Corona Virus/COVID19: Local Impact

[JDax]

TN reported 272 new Covid- 19 cases today, continued flattening and the lowest 5-day compound growth rate (6.9%) since the first case was reported March 8:



Maybe here May 1st is the day we can lift the restrictions..,

 

[Golf Ghost]

Province announced that they're not going to consider lifting any restrictions until June and even then it will be very gradual.

Hoping they're saying that just to shut people up.

 

[campilobaxter]

Province announced that they're not going to consider lifting any restrictions until June and even then it will be very gradual.

Hoping they're saying that just to shut people up.

I've heard similar things about Nevada today. I might not make it that long.

 

[fuffle master]

TN reported 272 new Covid- 19 cases today, continued flattening and the lowest 5-day compound growth rate (6.9%) since the first case was reported March 8:

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Maybe here May 1st is the day we can lift the restrictions..,

As much as I want to hope May 1st we would see some restrictions lifted, PA just announced today schools would not be going back at all this year. I expect very soon the shelter in place will be extended into May if not all of May. I still stand on my thoughts that come June 1st we will see limited restrictions lifted. Some businesses will open like golf, restaurants, with a limited amount of people allowed in and sat tables apart. Then if we don’t see an increase in cases July 4th becomes a much bigger celebration of independence.

 

[BriMac]

NY resident. Agree with the decision to shut it down. We will be golfing soon enough. THP time will suffice for now. Thanks for the outlet THP!

 

[Elmave]

Here's what courses down in FL are doing that are making it a bit safer. You either have your own cart, or you walk. If you live with someone you're golfing, you two can share a cart since it's same living household. Not a biggie.

You get no rakes, no sand. You touch nothing but your clubs and your ball

You never touch the flagstick. Hell, some are doing 3ft gimmies just to ensure people aren't reaching into the raised cup

Cups are raised or there's a pool noodle in them or they're upside down. The ball just kinda bounces off of it or drops half an inch and yay

Don't really share the teebox, or stand like 10-15ft away while they're on it. No real need to get all close and personal.

Exactly what we were doing in NY. Everyone was practicing social distancing and then some at our course and im sure others. But Cuomo shut the courses down. More businesses being damaged. It is wrong but not a surprise . No common sense approach to this. This is not something that needed to be done.
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[3_putt]

Exactly what we were doing in NY. Everyone was practicing social distancing and then some at our course and im sure others. But Cuomo shut the courses down. More businesses being damaged. It is wrong but not a surprise . No common sense approach to this. This is not something that needed to be done.
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The government had todo this as these are intended for folks that will not abide by the recommendations of the medical folks to slow down the spread of this virus. Sadly, people who are responsible and practicing social distancing become victims due to actions of others.

 

[Bernoulli]

Exactly what we were doing in NY. Everyone was practicing social distancing and then some at our course and im sure others. But Cuomo shut the courses down. More businesses being damaged. It is wrong but not a surprise . No common sense approach to this. This is not something that needed to be done.
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It appears that the State determined that golf courses are not essential business. It has nothing to do with whether or not social distancing could be put in effect on a golf course. As of today golf is just not essential in NY.

 

[Tevenor]

Latest numbers from my county. Population of 750,000.

680 confirmed cases, 40 dead. 5.9% mortality rate so far across a wide cross section of age demographics. Schools closed minimally until 4/29 at this point. Probably be longer. They re-evaluate every 2 weeks.

 

[Elmave]

The government had todo this as these are intended for folks that will not abide by the recommendations of the medical folks to slow down the spread of this virus. Sadly, people who are responsible and practicing social distancing become victims due to actions of others.

No it is overreaching and going too far. If a course business is not complying and there is proof take action against them. You dont destroy all the businesses in the State that complied because of a few. Pretty sure you dont infringe on the rights of all because of the actions of a few, at least it didnt used to be that way in this. Country .know who does a career politician who has no idea what its like in the real world private sector. Its like that classic scene in Ghost Busters where they are talking about losing their research grant and someone suggests getting jobs in the private sector and Dan Ackroyd says you dont understand they expect results in the private sector.

 

[RayG]

Paid access to a beach?! I know I live in a small town, but I have honestly NEVER heard of this! I honestly don’t even know how to process that!

NY isn’t like CA or HI... access to the Ocean is usually only through State Parks or Local municipal parks. Unless you OWN the property that fronts the beach, you generally have to pay somebody to get on the beach. EXCEPT in the off season.

 

[Vortex]

No it is overreaching and going too far. If a course business is not complying and there is proof take action against them. You dont destroy all the businesses in the State that complied because of a few. Pretty sure you dont infringe on the rights of all because of the actions of a few, at least it didnt used to be that way in this. Country .know who does a career politician who has no idea what its like in the real world private sector. Its like that classic seen in Ghost Busters where they are talking about losing their research grant and someone suggests getting jobs in the private sector and Dan Ackroyd says you dont understand they expect results in the private sector.

Classic scene...

 

[rollin]

Paid access to a beach?! I know I live in a small town, but I have honestly NEVER heard of this! I honestly don’t even know how to process that!

really?
yes many the beaches along the jersey shore are pay to enter and many the ones that are free you'll have to pay to park. And some you have to pay both to park and also get ion the beach. especially the ones with boardwalks, amusements, eats, etc.....
Either one or the other is how many the townships up and down the jersey coast survive.

 

[Canadan]

I feel terrible for New Yorkers, but in many ways it makes sense to shut everything down.

With the US showing 425,000 cases, and NY having 150,000 (aka 35% of the entire Nation's cases), you have to go overboard to curb it... right?

 

[belmontcc15]

really?
yes many the beaches along the jersey shore are pay to enter and many the ones that are free you'll have to pay to park. And some you have to pay both to park and also get ion the beach. especially the ones with boardwalks, amusements, eats, etc.....
Either one or the other is how many the townships up and down the jersey coast survive.

I’ve never heard of that either. That’s absurd to charge for visiting the beach

 

[Bernoulli]

I feel terrible for New Yorkers, but in many ways it makes sense to shut everything down.

With the US showing 425,000 cases, and NY having 150,000 (aka 35% of the entire Nation's cases), you have to go overboard to curb it... right?

Yes you do. Maybe the rest of the country will benefit from New York flattening the curve and stopping the spread.

The State determined that golf was not an essential business.

 

[WLG1952]

On our way into Vegas the other day we noticed 5 areas just off highway 95 with 5+ RVs parked in the desert. Modern day "Wagon Train" temporary towns if you will.

This is not a normal scene. With the Lake Mead National Recreation Area closed down , along with casinos not letting people use their parking lots, and RV parks not accepting new business, RVers have no place to go. A dirt road off the highway works great for them. Plus they are doing their social distancing in fine fashion. All they need is gas, food, and water.

 

[MudFlap]

My county of just 17,000 in NY now has 8 cases, 6 recovered, 0 deaths.

The economic impact of my small tourist town will certainly outweigh virus impacts.

It is nice not having to dodge NJ drivers going to work though.

 

[obedt]

We’re coming up on a month in SIP. There have been talks of staggered openings for certain businesses, which is a good sign. Problem is there aren’t enough tests yet to see if the problem is sort of in control.

Kind of crazy, considering the mass exodus that has gone on here particularly after Maria, but there have been cases from NY and FL of people getting sick, taking meds to hide the fever and flying here to get treated.

 

[mpeterson]

As much as I want to hope May 1st we would see some restrictions lifted, PA just announced today schools would not be going back at all this year. I expect very soon the shelter in place will be extended into May if not all of May. I still stand on my thoughts that come June 1st we will see limited restrictions lifted. Some businesses will open like golf, restaurants, with a limited amount of people allowed in and sat tables apart. Then if we don’t see an increase in cases July 4th becomes a much bigger celebration of independence.

I think it probably makes sense for schools to stay closed just because it's harder to police little kids for making sure they're doing what they need to. MA has started to implement a contact tracing program. So (theoretically), as cases thin out, we should have the capability to keep track of cases as they come up, and hopefully move to more targeted quarantine/isolation in hotels/dorms other temp space. More the South Korea model

Why Charlie Baker Thinks 'Contact Tracing' Cases May Help Mass. Slow — Or Stop — COVID-19

Gov. Charlie Baker announced the ambitious project during a press conference on Friday, saying the state will work with Partners in Health to ramp the program up.

www.wbur.org

Given I'm able to work from home with limited effect to my work, I'd imagine we'll be doing that for a while. But if they can get this stood up, I'm optimistic we'll be able to have some more things open around here before June.

 

[Iceman!]

Some may have seen this, it's amazing how they can track this down and unfortunate that this took place in February, before "Social Distancing" became a phrase.

How coronavirus spread through a birthday and a funeral in Chicago

CHICAGO (NEXSTAR) – One person who attended a birthday and a funeral in Chicago earlier this year likely left 16 people infected with coronavirus, three of whom died, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study.

The gatherings happened about three days apart, before social distancing policies were implemented. The cases (seven confirmed and nine probable) range in age from 5 to 86 years old.

The first patient, labeled A1.1, had recently traveled out of state and had some mild respiratory symptoms, but decided to attend the funeral of a friend anyway. He hadn’t been tested at the time and didn’t know he had COVID-19, which investigators later confirmed.

The evening before the funeral, he spent about three hours with family members of the deceased friend, eating a “potluck-style” meal from common serving dishes. When he said his goodbyes, he expressed his condolences and hugged the other people at the dinner, according to the CDC.


Two of the family members started to experience COVID-19 symptoms between two and four days later, one of whom later died. A third developed suspected COVID-19 symptoms six days after the funeral.

The next day at the funeral, A1.1 had close contact with a fourth person, who later visited the sick family member in the hospital. That person embraced the family member without any protective gear and later developed a fever and cough believed to be from the novel coronavirus.

Three days after the funeral, still experiencing symptoms, patient A1.1 went to a birthday party attended by nine other family members. A1.1 embraced everyone at the party and shared food during a three-hour span.

Seven people at the party got sick, two of whom later died despite being placed on ventilators. A home care nurse and another family member developed COVID-19 after taking care of one of the patients without using protective gear. The family member is then believed to have passed it to a home contact who didn’t go to the party.

Several days after the birthday, three of the family members went to church while experiencing symptoms; at least one person at the service who touched the same offering plate and sat one row away developed confirmed COVID-19.

The study shows how quickly COVID-19 can spread through a community, and, the CDC points out, doesn’t include any potential cases of asymptomatic infection.

 

[tahoebum]

Latest numbers from my county. Population of 750,000.

680 confirmed cases, 40 dead. 5.9% mortality rate so far across a wide cross section of age demographics. Schools closed minimally until 4/29 at this point. Probably be longer. They re-evaluate every 2 weeks.

It’s strange that you are seeing mortality across a wide range of ages as in most places/countries the average age of Covid 19 death has been age 75 or older. Here in Minnesota we’ve so far had 1242 confirmed cases, 51deaths with a population of 5.6 million, and the average age of death is 87. A few deaths under age 60 with the youngest being 56. 87% of the deaths had some sort of chronic health condition such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, etc.

The positive test rate for the 32k test so far is only 3.8% here which is very low compared to a place like NY that has a positive test rate of about 40%.

 

[JB]

I think there is a bit of a disconnect as well. Social distancing early on was less about killing people and more about not overwhelming the healthcare that needed to be in place and time to figure this out. All we heard from doctors, especially out of the Northeast (which makes sense with density) was the horror that existed.

So we social distanced. And for the most part it appears to have worked (So far). NY was later than just about everybody, and had people leaving in droves to tourism spots (AZ, FL, etc) and we saw how that has ended up.

Was this worth possibly bankrupting the world? Its going to take an interesting conversation and one that I dont think people are capable of when behind keyboards and in the current political climate. We are on the verge of a complete depression and drastic measures are taking place at least in principal, yet the private sector actually handling them is a different matter.

I’m an optimist here, but not on the economy side.

So I am adding to this. NY now has more confirmed cases than any country in the world according to a news report that just flashed on my TV. If that doesn't say travel, density and late to action are an issue, not much will.

 

[Tevenor]

So I am adding to this. NY now has more confirmed cases than any country in the world according to a news report that just flashed on my TV. If that doesn't say travel, density and late to action are an issue, not much will.

I think something in the neighborhood of 80% of all NY cases are downstate/city counties ( New York, Nassau, Queens, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, etc. ) which follows the population density.

 

[Bernoulli]

I think something in the neighborhood of 80% of all NY cases are downstate/city counties ( New York, Nassau, Queens, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, etc. ) which follows the population density.

And of the upstate counties, the two with the highest numbers are Orange and Duchess. They are both within 70 miles of NYC.