With no lockdown or mask mandate, Florida roughly hospitalization level as 2018 flu

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With no lockdown or mask mandate, Florida has roughly same hospitalization level as 2018 flu season

We are being told that our liberties must be suspended in order to keep hospitals from reaching apocalyptic levels. But what if those levels are just above normal and not anywhere near apocalyptic levels? And what if these lockdown measures do nothing to keep the levels down anyway?

Well, if there is anywhere we can cross-check this hypothesis, it would be in Florida, where there is no lockdown or mask mandate. In fact, people are flocking there from out of state to enjoy vacations and host conferences and even to live. Naturally, we'd expect hospital levels to be bursting at the seams if they rise and fall with lockdowns and masks, right?

Well, actually, you can barely see an increase in the hospitalization level in the Sunshine State from previous years, and the current level appears to be on par with the 2018 flu season, which was more of a pandemic flu than other flus in recent years. And in 2018, we did nothing as a nation to suspend liberties.

https://www.theblaze.com/op-ed/horowitz-with-no-lockdown-or-mask-mandate-florida-has-roughly-same-hospitalization-level-as-2018-flu-season

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Yep.

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Misinformation.
There were 3082 deaths from flu in FL in 2018. There have been 22, 187 deaths from COVID19 in FL to date. That is WITH mitigation advice from government:

The Florida Department of Health has issued a public health advisory, as follows:

Residents and visitors are advised to wear face coverings if social distancing is not possible, both indoors and outdoors.
Refrain from gatherings of more than 10 people.
Avoid closed spaces, crowded places and close-contact settings.
Travel increases your chance of getting and spreading COVID-19. Don’t travel if you are sick or if you have been around someone with COVID-19 in the past 14 days. Don’t travel with someone who is sick.