The P&R Plague Thread (Covid-19)

funhusker said:
What restrictions did NE lift in May 4th?  And everything I’ve seen says our numbers are still increasing.
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Not sure when, but at some point in the last couple weeks, they allowed restaurants and bars to open back up in all counties except the hot spots.  For instance, Last Friday when I landed in Omaha, I was able to go down in the Old Market and actually eat in a restaurant on actual plates and not styrofoam takeout.  It was glorious.  Restaurants I think are at half capacity and tables spread apart.  The person I was with made the comment that it was nice not having tables right beside you listening to conversations...etc.

 
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Just because Nebraska and other states "reopened" doesn't mean everyone's just going out and living life like they used to. You can say you're open for business again, but you can't force people to go out.

I'm not doing anything different now than I did through March & April. Still limit going out, still wear a mask wherever I go in public, no socializing unless we can spread out, no eating out, nothing like that. I gather most people are doing the same thing.  That, combined with most people wearing masks, is likely keeping transfer (and thus numbers) down.

 
I feel much the same, @knapplc. We never had lockdowns here. Many workplaces, like mine, have continued operating the same. The only "eased restrictions" I have really noticed is restaurants going from take-out only to 50% occupancy. (I live between a DJ's Dugout and The Good Life; I would grab take-out occasionally but have avoided them since the changes). Schools aren't open; large gathering venues are still effectively closed, or at least severely limited, with capacity and social-distancing restrictions. And they shouldn't paint in statewide strokes; hard-hit areas like Dakota and Hall County are still in Phase 1 without eased restrictions. (I think this is the correct strategy going forward, opening and closing smaller areas as hot spots emerge, but it requires adequate testing and transparency).

 
We opened our lobby on Tuesday. We didn't announce it to the public or anything. Our bank is requiring customers wear masks even though our county and city ordinances don't require masks in banks. We've had maybe 10 people in the lobby each day this week. I'd say 80% were wearing masks. I only overheard one customer b!^@hing about the plastic shields and masks, and she went on a rant about China creating the virus to hold the world economy hostage (lol). Most people seem to be staying cautious by using our drive-thru or mobile/online banking. 

So that's my little story about reopening in my world.

 
Those of you saying that people are not going out are probably not going out yourselves, right?  So, how would you know?

My gym opened back up and has been packed...the park by my house has been busy with kids playing.

Workouts for sports have started back up at schools...and I think fake-legion ball starts tomorrow.

Again, I am not a freedom fighter and I don't think my rights are being F'ed with at all, but people are out all over here in Omaha.

 
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BlitzFirst said:
Well he is an editor of a website that posts news.
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K. Nate Silver is a statistician as are most of the people he employs, I assume. The website mostly does statistical analyses of sports, politics, and science topics. The people arguing in these tweets are not doing a statistical analysis on the numbers, just talking about things being counted twice or incorrectly counted, but there's a very high chance he understands the numbers better than a health care worker.

It's kind of like the question of whether a soldier on the ground knows more about the battle on the whole than someone in a helicopter.

Here's a podcast they did saying the covid-19 death count is probably too low:

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-the-covid-19-death-count-is-almost-certainly-too-low/

and an article about deaths not being counted as covid-19 deaths:

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/coronavirus-deaths/

 
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