[Leica] Nathan's PAD 14/3/2020: ghost town

[Tina Manley]

The main thing we are not doing in the USA is testing.  I have friends who
have symptoms and have traveled in affected areas but they absolutely
cannot get tested.  Family doctors have recommended testing but even they
cannot get the tests done.

The whole attitude is  - if we don't count them, they aren't there.   Keep
the counts down at all costs.

When they do finally start testing, it's going to be a disaster.  We do not
have the health system to deal with this.

Tom and I have not left the house and only Laura has come to the front
porch.  Our neighbor drove in the driveway today to check on us, but we
just yelled from the porch that we were OK and needed nothing.

Everything is going to be online until this is over.  I don't anticipate
that it will be over any time soon.

Our Republican governor finally closed schools today.  Much too little,
much too late.

Tina



On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 1:56 PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> As most of you know, the US is a different beast.  Adjustments here are
> more ad hoc.  Seattle is voluntarily doing much of what Italy has been
> directed to do.  My daughter and husband have been working from home ten
> days now.  Public gatherings are severely limited.  Here in Austin
> virtually all public events have been curtailed.  While restaurants and
> bars are still open people are self limiting congestion so no close
> contact.  What has been "casual" cleaning of surfaces in restaurants is now
> vigorous.  Wait staff are taking their exposure seriously and taking steps
> to reduce said exposure.
>
> Austin, while not as international as some cities on the west coast has an
> extensive connection to the Asian countries most affected through its tech
> focus but so far has zero infection internal to the community.  We do have
> three cases in hospital from external individuals to the community.
>
> The news in the US does not capture all the steps being taken to prevent
> the spread.  Two examples will suffice.  Here in Austin the Ladybird
> Wildflower Center is closed entirely; while mostly an open air work in
> progress restoring native flora there were several gathering spots where
> people(children mostly) could be exposed.  KEH, a used camera online
> retailer, is thoroughly wiping down all items in denatured alcohol before
> being bagged for delivery.  While the pandemic is a serious threat to
> health and safety more is being done locally than is generally realized.
> Small actions by many will in aggregate get us through this .
>
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 11:51 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately, Brian is right. The UK government is being just as grossly
> > negligent as its US equivalent, and in a densely populated country like
> > England the consequences will be severe.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Nathan
> >
> > Nathan Wajsman
> >
> > Alicante, Spain
> > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
> > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
> > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
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> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
> > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
> >
> > YNWA
> >
> > "I’m not arguing, I’m just explaining why I’m right"
> >
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> > > On 15 Mar 2020, at 17:23, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2020-03-15 8:53 am, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> > >> I would second the suggestion to stay in London.  Infection rates
> > appear to
> > >> be low and ...
> > >
> > > Trust me, the infection rates in London are going to explode in a few
> > days. I know a great deal about combinatorics (a math thing) and enough
> > epidemiology to see that the current mix of policy and people is not
> going
> > to work, and that by the time they come to their senses about policy it
> > will be too late. It would not surprise me if in a week London is
> reporting
> > more cases than Wuhan.
> > >
> > > I have a seat on a flight leaving LHR at 11:35am tomorrow morning,
> which
> > will get me into the US by Trump's deadline.
> > >
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