[Leica] Monday Misc.

[Don Dory]

People are keeping their distance and about half are wearing masks.   The
decent grocery stores are very strict on numbers and distances with
monitors and sanitation stations.   So far the danger in Travis County is
~14 deaths for 1.4 million population and Texas is 314 for 29 million with
almost all deaths in Houston and Dallas.  Both cities are on a downward
curve admissions and infections and I suspect that Dallas had its worst
mortality day on Tuesday.

So,  it appears that most of the US has been more like Austria and possibly
Germany.   The real question for the US is what is different about NY, NJ,
and Connecticut.

On Fri, Apr 17, 2020, 9:35 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> Interesting to see. Most of the activities depicted would not be possible
> here right now.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> > On 13 Apr 2020, at 14:34, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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> > Greetings to all.  While we are all allegedly under quarantine I find
> > peoples response to be interesting.  We went to our favorite local BBQ
> > emporium for Easter brisket; while my wife waited in line I of course
> took
> > pictures.  This first image is the workers cutting the brisket into
> > whatever the customer had ordered.  I don't think they are separated and
> it
> > doesn't appear that they are wearing masks:
> >
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/TEXMEXBBQ_001.jpg.html
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> > This is the pick up area where most people are observing distancing:
> >
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Take+out+from+online_001.jpg.html
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> > This woman was being careful while she walked her dog.  You can see the
> > oxygen tube over her ear.  She was behind a fence and in a corner where
> > contact would be hard:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/welcome_001.jpg.html
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> > This woman was enjoying a brief sunny period by setting up in the local
> > elementary school yard:  all schools are closed probably until the new
> > school year:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/sunbathing+with+buebonnets_001.jpg.html
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> > Last for today, some things never change.  When there is spare time the
> > list comes out of things to do around the house:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/working+off+SWMBO+list_001.jpg.html
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> > Another interesting point is that the mortality in my local government
> unit
> > is 9 currently and Texas with 40 million is I believe 246.  Houston and
> > Dallas were late to quarantine whereas Austin and San Antonio were very
> > early.  Most of the deaths in Texas have been in Houston area followed by
> > the Dallas area interestingly the Fort Worth area not so much.(Dallas and
> > Fort Worth would be one city but for accidents of history).  The curves
> > have been very flat for this week.  It appears that the open spaces of
> > Texas have been helpful for mortality.
> >
> > My point is that there will be many PhD's granted for research into why
> > some places are so heavily affected by this new disease and others not
> > nearly so hard.  Italy vs Germany,  India vs China, the Swedish
> experiment,
> > Great Britain vs France.  Many, many factors to work out from climate,
> > social norms, quality of health care, family structure, initial health
> > conditions, density and mass transit norms are all areas that will be
> > looked at for the next novel disease.
> >
> > All the best.
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> > --
> > Don
> > don.dory at gmail.com
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