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I think the interior of America has given up on distancing.

To be fair... you can stay at an airbnb and still be completely distanced from the owner of said airbnb. Yeah, you have to travel, but for many this is also possible without any close contact.

I can't guarantee, but my bet is the majority of people vacationing in Airbnbs aren't being distant. The marginal impact on deaths now is probably lower than it was in March, but only barely.

I’ve stayed in Airbnbs many times (zero since March) and have not even once met my host in person.

I'm not talking about interaction with the host, I'm talking about the general risks of traveling and then going to a new place where you are interacting with the people shortly after traveling.

My claim is that most of these people are not going on exclusively nature-exploration vacations, they are going to see people or to patronize their businesses.

Maybe ease up on the costal holier than thou sentiment. I’m in Miami right now and 90% of the people I’ve met are tech / finance types from NYC doing blow inside of clubs until 4am.

to be fair, that was also Miami pre-pandemic

No doubt, point I’m making is it’s not just folks from red states disregarding government advice.

I was in Texas recently. I'm not going to ease up on it when mask compliance compared to SF or DC (haven't been to NYC) is measurably awful.

> I’m in Miami right now and 90% of the people I’ve met are tech / finance types from NYC doing blow inside of clubs until 4am

I don't even know what this means. 90% of people you've met in Miami do "blow"? What? Are you a coke dealer?

Maybe go out to a high end dinner in Miami and meet people before assuming I’m a drug dealer.

So, I can't criticize the interior of America for generally failing to distance because of some rich finance people you met at a high-end dinner and somehow know their drug habits?

Sorry, I really don't see the relevance to the original claim.

Without any judgment, your sample may be extremely biased...

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