Some are suggesting that CA outperformed FL without any reference to FL's older population. Age is the single most important risk factor for poor COVID outcomes. Comparing CA and FL outcomes without mentioning this fact is misleading. (1/4)
https://twitter.com/ashishkjha/status/1435459867364446209
https://twitter.com/DrJBhattacharya/status/1435362491316387843
Ignoring lockdown harms avoided by FL's partial reopening in May 2020 and complete reopening in Sept. 2020 is misleading.
Among the harms are kids shut out of school for a year+ in CA, esp. public school kids.
Blindness to lockdown harms is a major public health failure
(2/4)
Among the harms are kids shut out of school for a year+ in CA, esp. public school kids.
Blindness to lockdown harms is a major public health failure
(2/4)
And finally, ignoring CA's relatively slow vaccine rollout this past winter is misleading. (3/4)
This piece from March of this year with @MartinKulldorff has held up well. (4/4)
hoover.org/research/calif…
hoover.org/research/calif…
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