Puerto Rico is closing businesses and imposing curfew because of a "rise in cases"
What they don't mention: testing is up 40x
What they don't mention: testing is up 40x
But hospitalizations are up!
Yes. All the way to 5% of hospital capacity.
Yes. All the way to 5% of hospital capacity.
On the entire island of three million, there is a single child in ICU with COVID-19
Keep in mind this is an island whose local pastime is driving blind drunk along vertiginous mountain passes to get from one chinchorreo stand to the next
I'm really getting mixed messages about risk tolerance
I'm really getting mixed messages about risk tolerance
What nobody can say publicly is that the Testing Blitz was a reaction to astonishing acts of violence and lewdness by tourists
The locals got angry, it was a public scandal, and since cracking down on tourists would be "unwoke", they ran the Covid Crackdown play to appear strong
The locals got angry, it was a public scandal, and since cracking down on tourists would be "unwoke", they ran the Covid Crackdown play to appear strong
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