Originally Posted by
Knobcrk1
Every state had a rise in the fall, even Wyoming, most states follow that line. And as you can see too with what happened in the fall, CA was easily capable of having sky high rates compared to the other states all year, but they didn’t, they stayed below.
Yes, California rose with the nation...and then kept going, to the tune of 25%ish more than the rest of the country, despite some of the most stringent NPIs in the nation. In response, Newsom shut down OUTDOOR dining. You may recall the news reports of SoCal hospitals being inundated with patients, and some even running out of supplemental oxygen. It was, without question, awful.
On the backside of that, California is outperforming the nation now, likely due to a combination of vaccine uptake and infection-conferred immunity.