also keep in mind that both florida and PR get huge influxes of people from the northeast this time of year. the NE is the big hotspot and they flood both spots. not a coincidence that miami (and not other places) spiking with cov.
PR is hard to assess on cases because our testing levels are so low, reporting so crummy, and so dominated by schools.
also keep in mind that both florida and PR get huge influxes of people from the northeast this time of year. the NE is the big hotspot and they flood both spots. not a coincidence that miami (and not other places) spiking with cov.
PR is hard to assess on cases because our testing levels are so low, reporting so crummy, and so dominated by schools.
Interesting. What struck me about FL and PR was that both places had almost no Covid cases earlier in the week (it's not Covid season in that part of the world) and then, very suddenly Covid cases exploded. And then things like the Miss World paegant in PR had to cancel because "all" the contestants tested positive. No bump in new hospitalizations that I can find in either. We'll need to have more sequencing (FL has had some), but I'd bet big money this is all Omicron, and it doesn't follow the "established" Covid seasonality. It also seems like this could be the End of Covid, as Berenson is now predicting. I look forward to your dispatches. And I'm glad I'm headed to FL tomorrow and not PR (which I do plan to visit in a month, when I hope things are back to maybe-sorta-kinda-normal).
also keep in mind that both florida and PR get huge influxes of people from the northeast this time of year. the NE is the big hotspot and they flood both spots. not a coincidence that miami (and not other places) spiking with cov.
PR is hard to assess on cases because our testing levels are so low, reporting so crummy, and so dominated by schools.
What's the testing regime like in PR schools? I assume you mean public primary education?
Interesting. What struck me about FL and PR was that both places had almost no Covid cases earlier in the week (it's not Covid season in that part of the world) and then, very suddenly Covid cases exploded. And then things like the Miss World paegant in PR had to cancel because "all" the contestants tested positive. No bump in new hospitalizations that I can find in either. We'll need to have more sequencing (FL has had some), but I'd bet big money this is all Omicron, and it doesn't follow the "established" Covid seasonality. It also seems like this could be the End of Covid, as Berenson is now predicting. I look forward to your dispatches. And I'm glad I'm headed to FL tomorrow and not PR (which I do plan to visit in a month, when I hope things are back to maybe-sorta-kinda-normal).