[NonContro]

Florida has a higher age 65+ Vaccination rate than California or New York:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/coronavirus-covid-19/vaccine-trac...

We're rehashing all of the same arguments from 2020. The Southern States peak earlier in the year for respiratory viruses due to latitude:

https://youtu.be/013L9J7WhuU

So what's happening in the South now is a preview of what will happen in the Northern States, perhaps even worse since the vaccines will further drop in effectiveness due to time duration (hence the need for 'boosters').

[kasey_junk]

That may be true of respitory illnesses generally but it’s the opposite of what happened with covid: https://covidactnow.org/share/44853/?redirectTo=%2Fus%2Filli...

In every other surge the south lagged in cases. This time they lead (and the difference in how much is startling).

[graeme]

I live in Canada and health authorities are making the same error. July cases lower than March/April so they relaxed. But summer is supposed to be low.

All stats in August 2021 are worse than August 2020 despite vaccinations. Not an optimistic setup for winter.

[sschueller]

How are these vaccinated counted? Is this the federal government or the state? I heard the state is delaying giving out infections and deaths by weeks making look like it's not that bad. If the state is counting the vaccinations I wouldn't be surprised if those numbers are also inaccurate.

[nojito]

This isn’t true at all

CA and NY will likely peak in the next week or two and their curves look nothing like the southern states.