovering around 1,000 new cases per day, and has seen over 90,000 cases and 3,500 deaths total. 3/
In every respect, the situation in Maryland is worse than what Victoria is experiencing – and yet, the Australians are reacting with severe counter-measures, which is absolutely the right thing to do! You cannot allow the virus to get out of hand! 4/
And of course, Maryland isn’t even one of the hotspots, with the situation in many regions of the U.S. being much worse. What an utter failure. /end
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