covid information

[Qxxx]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[Qxxx]

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]

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]

please stay on topic. highdesertranger

 

[Qxxx]

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

 

[crofter]

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]

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]

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

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[Qxxx]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[highdesertranger]

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]

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]

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.