Hoodat wrote:
"Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Jersey are all getting hit hard."
All these states have HIGH numbers of illegals (particularly in Connecticut) who don't seem to understand or aren't willing to comply with the notions of social "distancing" or personal protective items (gloves, masks). I sense that with Hispanic males, in particular, the cult of "macho" has something to do with this.
I'll reckon that this is one of the factors spreading the disease around in this area, even though the population in CT isn't as "closely bunched together" as that of New York City or "close in" Jersey.
There are some areas in the country (mostly "blue" areas that have higher populations, and large numbers of illegals) where the virus is just going to "burn through" on its own -- not unlike the wildfires out in California a while back. The "shutdown" becomes the only "firebreak" possible -- even though it's moderately a weak firebreak at that.
That's why "re-opening" won't help around here and doing so will probably make the epidemic rage up considerably worse.
I just hope it doesn't "burn through" me as it blows overhead...
