airdvr 210 #1 Posted April 5, 2020 Interesting interactive map of the US. I think we all agree that this is bad but take a moment to see exactly how bad it is for you on a local level. This part of the country (ohio) has done a fairly good job of flattening the curve. In my very small part of the world (county level) there are 95 confirmed cases and 5 deaths. There are roughly 366,000 people in the county. While caution is the word of the day hysteria is not. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html I'd be interested to hear what it's like in your local area. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,991 #2 April 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, airdvr said: Interesting interactive map of the US. I think we all agree that this is bad but take a moment to see exactly how bad it is for you on a local level. This part of the country (ohio) has done a fairly good job of flattening the curve. In my very small part of the world (county level) there are 95 confirmed cases and 5 deaths. There are roughly 366,000 people in the county. While caution is the word of the day hysteria is not. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html I'd be interested to hear what it's like in your local area. 1200 cases and 18 deaths. No hysteria here either. (And really, other than one fight on TV over toilet paper I haven't seen any hysteria anywhere.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,447 #3 April 5, 2020 (edited) We're doing OK here, (our country has 125 cases and 2 deaths -- population of 160,000. But a veterans' nursing home just south of us (next county) has had probably 20 deaths so far. Their staff was way overloaded, their facility is not suitable for a contagious disease (1950's, and not enough air exchanges), and things just went from bad to worse. They aren't even sure how it got in; it's been locked down for over 3 weeks, so probably asymptomatic staff. That county has 733 cases and 35 deaths (it's also got the city of Springfield, and the city of Holyoke -- they're much more cities rather than towns). Its population is about 500,000. My sister-in-law is an infection control specialist who's been called on to help there. She said that the Army and National Guard are there now (its not VA, but it is veterans), and they've been a huge lifesaver. So much staff is out sick with COVID that the understaffed-already facility was pretty bad. Massachusetts was one of the first foci for the infection; there was a big convention in Boston that spread it around. The state as a whole had its first case February 1. Wendy P. Edited April 5, 2020 by wmw999 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #4 April 5, 2020 (edited) My city/county: population 70,000, 44 cases, 2 deaths. I was talking to the cop-next-door yesterday. All vacation has been canceled, and everyone is on-call all the time. But at least they are getting on-call pay. He was bemoaning the hassle of trying to disinfect all the gear he straps on, as well as the shortage of Lysol (or equivalent). Edited April 5, 2020 by ryoder Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,027 #5 April 5, 2020 If you normalize it by population density you get an idea of where measures have been ineffective. (As opposed to looking at raw numbers, where big cities will always have more cases because..... size). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
timski 80 #7 April 6, 2020 Perspective from the front line here in Frederick, MD. Three weeks ago while working an overtime shift "down town", I witnessed A LOT of people not taking the social distancing seriously. Today at the grocery story I got a more dire vibe. One dude was rocking a tyvex suit! Many more people wearing masks of some sort... For me, the Firefighter, I was sent home after an EMS call to the local assisted living facility. The Patients ONLY symptom was coughing. No fever or ANY other sign or symptom. I went in wearing only a N95 and gloves. This was a flagged PUI (person under investigation) call, the proper PPE was mask, gloves, eye wear AND gown. I went through a FULL decon and sent hope for self isolation until the PT's covid test came back. Negative thank goodness. Full return to work! Even if the PT had been positive I feel strongly that the minimal PPE I had on would have protected me. This is REAL, people who have down played it are waking up and realizing that this isn't going away anytime soon. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yoink 321 #8 April 6, 2020 22 hours ago, airdvr said: Interesting interactive map of the US. I think we all agree that this is bad but take a moment to see exactly how bad it is for you on a local level. This part of the country (ohio) has done a fairly good job of flattening the curve. In my very small part of the world (county level) there are 95 confirmed cases and 5 deaths. There are roughly 366,000 people in the county. While caution is the word of the day hysteria is not. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html I'd be interested to hear what it's like in your local area. The last time I saw the rate of increase map my area was in the 3-5 days range. It's now in the 5-7. Fingers crossed this indicates the stay at home order is working. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bigfalls 111 #9 April 6, 2020 Latest information I could find, 5 cases, out of 35,000 residents, in my county in central New York. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
headoverheels 333 #10 April 6, 2020 As of yesterday, Santa Clara County in CA (under restrictions for 20 days now): ICU beds COVID 91 ICU beds other 122 Available ICU beds 91 Ventilators in use 217 Ventilators available 435 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lummy 4 #11 April 6, 2020 By town, 8 cases with 38k population county population ~1.1million I believe only Seattle area has been on SIP longer than we have Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yoink 321 #12 April 6, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, lummy said: By town, 8 cases with 38k population county population ~1.1million I believe only Seattle area has been on SIP longer than we have Nah, they were on the 23rd. Bay Area was what, Mar 17th, with the rest of us in CA on the 19th? I'm not sure who was first. Edited April 6, 2020 by yoink Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lummy 4 #13 April 6, 2020 (edited) NorCal bay area sheltered in place on March 16th (my birthday) My work switched from "work from if you can" to "you must work from home" on 3/10.. Edited April 6, 2020 by lummy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RonD1120 62 #14 April 7, 2020 My area, no deaths. 7 Apr ( Stable) Local C-19 cases: Towns Cnty GA 1; Union Cnty GA 1; Rabun Cnty GA 3; WhiteS Cnty GA 4; Habersham County GA 2; Clay Cnty NC 3; Cherokee Cnty NC 8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bigfalls 111 #15 April 7, 2020 On 4/6/2020 at 3:58 PM, Bigfalls said: Latest information I could find, 5 cases, out of 35,000 residents, in my county in central New York. Up to 8 cases now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
