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I don't think this country is going to lock down again no matter what.  Some areas may tighten up restrictions again.

The rate in Georgia continues to drop rather markedly.

seems to me that many thought if we just had enough tests we could defeat the virus

then many thought that if enough masks were used we could defeat the virus

yesterday was an all-time high for number of covid hospitalizations in the state of Iowa

Tests paired with robust contact tracing would have worked, with phased reopening, but you need to keep the numbers of cases low or else the contact tracing doesn't work particularly well. We never kept cases low. 

Masks appear to help quite a bit. If people wear them, including covering their nose, and don't go spend a bunch of time with unmasked people outside their household because "they're friends/family; I'm sure it's safe!"

Houses in Texas don't have basements, aside from some up in the areas north of Dallas, aka Baja Oklahoma.

That and a place for the kids to play in the winter.

True this: 

Basements in Chicago were originally designed to hold storm water from runoff. Then people started putting stand pipes in so as to use the space. Then you get excess runoff and mass flooding. 

Tests paired with robust contact tracing would have worked, with phased reopening, but you need to keep the numbers of cases low or else the contact tracing doesn't work particularly well. We never kept cases low.

Masks appear to help quite a bit. If people wear them, including covering their nose, and don't go spend a bunch of time with unmasked people outside their household because "they're friends/family; I'm sure it's safe!"

we have plenty of tests here in Iowa with robust contact tracing

not working if you check hospital numbers, which are more important numbers in my opinion
also more masks in my part of Iowa than ever
not working

Here too.

This house doesn't have a basement. I don't think there are many houses in Florida with basements. No need for them, and the water table is high in most places.

Better run like hell when a blow comes in.I like basements,it's where we keep kegs and hide from everything but fires and floods

I said the same thing (as did many others here).

I've also said many more of "us" have had it than we know.

I've said that we cannot shut down our economy for this.

And yes, I said this came to us from China intentionally - to shut down our economy.

I'll stand by all of those.