[champagnois]

There is no evidence that I am aware of which would indicate places with strict mandates (Boston or LA) did significantly better or worse than places that made such mandates illegal (Texas).

The outbreak curves and percentages are basically the same, especially when you account for the population differences in age, obeasity, diabetes, etc.

A red state might do worse at times, but is also more easily explained as a result of a more vulnerable population.

Be scientific about it rather than political. There are a lot of ways to analyze the data.

[kareemm]

> The outbreak curves and percentages are basically the same, especially when you account for the population differences in age, obeasity, diabetes, etc.

Can you cite a source for this claim?

[nradov]

You can start here for age adjusted death rates by US state.

https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/blog/states-ranked-by-age-...

[another_story]

Try looking at places in the world where people actually followed the mandates versus places that didn't. How come Taiwan, which has cases of Omicrom right now, is not seeing exponential spread?