Two weeks ago New York had less cases (421) than SC (456)has now. Today New York has over 44,000 cases. I hope that it is overkill and we avoid having like New York. But if we do it may be because of that 'overkill'.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_New_York_(state)
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
I doubt that things would be as serious in SC as they are in NY. We are a very green state - in that I mean we have a very small population. We are an agricultural state - lots of farms, fields, and timberlands. As such, our population density is pitifully small compared to NY's. We aren't living on top of one another like say NYC is.....
But one thing about all of these references to the flu.
The reason that we have as high a number of deaths every flu season, is because even though we have vaccines, people still do not inoculate.
The 2017-2018 flue season, we had 80,000+ deaths. It was determined that half of those deaths did not vaccinate. 80% of the 230 children deaths had no record of being vaccinated.
Imagine what the total numbers may be if NO ONE ever got flu vaccines every year?? Well, we currently have no vaccine for this COVID-19, and it is more infectious than the flu, and has a greater mortality rate than the flu.
People constantly talk about, "we have the flu every year, and no one shuts down!!"
Well, what does the federal authorities tell us when we get the flu?? What does the Surgeon General tell us every year???
"if you are sick with the flu, stay home. If you are an employer and your employees get sick with the flu, tell them to stay home until they are better!" They DO NOT tell people to keep going out and about, going to work, and acting like nothing's wrong. That's what happened during 2017-18 - people weren't getting vaccinated, and they were getting the flu from other people who were sick. At work, at school, in restaurants, in malls.
But what if everyone was sick with the flu?? What would the federal authorities say then?? Probably the exact same thing they are telling everyone right now. But we are all overreacting, right??