wapiticountry wrote:
It is my very slightly educated guesstimate that the Southern states are going to fare better than the northern states over the next few months simply because in the south there are fewer days everyone is forced indoors
....I wish that were the case, however, of the 12 top countries in the World with the highest case-per-100,000 number as of this morning, 7 of the 12 are tropical or sub-tropical (this includes Aruba, Andora, San Marino, Bahrain and three others).
Mexico has gone rogue, so no possibility of ever really knowing how bad or worse via-a-vis other States, with Mexicans and US people piling south and north to/from Mexico.
Responsible behavior is everything in keeping infection rates low; social distancing, masking. The only thing that works. We skipped the south snowbirding this year and ran every scenario and probability we could devise. We made the decision at end of October. No matter how much we all want to avoid "humans" on a cross-country down "south", it is virtually impossible to avoid coming into contact with individuals. Reiterating, impossible.