covid information

Qxxx · Mar 21, 2020

For better or for worse, I decided to start a new thread, mainly for providing information, as the other threads have devolved a lot into personal disagreements.

Please only post here if you want to add information links. And try to make them from reputable sites that are providing objective information rather than hysteria. Please use other existing threads for personal opinions and agreeing to disagree. So ....

1. I notice that JiffyLube is still open, and now allows you to sit in your vehicle while they do the oil changes, whereas before you needed to leave your vehicle.

https://www.jiffylubegfl.com/covidsafety

Qxxx · Mar 21, 2020

Other sites I've found that provide useful information are:

2. California: updated daily.

https://www.latimes.com/projects/california-coronavirus-cases-tracking-outbreak/

3. national tracking maps:

https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-updates-united-states.html

Qxxx · Mar 21, 2020

For those not aware of it...

4. some grocery stores are providing home delivery.

https://www.smithsfoodanddrug.com/i/ways-to-shop

5. the IRS has access to free services for filing online.

https://vanlivingforum.com/showthread.php?tid=39701&pid=487724#pid487724

6. CVS home delivery.

https://www.cvs.com/content/delivery

jacqueg · Mar 22, 2020

This answered a lot of questions about food safety and corona virus that have been lurking in the back of my mind - https://www.seriouseats.com/2020/03/food-safety-and-coronavirus-a-comprehensive-guide.html

jacqueg · Mar 22, 2020

And a very informative slideshow from professional virologist, which includes his recipe for DIY sanitizer - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Za...hDeOuA06J8eyy1eRzWXAv9QLQuphSBNWby6saMHOxI4gU

Qxxx · Mar 22, 2020

Good info in those links. One of the local brew pubs, which had to close its doors to customers, is now making hand sanitizer using 70% IPA (isopropyl alcohol) and Aloe, just like in the PDF file. When I returned home a week ago, I used IPA to wipe down all 3rd party items I purchased at the grocery store.

Qxxx · Mar 23, 2020

7. Latest news is that many companies in the supply chain are looking at hiring thousands of new employees ... hopefully they will also be instituting employee safety measures.

https://www.businessinsider.com/retailers-hiring-people-coronavirus-demand-2020-3

Amazon: 100,000.
Walmart: 150,000.
CVS: 50,000.
Walgreens: 9,500.
Papa John's: 20,000.
Dollar Tree: 25,000.

highdesertranger · Mar 23, 2020

please stay on topic. highdesertranger

Qxxx · Mar 23, 2020

Thank you, HDR, for removing wayward posts from this thread. :exclamation: :exclamation: +1.

crofter · Mar 23, 2020

A risk assessment tool for U. AZ must get it together by the end of the month according to this. -crofter

https://covidactnow.org/

The Arizona experience.
https://covidactnow.org/state/AZ

crofter · Mar 23, 2020

The note says that there could be another later crisis even if we do all this. Well I did not need to know that.
-crofter

Qxxx · Mar 23, 2020

8. I like the maps on this page a little better than the one on livescience.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health...king-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-in-the-u-s

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsa...2253/map-confirmed-cases-of-wuhan-coronavirus

[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]https://www.npr.org/series/812054919/the-coronavirus-crisis[/font][/SIZE]

Qxxx · Mar 23, 2020

crofter said:
The note says that there could be another later crisis even if we do all this. Well I did not need to know that.
-crofter

I didn't get her name, but they interviewed a medical woman on NPR earlier this morning, and she said the hope is that several weeks of social distancing will help stop the current rate of spread, and that afterwards, they will mainly be concentrating on containing local "hotspots".

People liken this to the spread of forest fires in models. If the trees are far enough apart, then fire will spread "locally" and die out. If the trees are too close together, packed beyond the point called self-organized criticality, then the fire spreads rapidly over large areas. Of course, we who live in the western US, understand this, so they have been resorting to thinning of trees and underbrush, at least in some cases.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_Bak

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest-fire_model

Qxxx · Mar 23, 2020

9. Ok, I tracked down the NPR interview. They talk about Phase 1 and Phase 2 programs, from community spread to local hotspot concentrations. So, short-term and long-term strategies.

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/23/8200...strategy-for-overcoming-the-covid-19-pandemic

maki2 · Mar 23, 2020

crofter said:
The note says that there could be another later crisis even if we do all this. Well I did not need to know that.
-crofter

the gift that keeps on giving....

A vaccine is needed and hopefully one that even vaccine resistors will be thinking about getting after this experience

maki2 · Mar 24, 2020

For each of the 50 states one of the best places to go for information regarding state wide announcements regarding Covid 19 is the office of the governor of the state. They are very easy to locate, just enter the name of the state and the words Governors office and it will turn up in the search results.

WanderingRose · Mar 24, 2020

Your states Department of Public Health is also a good information resource.

highdesertranger · Mar 24, 2020

ok lets drop the IPA arguing.

this is a perfect example of defining your abbreviations. PLEASE DEFINE ALL ABBREVIATIONS THAT ARE NOT ON THE LIST IN THE RULES.

highdesertranger

MrAlvinDude · Mar 24, 2020

I very closely track data, projections and status messages in my local area.
I do however also find that it has value to compare to other regions and countries.

Here is a link to a page at the Financial Times, who use data from John Hopkins University, to daily share some global trends.

https://www.ft.com/coronavirus-latest

Todays text also includes a story, and some graphs, of selected city and regional developments.

WanderingRose · Mar 24, 2020

This came out last night, the coronavirus found on cruise ship surfaces 17 days after it was evacuated.

https://nypost.com/2020/03/24/coronavirus-found-on-diamond-princess-surfaces-17-days-later/

I presume that anything I touch outside my home could have the virus on it, and act accordingly.

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