I would seriously like to know what could have been done to stop this trend, say...4 weeks ago..5 weeks ago. Because from what I have seen, once you have to react to spread (which is what every state has done since the beginning), it is already too late.
So, an anecdotal example, but I have been behaving as if the mandates never went away. As if I were my own āstateā, with all mandates in place.
My doctor initially told me I could ditch the mask when we reached 70% vaxx. Ha! That total now needs to be much higher.
So, in my own āstateā of self, I continue to wear a double mask (even when work said they were optional), distance myself from others, donāt eat out or travel on public transportation. And even while I work, I wonāt eat my meals indoors. I go outside, in the FL heat, to enjoy my lunch.
I also have dutifully received my vaxxās (plus a third), and have āmandatedā that my family got theirs as well.
All of these mitigations have kept my āland of selfā Covid/free. And considering I work in a place where I have exposure to the public, I am quite proud of the mitigations Iāve taken to get this far.
Transferring that to the general public, we should have continued to socially distance, keep masked, and avoided crowded indoor mask-free settings. Thatās what I wouldāve done a governmental policy-maker.
Oh, and require everyone to get vaxxād.