I just wanted to highlight additional steps that NYS is taking that I haven’t seen mentioned/used before (in the US):
- pharmacies are asked to offer free home delivery of medications
- entire hospitals dedicated to COVID-19 only
I am giving consideration to a QUARANTINE of developing “hot spots”, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. A decision will be made, one way or another, shortly.
Source: Donald J. Trump, on Twitter, 12:30 p.m.
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I think the reality of a federally mandated lock down of even these areas, backed by the implied power of the federal armed forces will be sobering for many. And frightening and confusing.
It will shine a bright light on those cavalierly suggesting a nationwide lockdown by the federal government all this time.
Just watch. It’s very serious. I think they tried to avoid this with guidelines and state decision making. Too many people heading out of dodge.
Ok. Let’s see how it works out. Probably a good idea but a serious increase in federal control over local government.
Yes. In fact, Taiwan is not an official member of the UN or any of its sub-organizations. (I was in Model UN back in the dark ages.)
https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/taiwans-un-dilemma-to-be-or-not-to-be/
Anyone have a sense of what’s happening in NYC right now? Are those you know leaving town asap?
Wow. Didn’t know.
I wasn’t smart enough for model un. Lol.
I was model car kits. Do they even do these anymore. I’ll have to check.
RI wants to quarantine NY
Rhode Island governor confirms first coronavirus-related deaths, issues stay-at-home order
From CNN’s Mirna Alsharif
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo announced the state’s first two coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday in a press conference.
“These were the first two deaths and will certainly not be the last two,” Raimondo said at the press conference. “I will say that this is, for me and for all of us, a reminder of the stakes that we face.”
The governor also issued a stay-at-home order state-wide on Saturday.
Raimondo’s decision comes after she announced that only 50% of residents are complying to social distancing restrictions already in place. The governor said that half of the state’s population is gathering in parks, hosting and attending house parties and not complying to social distancing in grocery stores.
“I’ve said it last week, I’m going to say it again, knock it off. You’re risking the lives of everyone in this state,” warned Raimondo.
Raimondo also said that the state now has a total of 239 coronavirus cases, a 39 case increase from Friday.
Instacart shoppers plan strike over treatment during pandemic
From CNN’s Sara O’Brien and Shannon Liao
Some Instacart shoppers are planning to strike on Monday, accusing the company of not providing them enough protections during the coronavirus pandemic.
The strike is being called for by Instacart shoppers and a newly formed non-profit called Gig Workers Collective. It was first reported Friday by Vice.
“Instacart has still not provided essential protections to Shoppers on the front lines that could prevent them from becoming carriers, falling ill themselves, or worse,” Instacart Shoppers and Gig Workers Collective wrote in a Medium blog post.
Some context: Instacart is one of several companies delivering essentials to households and now expanding rapidly at a time when much of the American economy is at risk of contracting.
Amazon and Walmart each recently announced they plan to hire at least 100,000 workers due to increased customer demand. Yet, there are concerns about whether companies are doing enough for workers, who are the backbone of the services they offer, during this unprecedented public health crisis.
Italy’s coronavirus death toll passes 10,000
From CNN’s Valentina DiDonato in Rome
The number of people with coronavirus who have died in Italy has risen to 10,023, according to Italy’s Civil Protection Agency.
This is an increase of 889 since the last figures were released on Friday.
And a month ago we were skiing in Colorado. My how times have changed.
The residents in the containment area in New Rochelle were “released” (for lack of a better word) 2 days ago. They did successfully flatten the curve in New Rochelle https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/nyregion/new-rochelle-coronavirus.html
STAY HOME folks. It truly does help.
Companies begin to freeze and rescind MBA internship and job offers [LIST]
How would we possibly know given that there’s no news coverage of New York and what happens there? Someone please direct some scarce news coverage to this forgotten area of the US. 
Jus google New Yorkers “flee”, “quarantine”, “Florida”, “small beach towns”, etc and you’ll find dozens of articles about this.
@alh. Why would everyone leave ASAP. Defeats purpose and is panic.
No don’t do that.
I don’t want to see the bridges blocked and troops with guns. It’s a serious escalation. Not the trivial throwaway line bandied about by some anti administration oriented citizens. National lockdown. Really. For North Dakota etc too.
Calm and step by step.
@privatebanker The WHO has really dropped the ball here. To a scandalous extent. Lost a great deal of credibility in my opinion.
Why would anyone rush to leave NY- easier/better to JUST STAY HOME. And for some reason, this discussion reminded me of the wonderful New Yorker cover from 1976… https://brilliantmaps.com/new-yorkers-world/
Maine had a big jump, up to 211 cases. 25% increase over yesterday.
I am sure people are getting tired of me saying so, but I really wish we were a society that used masks and that we had enough at the start of this that everyone (or many/most people) could have worn them, whether surgical, n95, or even just any old thing in order to help stop the spatter from coughs and sneezes, which is one of the main routes of transmission of viruses. The statements that masks don’t help were so clearly wrong to me since if they didn’t do anything, they wouldn’t be worn by medical professionals. While a surgical mask might not offer perfect protection, it would stop people from spreading the disease to others as easily and it would give some splatter protection.
I hope seeing an article like this means that more will follow along with a future increased supply of masks for the general public and more public acceptance of wearing them.
I have a small # of them for myself at my doctor’s advice because of being health issues and I can’t tell you how guilty I feel hearing about doctors who don’t have them and need them. It hurts my heart. My doctor admonished me to not give them away no matter what because someone like me would need them in the future.
I wonder what a quarantine would look like if one did happen?
Lots of twitter chatter that CDC is going to change mask guidelines imminently (as espoused in the NYT article today). Unfortunately if they do that…none of us will be able to buy masks due to low supply.
I think you need better news sources, @privatebanker, because that is not true. The disaster modeler, Neil Ferguson, says that fewer people will die in Britain because they are now doing social distancing whereas they weren’t before. Here are his own words from Twitter (@neil_ferguson):