How's everyone doing amongst the Coronavirus shut down? (Philadelphia, York: best, nursing)

[jazzy jeff]

Things are starting to look better in the city. New case/fatality rates steadily dropping. Sad to see the week long July 4 activities cancelled. Was announced Wawa will hold a virtual celebration where we can watch from our homes.

[TownDweller]

Originally Posted by jazzy jeff

Things are starting to look better in the city. New case/fatality rates steadily dropping. Sad to see the week long July 4 activities cancelled. Was announced Wawa will hold a virtual celebration where we can watch from our homes.

Sad, but hard to imagine 4th celebrations as usual this time around. It will make the next one sweeter.

[thedirtypirate]

Thankfully, the number of new cases is really starting to decrease now.

[moneymkt]

Originally Posted by TownDweller

Sad, but hard to imagine 4th celebrations as usual this time around. It will make the next one sweeter.

Was sad that this july 4th is ruined because it fell on a weekend this year but atleast next year its on a weekend

[AJNEOA]

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/20...ll-nears-1000/

Not good really. Reopening is bound to become more challenging and social unrest will likely spur more protests.

[NYtoNJtoPA]

I started cutting my own hair.

[NYtoNJtoPA]

Originally Posted by thedirtypirate

Thankfully, the number of new cases is really starting to decrease now.

Nursing homes are getting it worse than anything else.

[moneymkt]

Originally Posted by NYtoNJtoPA

I started cutting my own hair.

I thought about it and realized a haircut is not necessary right now since I work from home lol

[Duderino]

Originally Posted by AJNEOA

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/20...ll-nears-1000/

Not good really. Reopening is bound to become more challenging and social unrest will likely spur more protests.

Reopening is definitely going to be tricky no matter what, but it's important to keep in mind that the numbers being reported are somewhat misleading as to whether the situation has gotten "more severe."

The reality is that both cases and deaths have been underreported around the world for months due to inadequate testing capabilities or capacity. At least newly confirmed cases have been trending consistently downward for a while, so that bodes well for future declines in deaths. But until we have a mass produced vaccine, we're going to have fits and starts on a longer journey to normalcy.

[Maddie104]

Originally Posted by Duderino

Reopening is definitely going to be tricky no matter what, but it's important to keep in mind that the numbers being reported are somewhat misleading as to whether the situation has gotten "more severe."

The reality is that both cases and deaths have been underreported around the world for months due to inadequate testing capabilities or capacity. At least newly confirmed cases have been trending consistently downward for a while, so that bodes well for future declines in deaths. But until we have a mass produced vaccine, we're going to have fits and starts on a longer journey to normalcy.

Should decline as nursing home infections get under control. This is the kind of targeted efforted that been needed for nursing homes and prisons.

"The virus is reported by Wolf's administration to have killed more than 2,600 residents of 540 nursing homes or personal care homes, or two-thirds of the state's death toll*, and sickened more than 12,000 others, about one-fifth of the state's positive tests."

Philadelphia Total Deaths: 904
Philadelphia Nursing Home Deaths: 363

"Pennsylvania will roll out a plan to begin coronavirus testing for every resident and employee of nursing homes and other facilities that provide care for older adults, Gov. Tom Wolf said Tuesday.
Wolf said his administration will undertake the surveillance testing, with a goal of testing every resident and employee once a week, given the pandemic's tremendous toll on nursing homes."

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news...id-19/2393309/