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Mostly Maskless in Vegas
Mar. 9th, 2022 10:05 pmI've been in Las Vegas for a bit over 24 hours at this point. The difference in mask wearing between here and home is like night and day. Back home, even after the mandate that everyone must wear masks in indoors public settings was dropped, voluntary mask wearing remained quite strong. 90% of the people I saw at stores and restaurants continued wearing masks. Here in Las Vegas in the casino it's about 5%. In the conference area it's pretty close to zero. And probably 50% of these people are unvaccinated.
Why do I think 50% are unvaccinated when the overall vaccination rate in the US is 65%? Consider the distribution of people's attitudes toward the risks of Coronaviru. Group them into deciles 1-10....
This is an update of a diagram I originally drew 18 months ago when observing the behavior of travelers. The people who are more concerned about Coronavirus, and thus the most likely to be vaccinated and wear masks indoors in public, are by and large not traveling. The most concerned are reluctant even to leave their homes for simple things like grocery shopping.
Meanwhile, 40% of the country thinks Coronavirus is a political hoax. Some of them were traveling frequently through the pandemic. Some of them were staying home... out of protest against destinations that required masks. Once Vegas dropped its masking requirement a few weeks ago visitors thronged the city. Conventions are coming back here... and again, the people who think Coronavirus is fake are the most likely to attend, sans masks, while those who take it most seriously opt not to travel or expose themselves to packed rooms full of unmasked people.
Next: A full day of meetings on 5 hours sleep is bad. Doing it on 4 is worse!
Why do I think 50% are unvaccinated when the overall vaccination rate in the US is 65%? Consider the distribution of people's attitudes toward the risks of Coronaviru. Group them into deciles 1-10....
This is an update of a diagram I originally drew 18 months ago when observing the behavior of travelers. The people who are more concerned about Coronavirus, and thus the most likely to be vaccinated and wear masks indoors in public, are by and large not traveling. The most concerned are reluctant even to leave their homes for simple things like grocery shopping.
Meanwhile, 40% of the country thinks Coronavirus is a political hoax. Some of them were traveling frequently through the pandemic. Some of them were staying home... out of protest against destinations that required masks. Once Vegas dropped its masking requirement a few weeks ago visitors thronged the city. Conventions are coming back here... and again, the people who think Coronavirus is fake are the most likely to attend, sans masks, while those who take it most seriously opt not to travel or expose themselves to packed rooms full of unmasked people.
Next: A full day of meetings on 5 hours sleep is bad. Doing it on 4 is worse!
