Originally Posted by
mickeycrimm
PS: Ditz, have you checked to see which state has the strongest economy right now? It's South Dakota. And they didn't shut down. And their CV deaths are below the national average.
Mickey, I'm not sure you grasped the concept, so I'll spell it out for you. Shutting down is an artificial way to reduce population density. It mimics the same effects as if suddenly there were fewer people per square mile interacting. States with very low population densities to start are, in effect, reaping the rewards of having few people per square mile and fewer interactions per square mile. In essence, somewhere like South Dakota is in a pseudo-shutdown all the time. Of course, it helps when you have super spreader events and export contagion and your state basically doesn't have to count those infections towards any state total or pick up the health care tab, but it derives the economic boost.
And the word "strongest" is in reference to what? It's economy declined the least as compared to before the pandemic? I mean, so what? Where does South Dakota rank in economy size among the states? LOL. Take a guess.
It's 49th if you count D.C. and Puerto Rico. Hard to fall far from 49th. It's ahead of Montana, Vermont, and Wyoming.
See, mickey, this is where you've gone to the dishonest side. You knew these stats, but you presented the word "strongest" as if it meant something. Plus South Dakota relies on tourism. It exported its virus cases, including Sturgis. Other states got to pick up the virus tallies and the tab for South Dakota. Nevada's doing the same thing on a larger scale.
Cease with the nonsense stats. Yeah -- South Dakota's burgeoning economy is an example for the world on how to deal with Covid-19. Brilliant. Well, at least you didn't go with #50, your home state.
And for the record, I'm not a Democrat. The nicest thing I've said about Hilary on this forum was that "she's sane." Go ahead -- I'm approaching 6,000 posts, and you won't find anything positive about Clinton or Pelosi other than that Clinton "is sane" and Pelosi "knows how to get under Trump's skin." Those are the biggest compliments I have given either of them. Go ahead, look it up, dude.
Then report the truth.
And I agree that I'm no coronavirus expert. I certainly am not in any way. I just happened to get everything correct because I listened to and read experts from all over the world and synthesized the information. It was not hard.
You should try it some day.