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We just received a Emergency Alert from the FL Surgeon General:

"Stay at home if 65+ or have medical conditions. All following social distancing."

Guessing it's state wide. Anyone else in FL get it?
 
Two things that surprised me:

1. The Governors of FL and TX allowed spring break to happen.
2. The mayor of NO claims somebody should have told her not to hold Mardi Gras in the middle of a pandemic because she had no clue it was a bad idea.
 
mep said:
Two things that surprised me:

1. The Governors of FL and TX allowed spring break to happen.
2. The mayor of NO claims somebody should have told her not to hold Mardi Gras in the middle of a pandemic because she had no clue it was a bad idea.
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And FL had the Dem Primary as well. Lots of seniors in FL. and many work at the polls ... only a 20% or so turn out but we shouldn't have had it IMO.

(not meant to be a political post, but the naming of an event that IMO shouldn't have happened)
 
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Calvin said:
We just received a Emergency Alert from the FL Surgeon General:

"Stay at home if 65+ or have medical conditions. All following social distancing."

Guessing it's state wide. Anyone else in FL get it?
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Wait... wasn’t that the same state that kept beaches open and gladly allowed spring break parties just a week ago? “Say it ain't so, Joe."
 
mep said:
Two things that surprised me:

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2. The mayor of NO claims somebody should have told her not to hold Mardi Gras in the middle of a pandemic because she had no clue it was a bad idea.
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Yeah, really. [emoji848]
 
nicoff said:
Wait... wasn’t that the same state that kept beaches open and gladly allowed spring break parties just a week ago? “Say it ain't so, Joe."
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Yes it's the same place. A Forest Gump moment - my mama told me .... :roflmao:And it's only going to get worse as people from other states - that may or may not be infected - are coming here as well. :popcorn:
 
Calvin said:
And FL had the Dem Primary as well. Lots of seniors in FL. and many work at the polls ... only a 20% or so turn out but we shouldn't have had it IMO.

(not meant to be a political post, but the naming of an event that IMO shouldn't have happened)
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Didn't the Fl Gov cancelled Spring Break and all beaches closed ...?
 
All 18 miles of our beaches in Flagler Cty are closed, have been for a few days. I'm 67 and I don't leave the house unless I go to my doctors in Jacksonville. I just stay inside, listen to music, watch TV, read. Thats about it
 
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An informative video for sure.

No doubt with SARS still in memory, the speed of response to COVID-19 has been rapid in several Asian countries such as Korea. Fewer needed convincing that this virus was a problem.

Even after the lock downs have been relaxed, all Chinese I see in the area I live continue to wear face masks.
 
nicoff said:
That is the most comprehensive, science-based article/interview about the Covid-19 that I have seen.
The speaker is the head of South Corea’s response to the virus. The questioner did an excellent job of asking the right questions.
This South Korean doctor, out-Fauci our Dr. Fauci. I highly recommend the whole thing. Lots of solid, scientific, and factual information here.
It is 30 mins long, but folks should make time to watch it.
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The interview is a good summary of what we know but I'm surprised that people found it to be so informative. I thought it all was common knowledge by now. Maybe shows that people get their news from different sources and some sources are better at providing facts and information than others.
 
MikeCh said:
Just to add more data sets:


https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...new-york-rural-countries-hit-hard/2926572001/
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Yes, the social distancing and stay-at-home policies implemented by some states is mission-critical for all of the U.S.

Just some data regarding increase of cases over the last week:

1. Indiana Up 878%
2. West VA: Up 842%
3. Missouri: Up 831%
4. Arizona: Up 642%

Now check out this graph from an informative video from Australia:

If 8 or 9 people out of 10 stay home, the curve flattens and goes to very low over the course of 100 days. If, however, only 1 less person out of 10, 7 out of 10, stays home, the whole benefit of self-isolation falls apart.

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Reference here: https://youtu.be/HnsTAm2L84E
 

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We are awaiting a friend that has been transferred back to the USA from Sydney AU. He currently is waiting to see if he will be able to get a flight out.

The situation changed last week when a cruise ship with infected passengers were allowed to leave the ship in Sydney. 800 people have been flown to Germany to be treated.

Not sure who was in control of allowing a ship to disembark?
 
brad225 said:
We are awaiting a friend that has been transferred back to the USA from Sydney AU. He currently is waiting to see if he will be able to get a flight out.

The situation changed last week when a cruise ship with infected passengers were allowed to leave the ship in Sydney. 800 people have been flown to Germany to be treated.

Not sure who was in control of allowing a ship to disembark?
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Yeah, I have a photography buddy who got stuck in Australia for over a week. It also cost him $10,000 for his flight back to L.A.

The passengers on the cruise ship should been isolated, quarantined and screened on-land after disembarking in the same manner the Princess cruise ship that was arrived at the Port of Oakland a few weeks ago.

Its not a good idea to keep large number of infected passengers confined on a cruise ship because the air is recirculated among the cabins, which is how such a large no. of passengers becomes infected in the first place.
 
infonut said:
The interview is a good summary of what we know but I'm surprised that people found it to be so informative. I thought it all was common knowledge by now. Maybe shows that people get their news from different sources and some sources are better at providing facts and information than others.
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I consider myself more informed about the Covid-19 than the average individual. What the interview did for me, is that it summarized the most up to date (factual) information in one place. Yes, I had heard most of what the south corean doctor said, but I also learned new stuff such as the App that they are using to quarantine people and how they can tell if someone is not following it. Also new to me the process of vaporization that can allow the virus to hang around in the air which can make the 6 feet distance between folks not enough.
Sure, one can get piecemeal information from all kind of sources and then decide which is good and which one is not. Or one can watch that video and see why the CDC recommendation that people don’t need masks is not right.
 
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