Theme parks are open most places. Hershey Park here in PA opened before WDW. AZ had a major pull back on re-opening. They shut down bars, gyms, movie theaters, water parks and banned any gathering over 50 people. It worked. Their cases are way down.
Yeah we had tickets to monster jam world finals ... we were so upset. It’s totally a family affair/tradition. And it was only the second they had done it in Florida. We tailgate and meet the drivers etc. My 8 year old loves it. I also feel like we missed so many 1st year photo ops with our daughter. No first Easter bunny
... hopefully we can do stuff through fall and winter 
We had stay at home orders the same as almost every other state. Places like Montana didn’t have one but the rest of the country did. I don’t think it was any different than FL. PA is basically 3 states: Philly area, Pittsburgh area and a whole lot of nothing in between. The re-opening has been much slower (especially near Philly and Pitt) with a deliberate pace and it started a little later due to case numbers. Things opened more in phases over time vs the sprint to re-open in FL. By July 1 all areas of PA were in the final phase of re-opening (with many counties starting earlier in June) but beginning in early July they did pull back on bars being open just like everywhere else.
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Sweden’s disease expert says just wearing face masks could be ‘very dangerous’
Sweden’s top infectious disease expert has resisted recommending face masks for the general population — arguing it’s “very dangerous” if people believe the coverings alone …
I wouldn't be using the UK response as a benchmark, it was delayed at best and bungled at worst.Sweden is sort of a mixed bag. Higher death rate than the other Scandinavian countries but lower than others in Europe like UK, Italy and Spain. They limited large groups while keeping schools opened. They didn’t have a mandatory mask mandate or some other really tight restrictions, but their compliance rate for the restrictions they did have in place was and is still really high compared to other countries. And much of it was voluntary. I assume their precautions were just more acceptable to the population overall? I believe their experts think that other countries are using masks as the end all, be all, which causes a false sense of security and people dont think they have to follow other safety measures. They are big on social distancing practices from what I understand. They have admitted the death rate is higher than they would have hoped and testing should have been better. But they also say they would have taken the same route again more or less. While other countries in Europe see a surge, they are not. At least not yet. Would I call it a failure for them? No, not anymore than the rest of Europe. This isn’t over yet, however. I guess will see where they stand by the end of the year.
Swedish PM defends COVID strategy from criticism over death toll
Sweden has chosen the right strategy in fighting the spread of the new coronavirus, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Friday, defending his government's decision not to adopt a strict lockdown as many European countries have done.
Sweden’s disease expert says just wearing face masks could be ‘very dangerous’
Sweden’s top infectious disease expert has resisted recommending face masks for the general population — arguing it’s “very dangerous” if people believe the coverings alone …
Sweden is sort of a mixed bag. Higher death rate than the other Scandinavian countries but lower than others in Europe like UK, Italy and Spain. They limited large groups while keeping schools opened. They didn’t have a mandatory mask mandate or some other really tight restrictions, but their compliance rate for the restrictions they did have in place was and is still really high compared to other countries. And much of it was voluntary. I assume their precautions were just more acceptable to the population overall? I believe their experts think that other countries are using masks as the end all, be all, which causes a false sense of security and people dont think they have to follow other safety measures. They are big on social distancing practices from what I understand. They have admitted the death rate is higher than they would have hoped and testing should have been better. But they also say they would have taken the same route again more or less. While other countries in Europe see a surge, they are not. At least not yet. Would I call it a failure for them? No, not anymore than the rest of Europe. This isn’t over yet, however. I guess will see where they stand by the end of the year.
Swedish PM defends COVID strategy from criticism over death toll
Sweden has chosen the right strategy in fighting the spread of the new coronavirus, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Friday, defending his government's decision not to adopt a strict lockdown as many European countries have done.
Sweden’s disease expert says just wearing face masks could be ‘very dangerous’
Sweden’s top infectious disease expert has resisted recommending face masks for the general population — arguing it’s “very dangerous” if people believe the coverings alone …
Like I said before the lack of people traveling around Canada has helped too. People are still traveling around the US. Same as Europe as many are still traveling between countries.
It’s all about how the stay at home orders are spun in the media and in the social media echo chambers. The original stay at home orders are referred to as “lock downs” by a large number of people but in almost all cases they were far from it. People could still shop for essential goods, get food from restaurants take out, get necessary medical treatments, still go to work in certain cases and do most outdoor activities. We were hardly “locked down”. I don’t disagree that the orders failed but I think it was mostly because Americans lost interest when Memorial Day rolled around and decided they were done “sacrificing”. The re-opening coming out of lock downs was botched badly in a lot of places due to politics and impatience. That part of the approach was definitely wrong.
I said there was a disparity so I agree there.
Probably because there's nothing to do in Canada.