Florida and Texas flattened the curve. California did not. Aka why lockdowns don’t work.

After the initial shutdowns in March, ventilators, PPE, and testing shortages were mostly solved by early May.

Florida, Texas, and other states that followed the original plan to flatten the curve for hospitalizations have re-opened their economies while maintaining hospital capacity.

California opted for a novel virus suppression strategy that has destroyed its small businesses with a profoundly negative impact on minorities. California is now about to run out of hospital capacity.