[ExI] next county

[William Flynn Wallace]

Spike, is this just a little hobby, or are there serious uses to you for
these data?  bill w

On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 10:45 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> Sheesh, now I am catching obsessive compulsiveness.  Help me, BillW wan
> Kenobi, you’re my only hope.
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> I went over to the Stanislaus county covid site, and again I see the
> same-ish pattern: if you take the number of new covid cases per day, then
> look forward from that day a coupla weeks, it looks like about half a
> percent on average of the proles who catch that malady perish.  We were
> told it was about 3%.
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> Stan county also had its disclaimer:
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> NUMBER_DIED
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> Cumulative number of COVID-related deaths as reported by local health
> department, beginning March 19, 2020. This determination is made by local
> health departments based on the cause of death reported on death
> certificates. It is expected that, to be counted, COVID is the cause of
> death or at least a contributing factor to the death. COVID-related deaths
> are also counted in “Positive Cases”.
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> Oy vey, now we are three for three: the county where I reside and the
> closest other two are all counting proles who died WITH covid with those
> who died OF covid.
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> The determination is made by the county coroner.  She passes the data on
> up to the state, the state makes the decision on when schools can open and
> to a large extent what businesses can stay open.
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> Here’s where we are:
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> *EFFECTIVE JULY 13, 2020:*
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> California Department of Public Health ordered the closure of *indoor* operations
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>    - Restaurants
>    - Wineries and Tasting Rooms
>    - Family Entertainment Centers
>    - Movie Theaters
>    - Zoos and Museums
>    - Cardrooms
>    - Fitness Centers
>    - Worship Services
>    - Offices for Non-Critical Sectors
>    - Hair Salons and Barbershops
>    - Malls
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> All is not lost:
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> These sectors may modify operations to provide services outside or by
> pick-up.
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> Might just go over, hang out in the parking lot outside the local cat
> house.
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> Sheesh, the governor is making biggity big decisions based on guesses and
> maybes.  Businesses are perishing.
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> Oh mercy.
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> Friends if you have nothing better to do (or when you get back from the
> parking lot gawking) please look up your county’s or nation’s covid website
> and see if they offer this kind of disclaimer.
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> spike
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