I think our DMV will be offering appointments only as well. This is the case for the two smaller sites where permits are being issued.
The question is…when?
They have extended all deadlines for renewals and the like 180 days…but that doesn’t help someone with a license or registration from a different state.
I’m hopeful that the DMV will reopen sooner than later.
While I don’t wish to debate what is essential and what isn’t…I can’t see why HomeGoods is essential and the DMV isn’t.
In addition to the large groups of protestors, the past week or so has seen an increase in temperatures in some cities which has led to more people heading outdoors…both situations could make cases spike.
In urban areas with high density and/or a lack of air conditioning, it is not reasonable (or even safe in some circumstances) to expect people to stay indoors when temps are high. For example, Chicago was at or near 90 degrees four days this past week, and there were reports of much more activity outside in a number of areas, separate from the protests.
It takes 2 weeks of show symptoms, the protests haven’t that long, no?
The median time for showing symptoms after exposure is 5 days, but can take up to 14 days…so likely some areas could be seeing spikes from protests now, but we can’t really isolate that variable.
Saw a driver’s ed car going down the street yesterday. Looked like 3 students with 1 instructor. All wore masks (looked like surgical masks from the glimpse I got). First time I’ve seen a driver’s ed car with students in it since mid-March.
VA DMV is offering appointments, but not all are open. The nearest one to us is 45-60 min away. We need to “sell” older S his car so he can get his own insurance and bundle it with his renter’s insurance when he moves in 4 weeks. I’m not sure whether to try to make an appointment far away or hope they open up ours before then. The nearest one was an hour away a couple of weeks ago, but I just checked and they’ve opened up a few more. Ugh. As if DMV isn’t a PITA enough. I have to figure out where these places are and guess which ones might be the least bad to visit and have appointments available!
So now Florida has more coronavirus cases but approximately 1/2 the deaths than Michigan.
Interesting. I will be very interested when studies come out about these statistics.
Did anyone see that the Washington Post reports that there was a misclassification on how the unemployment rate was calculated?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/05/may-2020-jobs-report-misclassification-error/
That report is spot on for what’s going on in our area too, though for us we add bus drivers as a major concern.
Personally, I haven’t decided if I’m returning, but I’m definitely not if it doesn’t seem safe. If school were to resume on Monday the answer is no. Fortunately I’m in a position where I can see what the first half of summer brings.
Yes, I saw it and posted it on Market Turmoil thread.
The why it was miscalculated was in a footnote at bottom of govt report issued.
But that bit was conveniently ignored by some people.
Not good.
NE Journal of Medicine and The Lancet are retracting they hydroxychlorinquine study used by the WHO and others to halt trials. Junk science put out in the two leading journals. It’s so bad. The Guardian articles are good on the subject.
It’s true that the retraction never seems to get the same breathless reporting and posting on social media as the original.
Don’t know if it is a good option or not. But the study is clearly bogus and someone should be investigated.
Can’t see where it was, but @kippahunited posted a picture on Twitter of Jewish kids that had a “Justice for George Floyd” sign at their street carnival so it counted as a protest gathering. NYPD Mayor hasn’t been especially tolerant of Jews gathering, so I hope this helps.
Why would spending more time outdoors make cases spike? It’s actually the opposite… Virus transmission is greatly reduced outdoors:
"While the risk of outdoor transmission is low, it can happen. In one study of more than 7,300 cases in China, just one was connected to outdoor transmission. "
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/15/us/coronavirus-what-to-do-outside.html
All states should eliminate restrictions outdoors - including pools, beaches, etc in light of this information and because they allowed protests dispensation from restrictions.
Well, I did say ‘could’ spike, and agree the risk seems low outdoors based on lots of data. I do see more risk of people who live in dense areas crammed on their front stoops, or small backyards, or local playgrounds than on a beach, etc.
I hope we don’t see cases spike, which is already happening is some areas that have partially opened back up.
However, outdoor activity would be lower risk than indoor activity. Consider which would be higher or lower risk for the same density of people:
Of course, this means that if weather later drives people indoors, that could increase the risk relative to weather being nice enough to draw people outdoors.
Cases will rise because of loosened restrictions, but hopefully that is offset by so much outdoor vs indoor activity. This is/was expected…the Stay At Home order was a valid requirement to flatten the curve and not inundate our hospitals in a time of exponential growth in unknown infection numbers (no testing) - it was never expected to ever be a virus eliminating exercise. I don’t get why people (not saying you) think otherwise. It’s a moving of the goal posts and it’s not right. There should be restrictions that makes sense based on the science. we didn’t have the science before and we now we have some new information - the virus does not spread very much via surfaces and outdoors. It does spread via very close contact indoors. The focus by government should be helping solve the indoor issue with testing and restrictions. Obviously they should be focused on remedies and a vaccine. Not kicking people off the beach or the pool. People will lose faith in the whole exercise.
Uuuggghhh! I hope my son’s club isn’t this smart.
We’re waiting on communication from our club detailing a timeline for the return to training.
Everything I’ve read about potential safety protocols indicates that goalkeepers are essentially persona non grata for quite some time. I wonder how they’ll spin things for us keeper parents.
Why is that?
I live in Oregon, and I don’t know what to think about our data. We had some early cases of “community” spread but they didn’t seem to seed wider spread. We have had outbreaks in nursing homes and food processing settings. We aren’t testing many people – second lowest per capita in the country, but the positive rate of those tested is only 3.2% and in the past week was only 2%. That seems really low especially when people getting tested are those who have symptoms or have had exposure. I’ve been very socially distant but now I’m wondering what the risk really is here. How should I understand the combination of low testing rates and low positives?
@Nrdsb4 The opening phases of training allow distanced skill execution with no handling of the balls, only contact with feet.
I’m guessing goalkeepers won’t be allowed to spit on their gloves for a while. 