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Hilton Head had a posted "mask mandate", ostensibly everywhere, signs up all over about it.  The mask wearing was no different than it is here.  Folks INSIDE a public building wore masks, outside they didn't.  Hardly anyone walking on the beach had a mask on, or walking outside anywhere.

One problem with such an apparently universal mandate is it makes little real sense and leads to widespread public resistance, not because of politics, but because it's unenforceable and makes little sense.  It should read that you need one any time you're inside a building with other people not part of your immediate and outside if you can't maintain distance, duh.

I cannot imagine a cop would write anyone up for not wearing a masking in some parking lot going to their car.

I really don't think some universal mask mandate is a good idea.

Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report | CDC

Some related good news, so far anyway.

• Flu activity is unusually low at this time but may increase in the coming months.

I'm thinking more people got the Flu shot this year than in years past, and that the shot is effective.

It's likely a combination of things, including better hygiene and mask wearing and distancing and reduced Asian travel.

Hopefully the vaccine is better targeted this year.

I don't think there is any effort to track cold prevalence, even the flu tracking is a calculation, not a measurement.

Most folks don't see a doctor with a cold (some do of course).

I have not had a cold yet, I probably get 1-2 a winter.  (I'm not counting what I had in February.)

I discovered the cause of colds

its called "children"

when my kids were growing up I used to get 2 to 3 colds a year

now they are out of the house my wife and I have not had a cold in 5 years

My main fear again is about hospital capacity.  If that starts to get exceeded, we'll have to have more serious interventions, I think.  Otherwise, we do what we're doing and get the vaccine out there asap, which is happening.

I "hear" that hospitals here are shutting down elective surgeries again.  That would make sense as it frees up nurses and orthopedic MDs and beds for COVID use as needed.  It is at least some excess capacity that can be used.

The numbers are not good.

I think we're down to 4% ICU capacity in Orange County.

Were going to be at the stage of patients who otherwise might live dying due to lack of available care soon if this continues.