[Leica] OT, not Re: Monday Misc.

[Don Dory]

This is going to be a case of experimenting with peoples lives.   The trend
up in cases is probably due to increased testing.   The key metric will be
hospitalizations and deaths in another 8-10 days.   The trick is to balance
harm from the virus vs. harm from lack of economic opportunity and outright
starvation in countries dependant on economic activity from the first
world.

Georgia is now 9-10 days into their loosening so hospital admittance
figures will start to be relevant to the discussion(assumption being that
exposure to expression of symptoms is 7-14 days).  In Georgia the hotspots
have been Rome, Columbus,  and of course Atlanta.  Rome became a hotspot
from a large funeral early on.   Rome and Columbus largely opened up and
Atlanta was very mixed with a lot of non opening.   Comparing percentages
between the cities will be informative.

On Mon, May 4, 2020, 12:58 PM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote:

> 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
>
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