Proposals for Loosening the Lockdown

[rcjordan]

Michigan joins 7-state Midwest coalition for reopening regional economy
https://www.crainsdetroit.com/government/michigan-joins-7-state-midwest-coalition-reopening-regional-economy

North Dakota Will Begin to Reopen Starting on May 1
https://www.newsweek.com/north-dakota-will-begin-reopen-starting-may-1-1498379

Coronavirus in Ohio: Gov. Mike DeWine says reopening state's economy to begin May 1
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/04/16/coronavirus-ohio-gov-mike-dewine-covid-19-update-april-16/5144374002/

Gov. Andrew Cuomo Extends New York's Shutdown as Hundreds More Die
https://www.thedailybeast.com/gov-andrew-cuomo-extends-new-yorks-shutdown-as-hundreds-more-die

More States Extend Shutdowns: New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia
https://www.theepochtimes.com/more-states-extend-shutdowns-new-york-connecticut-maryland-virginia_3314908.html

UK needs virus restrictions to stay, says science chief - Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vallance/uk-needs-virus-restrictions-to-stay-says-science-chief-idUSKBN21Y2OX

[rcjordan]

Coronavirus UK: lockdown measures extended by at least 3 weeks
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/16/coronavirus-uk-lockdown-measures-extended-by-at-least-3-weeks.html

[littleman]

>New MIT machine learning model shows relaxing quarantine rules will spike COVID-19 cases

I don't think we need a super-computer to tell us that.  Pleasing Trump by sticking to May 1 is going to be very bad, Ohio already has a per-capita infection rate 50% higher than California.

[Brad]

Big Talk. No Action.

We kept hearing Big Talk by Trump about mass producing testing supplies.  4 weeks later, it hasn't happened.

Big Talk about PPE and while it's gotten better around the edges we are still barely supplying hospitals 4 weeks later.

Now I hear Big Talk from Trump and the Kool-Aid swilling Republicans about opening up the lockdown for the economy.  (Take a round for Wall Street.) But we still don't have testing supplies worth squat.

And, mark my words, if Trump is still around when we find a vaccine, he'll c*ck that up too, and it will take 5 times longer to get it out there in sufficient numbers.

I pray every day that the Governors DO NOT listen to Trump's Big Talk.  Skip May 1st.

[rcjordan]

>Ohio

I could be wrong, but I don't think Gov Dewine is trying to please Trump. He  just locked down earlier & harder than almost everyone and OH is currently 3 days past the peak deaths.  IIRC, he's really not easing up very much in the beginning.  His constituents are getting antsy, like everyone else. Gotta give them a little something.

But, yeah, some of the other govs are just sucking up.

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Like this guy

Missouri governor Parson extends stay-home order to May 3, then 'back to work' | kctv5.com

https://www.kctv5.com/coronavirus/parson-extends-stay-home-order-to-may-3-then-back-to-work/article_00976dfd-700f-5350-a4aa-4acc0040de68.html

[littleman]

Re Ohio & the rest of the middle of the country.

Check out the map below, it is deaths relative to population.  I can't imagine with those places so hot it would be wise to open up.

[Mackin USA]

USA sick map

https://graphics.reuters.com/HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-USA/0100B5K8423/index.html

[rcjordan]

New York and other East Coast states extend shutdown to May 15: Cuomo
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/16/new-york-and-other-east-coast-states-extend-shutdown-of-nonessential-businesses-to-may-15-gov-cuomo-says.html

[rcjordan]

^{From the Peeing Section...}

Heartland hotspots: A sudden rise in coronavirus cases is hitting rural states without stay-at-home orders - CNNPolitics
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/17/politics/republican-governors-stay-at-home-coronavirus/index.html

[littleman]

Beaches in Florida will start reopening THIS EVENING 'with restrictions' despite rising death and infection rates in the state – after Trump said it was up to governors to decide when to come out of lockdown

[Brad]

#Floridaman

[rcjordan]

Austria Tests Post-Coronavirus Reopening of Economy
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/17/after-flattening-the-curve-austria-takes-a-gamble/

[rcjordan]

With Brazilians increasingly ignoring health officials' warnings to stay home -- encouraged by their far-right president, who has condemned the "hysteria" over the virus -- predictions for how the pandemic will play out in the hardest-hit country in Latin America are getting dire.

Brazil, an country of 210 million people, has registered 1,532 deaths from the new coronavirus so far.

But the state of Sao Paulo alone is expecting 111,000 deaths over six months, nearly equal to the entire worldwide toll to date.

Brazil braces for onslaught of COVID-19 cases as virus advances
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/brazil-braces-onslaught-covid-19-cases-virus-advances-150712295.html

[rcjordan]

The Grim Truth About the "Swedish Model" - Project Syndicate
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/swedish-coronavirus-no-lockdown-model-proves-lethal-by-hans-bergstrom-2020-04

[rcjordan]

South Carolina to reopen public beaches, retail stores next week amid pandemic | TheHill
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/493501-south-carolina-to-reopen-public-beaches-retail-stores-next-week-amid

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'Very, Very Scary': Officials Dumbfounded as Florida Beaches Reopen, 3 Days After Death Spike
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jacksonville-florida-beaches-reopen-three-days-after-states-coronavirus-death-toll-spiked

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Florida coronavirus cases see biggest one-day increase since testing started
https://www.news4jax.com/news/florida/2020/04/17/florida-coronavirus-cases-top-24000-deaths-near-700/