{"id":22757,"date":"2020-05-18T19:54:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T23:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/?p=22757"},"modified":"2022-08-01T07:42:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T11:42:47","slug":"coronavirus-live-update-iv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/2020\/05\/coronavirus-live-update-iv\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus Live Update IV"},"content":{"rendered":"

My spouse and I are finally contemplating visiting our children and grandchildren, with the proviso that no airplanes or hotels are involved.\u00a0 We are lucky that the distances are driveable; I can manage gas pumps, and we can take along enough food and beverages to avoid dicey restaurant stops.\u00a0 And at this point, I no longer care how many bathtub toys or potty-chairs we may need to navigate around during our stay.\u00a0 So, as soon as the kids feel comfortable, we’re making arrangements.<\/p>\n

The goings-on here at home are a different matter.\u00a0 Our state and county are “opening up” despite an eightfold increase in the local COVID-19 infection rate over the past month, according to the chart I have been maintaining since the outbreak started:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In mid-April, the positive-test rate in our county had fallen to just one new case a day.\u00a0 But since Trump’s call to “liberate the states”, it has climbed back to over 8 new cases a day.\u00a0 This is not the “flatten-the-curve” situation that was supposed to give one confidence.<\/p>\n

Its own CDC be damned (and ignored), Trump’s administration has sent a clear message: it is now every person for themselves.\u00a0 What choice do we have but to act accordingly?<\/p>\n

I guess the market, not medical science, will determine what the “optimum” crowd size is during a pandemic.\u00a0 I for one will continue to avoid that market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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