Locking down the country would reduce infections and allow time for massive testing. There will be staggering human and economic costs if we delay.
With five states already on lockdown, I think we are heading in this direction.
Coronavirus
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A good set of writing principles for all writing.
If you were wondering what qualifies as critical infrastructure or essential functions, this is it.
Terrific ideas for how to work remotely
Different times call for different measures. When Covid-19 hit China, I was concerned, as were many public health professionals, about what could happen and urged rapid action to understand more and prepare. But few of us anticipated the catastrophic impact the new virus has had in Wuhan, in Italy and may soon have in many other places.
The adaptive response chart in this article is excellent – we have a long way to go…
Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant, who warned of pandemic in 2006, says we can beat the novel coronavirus—but first, we need lots more testing.
I hope more tests are coming to Oregon…
The bill has to be drafted carefully to protect all voters. But time is short. For this to happen, it must happen quickly.
This article links to a Washington Post article on Ron Wyden’s proposed federal election-by-mail bill (following Oregon’s system).
In brief: New COVID-19 cases continued to be identified throughout the region and the state, as local companies, hospitals, and government officials and agencies scrambled to react to the spreading outbreak; and Washington’s presidential primary is coming up this Tuesday, March 10th.
This is a weekly newsletter (Civic Minute) from Sol Villarreal, a realtor in the Seattle area. He has an excellent roundup of coronavirus news in the Seattle and Washington state areas.
from The London Review of Books, a story on what is really going on in China/Wuhan, good thoughts to ponder as we watch the US response.
Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, where the virus emerged, was locked down on 23 January. Since then misinformation and disinformation have dominated Chinese lives.
via Dave Winer, Howard Rhinegold share some experiences from previous online efforts and offers tips for doing this today (in this coronavirus period).
The spread of coronavirus has caused the cancellation of multi-thousand-person conferences. The world of online, many-to-many communication media — audio and video, forums, blogs, mail lists, collaborative documents, slideshows, whiteboards — is like a supersaturated solution and the pandemic is the seed crystal for a state change: Even without a pandemic, the carbon footprint of transporting thousands of people thousands of miles for a two or three day meeting demands action. The time has come to at least severely reduce the number of large international face to face conferences. The good news is that the available tools are robust and either free or inexpensive. However, a successful online conference doesn’t just happen — everybody knows how to partake in keynotes, workshops, hallway conversations at face to face gatherings. The skills of presenting and participating in an online version are nowhere near as widely spread. Conveners need to document, frame, and support training into how to use the new medium, as well as plan and present the keynotes and workshops at the heart of the conference. Skilled facilitators of online discourse are a must. Fortunately, there are plenty of people with the right skills.