The Official CoronaZoneVirus Thread

#251
#251
malinoisvol said:
We've heard of one case in Anderson county, Clinton area. We are staying home as much as possible and have confined our communications to phone, text, and email.

Life on hold sucks, but, understandable.
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EDIT: 2 cases in AC now. An employee at the courthouse has been confirmed. Mayor Frank to issue a statement later.
 
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I’ve noticed that the continually updated national figures are now changing upwards frequently throughout the day. A lot of it is due to catching up on testing and entering new data, I’m sure, but it’s also due to the exponential growth. When cases double every 3-4 days, it gets your attention.

As the case count is affected by our slow testing use, the death rate is pretty instructive. I am assuming that everyone who died did in fact die of COVID-19, or it contributed to their death. That curve is starting to go sharply upward as well.

United States Coronavirus: 41,569 Cases and 504 Deaths - Worldometer Try clicking on this link, noting the US totals, then refreshing it 20-30 minutes later.

And then there’s the state-by-state list (same link). States that were slower than others in restricting social contacts (shutting down schools, etc) have had higher jumps in the rate of increase. Again, I’m not talking about the numbers themselves, which will be larger for populous states and smaller for others. I’m talking about the rate of change - the percentage of how quickly the numbers increase over time. It will be a while before we start seeing any slowing of the case increase rate (the “flattening of the curve.”)

I‘m not quite bored enough yet, but once I get there, I’m going to start a spreadsheet comparing Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Meanwhile, the three cases in my county will probably jump over the next few days, as hundreds of tests are finally in the labs. I expect that we’ll all see that.

Just when I was convinced that calculus would never again be relevant in my life.
 
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Knox City Mayor just announced all non-essential businesses to close at midnight tonight.
 
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I have been working from home for the past week, but my manager just emailed a "travel" form to our team in case any of us needs to go to the plant. Our plant is considered "essential" because we produce foodstuffs. Enforced shelter in place is probably coming for the entire state soon.
 
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Souce said:
I have been working from home for the past week, but my manager just emailed a "travel" form to our team in case any of us needs to go to the plant. Our plant is considered "essential" because we produce foodstuffs. Enforced shelter in place is probably coming for the entire state soon.
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I received one of those the other day. Never thought I would need papers to go to and from work.
 
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Orangeredblooded said:
I don’t know whether to post this here, the mad thread or everywhere. I couldn’t order ground beef today for work because of these damn horders. Don’t they realize they are taking away from our seniors in healthcare facilities, that depend on us for their food. Damn.
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Lots of selfish people in the world.....
 
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Orangeredblooded said:
I don’t know whether to post this here, the mad thread or everywhere. I couldn’t order ground beef today for work because of these damn horders. Don’t they realize they are taking away from our seniors in healthcare facilities, that depend on us for their food. Damn.
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Wish I could help. Ingles has plenty here People are posting about it.
 
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