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Old 06-11-2020, 10:58 AM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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Great for MA. The extended measures seemed to have made a major impact in stopping the spread in this region.

Unfortunately it looks like many states that ended their lockdowns early are starting to see upticks in cases, and some are seeing the highest numbers they have seen to date.

What state will be the first to take a step back and re-implement shutdown protocols if those numbers keep climbing?
Our nation is kind of on a see-saw. Our numbers up here in the Northeast are trending down while the South and Southwest are going up. Our Federal Government should have implemented a centralized plan to address the pandemic like Canada did. That might have mitigated this see-saw situation we're in right now.
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Old 06-11-2020, 11:17 AM
 
Location: Woburn, MA / W. Hartford, CT
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Yes. Arizona just activated its surge ICU capacity. It's incredible how people are ignoring 5000-6000 deaths / week, because they're all so happy that things have reopened and they can all get haircuts.
Before you guys jump on me...5000-6000 deaths/week is nationwide, not AZ!
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Old 06-11-2020, 12:06 PM
 
Location: Massachusetts
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Originally Posted by BostonMike7 View Post
Great for MA. The extended measures seemed to have made a major impact in stopping the spread in this region.

Unfortunately it looks like many states that ended their lockdowns early are starting to see upticks in cases, and some are seeing the highest numbers they have seen to date.

What state will be the first to take a step backand reimplement shutdown protocols if those numbers keep climbing?
I won't place a bet, but California's trajectory is really bad. They will overtake New York as the hardest-hit state quite easily at this rate.

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Our nation is kind of on a see-saw. Our numbers up here in the Northeast are trending down while the South and Southwest are going up. Our Federal Government should have implemented a centralized plan to address the pandemic like Canada did. That might have mitigated this see-saw situation we're in right now.
We have a federal government?
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Old 06-11-2020, 12:43 PM
 
Location: Camberville
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Yes. Arizona just activated its surge ICU capacity. It's incredible how people are ignoring 5000-6000 deaths / week, because they're all so happy that things have reopened and they can all get haircuts.

People may be frustrated by how slowly Massachusetts and NY are opening, but I truly believe it's our best bet for preventing another lockdown and hope for in-person classes in K-12 and colleges in the fall. <300 diagnoses a day is far more manageable for contact tracing than 1000.
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Old 06-11-2020, 01:47 PM
 
Location: Woburn, MA / W. Hartford, CT
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People may be frustrated by how slowly Massachusetts and NY are opening, but I truly believe it's our best bet for preventing another lockdown and hope for in-person classes in K-12 and colleges in the fall. <300 diagnoses a day is far more manageable for contact tracing than 1000.
Fully agree. Baker is being unfairly criticized for this but he's following the data!
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Old 06-11-2020, 01:58 PM
 
Location: Boston
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People may be frustrated by how slowly Massachusetts and NY are opening, but I truly believe it's our best bet for preventing another lockdown and hope for in-person classes in K-12 and colleges in the fall. <300 diagnoses a day is far more manageable for contact tracing than 1000.
I haven't quite wrapped my head around how they do this contact tracing. If I was around 50,000 people in a period of 48 hours, and touched surfaces that 100,000 others might have touched, how am I (or they) supposed to trace out everyone who might have been exposed?
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Old 06-11-2020, 02:12 PM
 
Location: Western MA
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I haven't quite wrapped my head around how they do this contact tracing. If I was around 50,000 people in a period of 48 hours, and touched surfaces that 100,000 others might have touched, how am I (or they) supposed to trace out everyone who might have been exposed?
Cell phone GPS data.
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Old 06-11-2020, 02:24 PM
 
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Contact tracing probably needs some improvement. Hence the yellow ball

https://www.mass.gov/doc/covid-19-da...-2020/download


500ish new cases and 39 deaths. Hospitalizations still dropping to 1260 as of today.
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Old 06-11-2020, 02:24 PM
 
Location: Boston
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Cell phone GPS data.
Assuming they had their phones on, they would just take everyone who pinged the nearby towers during the times I stated I was at said place(s)?
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Old 06-11-2020, 02:47 PM
 
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Assuming they had their phones on, they would just take everyone who pinged the nearby towers during the times I stated I was at said place(s)?
They can pinpoint your location at a given time more precisely than that.
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