Thirteen-tweet thread on coronavirus and the thoughts of one member of the #SFGiants in 4..3..2..1... Fair warning to skip it if you're not interested in my thoughts on the matter.....
...However, a few folks yesterday did ask me for my thoughts on this tweet from @Evan3Longoria the other day.
https://twitter.com/Evan3Longoria/status/1317319389717229568
... My first thought is that he had it backwards. It should have said, "I love seeing people out enjoying life without masks, but obviously I want everyone safe." Truth is, COVID rates are soaring, with the worst states being those that shun masks and distancing. I want to ...
... share some charts at you. The first set, from the @sfchronicle COVID tracker, shows that we have not surged and are doing pretty well in California compared to summer. The other chart shows a huge disparity in California cases between Hispanics and everyone else. What ... 
... happened was, when our governor gave into the pressure to reopen quickly, we saw a predictable surge in cases. The biggest chunk came from Los Angeles County, particularly among Hispanics. Did they all of a sudden start going to the beach and partying? No. They went to ...
.... work, which is a good thing, except that people and businesses were not abiding by mask and distance requirements as they should have been. Many returnees were lower- and middle-class folks in service and construction jobs who did not have the luxury of working ...
.... in front of computers in their homes. They had to interact with folks who didn't care about their safety then go home, often to multi-generational households, which are more prevalent in areas with less wealth, and the disease spread. We finally got a handle on this when
.... the governor put restrictions back in place and created a new, more rigid system for reopening with an greater emphasis on enforcement. Plus, I think, people here are starting to "get it." We are not totally shut down, nor are we wide open. But in my county, we are in the...
... second most restrictive tier for what we are allowed to do. We can dine outside or indoors (to 25 percent capacity) with proper spacing. We can go into coffee houses, dry cleaners, shops, nail salons, malls and pretty much everything else that can be done without huge ....
.... masses of people. Lord knows it's not perfect, and I'm not trying to paint a rosy economic picture. People and businesses are hurting, and yes, there is an economic impact to health and mortality related to unemployment. But in the long run, I'm somewhat confident that ...
.... the rules we have in place plus the weather in California will help us avoid the COVID surges that are absolutely going to punish states this winter as more are forced indoors. All we needed to do in this country was hold serve the best we could until we get a vaccine, yet..
.... we're not doing it because of a perverted definition of "freedom" that so many people and governments have. Would I like to go into a bar, have a drink and not wear a mask? Sure. But common sense and data tell me I'll be able to do that more quickly -- and people who need...
.... jobs will be able to work more quickly -- the faster we're able to tamp this thing down. Obviously, as @Evan3Longoria said, I want everyone to be safe.
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