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As pandemic surges anew, global envy and anger over U.S. vaccine abundance (msn.com)

so, perhaps the vaccine is working?

Correct.

Given Florida has an older population, their figure is notable, I think, and it is fair to compare the different approaches governments have taken versus the data.

Another figure would be hospitalizations.  

In Georgia, we're still at a low and steady level (for now).  I HOPE the vaccinations have caught up with more "open" attitudes.

Florida has been open for a year.

I highlight again that regardless of what you hear from Gavin Newsom, California is pretty much open and has been for months.

so he opened all the schools?

so he opened all the schools?

County by county. My kid in the public school has been on-site learning since about October, all-day instruction 5 days a week.

The two in the charter school have had a couple instances of time where they got thrown into distance learning for interim periods due to cases at the school [overreaction IMHO] but that was the school's decision, not the county or district. Also all-day instruction 5 days a week.

Both school systems have allowed students who need distance learning for whatever reason to have that as an option. For my son in the public school his full-day 5-day instruction was different because he's special needs--the genpop kids were on a hybrid model where they'd only be in class half-days (either AM or PM) to reduce number of kids in close proximity to each other and allow distancing. That ended last week though, so even genpop is there full-day now too. 

That said, I understand that LA Unified School District remained closed MUCH longer than everywhere else. But again I believe that was an LA county decision, and not Newsom mandating that they must remain closed.

spread isn't a concern from the schools, so, doesn't matter if open or closed

Bingo.

Our step son visits us more often than usual simply because SF where he lives is largely closed and he hates that, and ATL is largely open, and he likes that.

Plus he is 100% WFH, which he can do here.  Living in a city that is largely closed loses its charm quickly.  At least here we have the park when things were closed, they reopened a year ago, officially, April 23, though a lot of places stayed take out only.

There is still a lot about COVID we don't understand in my view.