where in seattle? i’m around green lake
There’s a ton of science that indicates that while it’s not impossible to catch it outdoors, there’s way less risk than indoors.
And if there is one thing we can definitively state, it’s that this virus is much, much less likely to spread outdoors than in. For example, in a study of 7,324 Chinese case reports, only two — part of the same transmission event — could be linked to outdoor settings. A database of more than 20,000 cases (including the 7,324 Chinese cases) found 461 that were associated with transmission in completely outdoor environments — predominantly crowded events like markets and rallies. Overall, only 6 percent of all the cases in that database were linked to events that were either totally or partially outdoors. The rest were tied to indoor events. That fact is actually why experts are concerned that fall and winter could lead to an increase in transmission — not because it’s colder, but because people are spending more time inside.
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I understand that. I don’t appreciate strangers making the decision for me that they’re not a transmission threat. 1 out of 40 cases being outdoor transmission is still thousands of instances. And lax behavior breeds more lax behavior.
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Holy hell, totally out of control.
ND (11.6), SD (10.0), MT (7.8) and WI (7.2) all exceeding NYS at spring peak (~6)
=>4 are ID, NE, TN, UT, WY.
All of the above with strong trends up.
3-4 are AK, AR, IA, IL, IN, KY, MN, MO, MS, NM, OK all with at least moderate trends up.
I mean, are you near people outside? If you’re just going for a walk and someone is across the street without a mask, I don’t really see the problem. Experts, let me know if I’m way off here.
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In town on a busy sidewalk is very different than a low density walking trail in the park. Where we walk we just stay on opposite sides of the trail or one person steps off the sidewalk to pass with some distance outside. Not a big deal.
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I am under that assumption and do not wear one outside, I try to keep more than 3 feet of distance from people and try not to talk to people while facing them or they facing me if there’s less than seven feet or so outside
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I’m mostly talking about walking around a large city park and the surrounding blocks. People run by close enough that we can bump elbows, or just hang out on picnic blankets or benches next to the walking paths with no masks. And really anywhere in a city you need to assume that you’re going to be squeezing by people on sidewalks.
Honestly it’s more of an issue for my wife than me. I have to deal with people in court who need to come right up into my face to tell me their stories or who just refuse to keep their masks over their nose, so I’m less worried about the jogger in the park. My wife doesn’t leave the house for much beyond these walks, and it justifiably freaks her out.
I recognized your ballot in the ‘I Voted’ thread and didn’t want to doxx you. I’m in the Redmond/Bellevue area.
My wife and I have been talking about a possible move back. We lived in issaquah for a while but didnt make it out to Redmond much. How do you like living there?
I understand and agree, I was predicting what’s likely to happen not what should.
Agreed. Between a surge in cases reducing the amount of attention each patient gets AND an increase in viral load, there’s plenty of opportunity for an increase in IFR.
there’s a report of a hospital in russia running out of medical oxygen and 13 covid patients dying in the next day or so. it probably won’t come to that in western countries, but resource scarcity can strike locally and cause a lot of damage.
A couple friends, along with my wife and I, all of whom are mostly working from home, no kids, 100% mask-wearers, etc. are debating getting a house in some tiny beach town outside of New Orleans precisely to have a real reason to avoid large, multi-generational Thanksgiving gatherings of nearby relatives who DGAF. It’s not perfect, but Jesus some of these people are begging to get this shit.
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It’s ridiculously expensive, but the location is good. Our first house was down the hill from Redmond High School close to Avondale way, 2 or 3 miles from the entrance to 520. Morning traffic would back up 2.5 miles and there were no good options to avoid it, so we moved to a more central location. I like it ok.
Don’t most hospitals condense their own oxygen? I know there were lots of twitter videos back in February/March of oxygen condensers at NY hospitals covered in ice from running for so long.
We used to love taking our dogs to Marymoor park and the area around there and downtown was very quaint, but I wasnt sure what it was like more near the Microsoft campus. I think my wife intends to apply there after completing her boot camp
Cuomo talking about Contagion at today’s press conference.
If the work is remote, Olympia is a good spot too, especially if you have kids and/or like the outdoors.
We moved up here from Vegas 9 years ago and it’s been a big improvement.
ETA: housing is considerably less expensive than up north.
ETA2: Our house, in a development, was $250,000 in 2013 when we had it built. The same house on a smaller lot 40 minutes north of us was sold for $850,000 the same year.
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Where did you stay?
Within the city Olympia is super progressive. If you get about half a mile outside of town it’s Arkansas.
System is so overwhelmed that they are asking individuals to just voluntarily reach out to their close contacts to tell them they might be exposed. (1) I’m SURE the compliance rate will be super high (2) there’s no actual tracing being done if someone in authority doesn’t know the contacts and have the ability to identify hotspots/clusters of unrelated people.
SMH