threrf23 wrote:claycarver wrote:zoyathedestroya wrote:The level of selfishness and stupidity in these photos...
California only has 1,650 deaths, an insanely low percentage for a state saturated with international travel. If they managed that without closing down the beaches, more power to them.
Most beaches have been closed, I believe. It's been up to the counties. This weekend's crowds were at Orange County and Ventura County beaches. I think I read OC county reopened beaches two weeks ago. San Diego is set to reopen beaches tomorrow.
Cali has done a better job of flattening it's curve than possibly any other state, San Francisco county in particular has done an excellent job. Stuff like this has the potential to undermine Cali's efforts to date, though.
Just to be clear, Los Angeles County beaches are NOT open. Everything is closed here. We cannot go hiking anywhere in the hills. No parks. Nothing. The most we can do is go for a nice family drive. Today, I took my family to Lancaster to the Poppy Preserve - about an hour and 15 min drive. Can’t go into the preserve (it’s closed of course), but there are many amazing poppy fields leading up to it and we were able to get out, stretch our legs and take some amazing photos without being anywhere near anybody else. That is the extent of what we can “do” in LA. And it is working. Our aggressive early policies have limited the damage here in a pretty incredible way. Considering the population and the big cities, our contraction and death rates are incredibly low. We are sending medical personnel to NYC to help out.
Orange County and Ventura County are NOT LA. Not by a long shot. I wish them the best and I hope it works for them down there (OC) and up there (VC), but I think it is probably two weeks too early to open up the beaches. The weather has been really hot lately, so I get the temptation - but why mess with something that is working?