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I don't get that. The increased unemployment is for a limited time only.
Still should be indexed by area. New York City versus rural Montana should prob not be getting the same set amount per week. Makes no sense. People near minimum wage in NYC have trouble paying rent whilst that set amount for Montana is too much for their expenses.
It was just a short term thing. No biggie really.
This is amazing and frightening all at the same time. https://onezero.medium.com/what-miniature-lab-grown-brains-reveal-about-the-effects-of-covid-19-e73b7c1b84e9
A lot of this is somewhat expected. The ACE2 receptor is quite seriously implicated in almost every serious disease manifestation, heart disease, blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, neurological issues (Alzheimers), clotting disorders, inflammation, and many others. In all cases it is beneficial to avoid or remediate these issues. When SARS-CoV2 infects these cells it induces shedding of the ACE2 receptor and modifies the ACE/ACE2 ratio leading to a loss of protection by ACE2 (ACE is pro-inflammatory; ACE2 counteracts it). So all major organs go into a significant pro-stress, pro-inflammatory state, heightened clotting, inflammation of the heart, lungs, brain, and kidneys. Basically, everything goes down the tubes. Just a nasty disease. And it doesn't help that we do not really know much about how ACE2 works, we just know all the things it protects against and how not having a good ACE2/ACE ratio can lead to poor outcomes.
I think most states need a full 4-week shutdown. And I mean full, grocery stores being an exception. After that reopen, but this time no bars, or inside seating at restaurants. Most other things can safely reopen with social distancing and masks. If we do that now, we may be able to save some concept of school this fall. What we can't afford is to go into fall/winter at all time high trending of cases.
Not a fan of Paul Krugman, but he nails it here.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/13/opinion/coronavirus-schools-bars.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=curAnd I don't think people realize that this could get worse. Much worse. We are pinning our hopes on a vaccine by January, but that is by far not a guaranty.
What we can't afford is to go into fall/winter at all time high trending of cases.
This by the way is why I was sympathetic toward Abbott. Even now he is getting pushback. https://thehill.com/changing-america/resilience/smart-cities/507209-republican-committees-censure-texas-governor-over?fbclid=IwAR2ZLUxMdk5R-ynGn0uZQfGF0M5eBR2O0Gt-SUlrjW4ydANH22AlXcUQ9zk
Don’t get me wrong, the federal response has been bad. I do wonder what things would have looked like with good leadership. We are so divided, I feel like if this happened 6 years ago, a decent portion would still be so entrenched against the other side, we would still struggle.Granted, I still think we would be much better than today.
You guys keep saying 'full' shutdown. I don't know that is or isn't needed and you have to think about what is achievable. I can give you my personal experience. CT was not a 'full' shutdown - never fully shut parks, beaches, golf courses, homecenters, dry cleaners, pickup restaurants and a host of manufacturing and other items. We were able to get the epidemic under control and have slowly returned to normal. There is generally a common spirit here on how to behave - movement of people crashed during the epidemic. As an example, I can count on one hand how many unmasked people I have encountered since March in the local grocery store.So I don't know the answer on the best way to reset these areas (or mine eventually i imagine). We certainly need to cut back on the most risky of behavior and get people to comply willingly.
I can tell more people are back to work because after the 4th of July holiday I'm actually seeing traffic back-up again in spots that had not since early March.Transmission rates are still dropping also and our Governor paused Phase 2 after seeing what is going on elsewhere.Bars are not opened yet and the owners supported the Governor's pause to Phase 3 (where they would have opened) because the common reply was "I don't want my customers getting sick."