Remember “TX & FL have done nearly as well as CA while staying ‘open’ ” narrative? Let’s look:
CA deaths/100K=194
TX deaths/100K=262
FL deaths/100K=291
Dead Texans who’d be alive if TX matched CA death rate:19,741
Dead Floridians…:20,827
To me, “nearly as well” ≠ 40,000 lives.

— Bob Wachter (@Bob_Wachter) December 31, 2021

At least among my NYC patient population, there’s an under-recognized contributing factor to the current Covid surge. A large number of patients told me they were waiting until “after the holidays” to get their boosters. Covid had other plans.

— Barry Bellovin (@DrBellovin) December 31, 2021