Florida has fought COVID mandates and has almost no rules. In Florida, school districts that mandated masks in classrooms are now dropping those mandates. So why is Florida’s 7 day death rate is 11 times lower than California’s?
California's seven-day case rate - roughly 112 per 100,000 - is more than twice that of Florida. And the Golden State's seven-day death rate per 1 million people is 11 times higher than Florida's.
California has embraced a stricter approach in tackling the pandemic and it's among the nation's leaders with about 74% of eligible people with at least one dose of the vaccine.
California earlier this fall had the nation's lowest case rate but is now 16th, Gov. Gavin Newsom said, while the positivity rate for those tested is 2.3% after falling below 1% in June.
While statewide hospitalizations have fallen by about half since a summer peak at the end of August, they have started creeping up in some areas, particularly the Central Valley and portions of Southern California including Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.
Alex Stone from ABC News talked to John & Ken about why some of the states with the least amount of restrictions are showing lower covid rates while dumb states like CA with wacko mandates are seeing big case increases.