This still doesnt explain the near simultaneous spike in cases across the south, when the massive protests in northern and central cities haven’t produced the same simultaneous spikes
Where are the spikes in NYC, DC, Chicago, Seattle, Pottland?
They already have achieved herd immunity.
We had a spike in cases in my area of Florida...
I found a map that had the cases listed by ZIP code... Our city’s top two zip codes (of cases) appeared to be in the black community so I did a zip demographic search and sure ‘nuff - the surge WAS in the black community.
What’s the connection to riots in the North? How our police handled the ‘end result’ of the situation ... but not the beginning. Blacks were allowed to gather to protest peacefully but anything beyond that and the police steeped in...
Our city liberals/blacks attempted to get riots started (I watched it on our local 24/7 cable news channel0... and each time there were more than 30 people and the noise level went up - the police would tell them to ‘disperse’... When they didn’t cops would go in and arrest them one by one. When a new group formed the cops would do the same thing... so nothing came of it.
But, they did gather... for hours.
Or maybe black people are more susceptible to the disease - that could be it - - we don’t know because the press is uncomfortable with minorities having higher case loads.. Doesn’t fit their delusions.
Perhaps mask discipline was better in NYC, DC, Chicago, Seattle and Portland. I have watched a lot of TV on demonstrations and mask practices in and around DC. In DC mask discipline was started early in food stores including Walmart, no mask, no entry. At the same time a friend expressed upset that mask discipline was not being used in a local major suburban grocery outlet. Watching the beach scenes in Florida, there was little or no masking. I went to the beaches at Chincoteague, VA. People were sitting fairly far apart, and often wearing a mask while walking around their cars or up and down the beach. In the town itself, people are pretty good about masking and the stores require it.