<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Our numbers were +50% over our record high (3 days ago number) of new cases. The Mayors are threatening to sue the Governor for the ability to do city-wide restrictions.<br><br><div dir="ltr">SR Ballard</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Jun 30, 2020, at 8:53 PM, spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">New data comes in about 4 pm every day. We just heard of a bad setback for the old good guys on the west coast:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.latimes.com/projects/california-coronavirus-cases-tracking-outbreak/">https://www.latimes.com/projects/california-coronavirus-cases-tracking-outbreak/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><image002.jpg><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Of course there is the usual useless finger-pointing: protests, picnics, the beaches, the bars, but regardless, we had a partial re-opening last week and now this.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The consequences are easy enough to foresee. The governor has already said we can’t shut down the entire California economy: the budget shortfall is too great.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">So now… we get more cases. We are out of options here.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Damn.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>extropy-chat mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat">http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>