Covid time is a flat circle, especially in FL. Remember when the first Covid wave started in the NY area, and right-wingers demanded that we apologize to Ron DeSantis — just as infections and deaths soared across the Sunbelt? 1/
Then that episode went down the memory hole and it was back to anti-mask and social distancing being great — until the Delta wave wreaked havoc across the red states, FL in particular 2/
And then that wave subsided, and until a few days ago DeSantis's people were boasting about their low case rate as Omicron hit the Northeast first. Sure enough 3/ 
Pretty obvious that Omicron will soon be everywhere. Hospitalizations and deaths still low in southern states (but what the hell is happening in PA?) But they're lagging indicators. Once they catch up, what will matter is vaccination rates 4/
I've been following the NYC data, both for personal reasons and bc it tends to be where the Covid future happens first. It's really stunning 5/
And yes, while there are multiple reasons people don't get vaxxed, at this point it's very partisan, as @charles_gaba keeps documenting (especially if you exclude the suspect Miami-Dade numbers) 6/
So it seems a pretty safe prediction that we're heading for another wave of red death — followed a few months later by claims that the governors responsible actually did a great job. Sigh. 7/
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