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hammer time, dance, dance
Sunday, March 22nd, 2020 12:32 amGood informational article:
Coronavirus: The Hammer and the Dance - What the Next 18 Months Can Look Like, if Leaders Buy Us Time
There's a link to a whitehouse.gov petition at the end that you can sign.
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All the numbers I'm seeing in the U.S., including here in SC, are doubling about every 2 days, just as predicted by the prior articles I'd read.
Today in SC, 173 positive cases and 3 deaths.
I heard a news reporter talking about the increase in numbers for the day being in the tens or twenties (I think they were talking about another state). They said those kind of numbers would likely continue and "we'll need to get used to it". I was thinking, umm no, you don't seem to understand; at this rate it will be in the hundreds within a few days, then in the thousands a week later.
I had hoped that the measures taken so far here would have a positive effect within 2 weeks, even if not noticeable right away due to the amount of testing being ramped up at the same time. But based on the above article, it likely won't be enough to avoid catastrophe without further measures being taken.
I also didn't realize that the lock-downs ("Hammer") done in China and South Korea were only necessary for a few weeks to months and that they were able to ease social restrictions afterwards (the "Dance") while still maintaining control of the virus' spread.
Coronavirus: The Hammer and the Dance - What the Next 18 Months Can Look Like, if Leaders Buy Us Time
There's a link to a whitehouse.gov petition at the end that you can sign.
..
All the numbers I'm seeing in the U.S., including here in SC, are doubling about every 2 days, just as predicted by the prior articles I'd read.
Today in SC, 173 positive cases and 3 deaths.
I heard a news reporter talking about the increase in numbers for the day being in the tens or twenties (I think they were talking about another state). They said those kind of numbers would likely continue and "we'll need to get used to it". I was thinking, umm no, you don't seem to understand; at this rate it will be in the hundreds within a few days, then in the thousands a week later.
I had hoped that the measures taken so far here would have a positive effect within 2 weeks, even if not noticeable right away due to the amount of testing being ramped up at the same time. But based on the above article, it likely won't be enough to avoid catastrophe without further measures being taken.
I also didn't realize that the lock-downs ("Hammer") done in China and South Korea were only necessary for a few weeks to months and that they were able to ease social restrictions afterwards (the "Dance") while still maintaining control of the virus' spread.