Gov. Newsom: Our Lockdowns Saved Lives, We Have a Lower Death Rate than Florida

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NEWSOM: "Well, we have — our positivity rate is three times less than Florida at the current moment. We have a lower death rate than Florida. We have a lower case rate than Florida. And this pandemic — the story still needs to be told. But that said, let’s be just candid about this. Florida and California are very different in every way, shape or form. In this respect, most importantly the issue of density, profoundly significant as it relates to the disease spread, the disease burden, particularly multigenerational households and density. Just consider, just L.A. alone, its density is seven times greater than that of Miami. So I’m not here to critique other states, quite the contrary, save one, and that was Texas that notably I think made a terrible, reckless mistake on setting down the gauntlet on removing masks, not implementing strategies to enforce and be more aggressive on mask wearing. And at the same time, I think what we’ve done is save lives.”