[Leica] OT, not Re: Monday Misc.

[Brian Reid]

If you look at the "new cases" data for Texas, per million population,

https://91-divoc.com/pages/covid-visualization/?chart=states-normalized&highlight=Texas&show=highlight-only&trendline=none&y=highlight&scale=linear&data=cases-daily-7#states-normalized

or the "total cases per million population":

https://91-divoc.com/pages/covid-visualization/?chart=states-normalized&highlight=Texas&show=highlight-only&trendline=none&y=highlight&scale=linear&data=cases#states-normalized

or even the "total cases":

https://91-divoc.com/pages/covid-visualization/?chart=states&highlight=Texas&show=highlight-only&trendline=none&y=highlight&scale=linear&data=cases#states

it doesn't look like such a great time to be opening things up.
We shall see.

In my opinion, it is a certainty that there is going to be a sharp 
increase in cases and deaths in every state where it is opened up this 
early. What I don't know, and I suspect nobody does, is whether the 
death rate will be the same among red voters (who tend to be the ones 
angry at the shutdown rules) or blue voters.


On 2020-05-04 4:39 am, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> Greetings to all.  Our governor partially opened Texas to more freedom 
> on
> Friday.  All images today were taken prior to then;  next week will be
> changes in behavior with the new rules.  Maybe you will even see 
> restaurant
> images.  But today we will start with the new normal; distancing a 
> strongly
> suggested face masks.  I apologize that this is not quite sharp, I 
> don't
> manually focus 300mm lenses on moving subject as well as I used to:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/new+normal.jpg.html
> 
> This image is two friends keeping their distance from each other but 
> not a
> canine friend:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/floating+with+friends.jpg.html
> 
> Most however fond solace on the water by themselves:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/social+distancing+on+kayaks.jpg.html
> 
> I am not sure how much these bulldogs appreciated this time with their 
> food
> provider:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/kayaking+with+bulldogs.jpg.html
> 
> Thats all for today.  Those of you who have some freedom to leave your
> homes do so safely.
> 
> 
> --
> Don
> don.dory at gmail.com