blstoker
Bill Bergen for HoF!
And WA also counts deaths as COVID no matter the actual cause of death so long as that person tested positive. That is a direct quote from the person in charge of the state's health stats department/office. Also, multiple positive tests on a single individual are counting as separate cases. I don't expect numbers on stuff like this to be 100% accurate, but there are real problems with what we are counting here -- enough to make me very skeptical of what the ground truth actually is.
But yeah, I agree Inslee isn't gonna let up...because science and data and not politics. (and also piss down my back and tell me it's raining)
I believe they're cooking the books, and I don't believe they're being entirely honest on reporting. Even with that, Washington has been fairly healthy throughout this whole thing.
People get sick. They've contracted diseases for the entirety of human history. The same people who are at greatest risk are the ones at greatest risk of any disease. The shut down was excessive, but it's what Washington gets to deal with, and as long as there are numbers that show Washington is doing well against the virus, then Inslee has no reason to lift the shutdown.
Interesting side point - you're more likely to catch COVID in a Republican (governor) state (191.59 cases per 10,000 vs. 150.66) but more likely to die from it in Democrat states (6.11 deaths per 10,000 vs. 4.33).