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Old 03-14-2020, 06:01 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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What warnings and instructions are they not heeding?
Social distancing. The reason why universities are closed, the parade is cancelled, local museums are closed, etc. etc. is to keep people away and at a distance from each other. If people are willfully going out in close proximity to other who might be contagious, then they're being a public health risk.

https://www.wired.com/story/whats-so...-19-questions/
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/a...g-mean/607927/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science...ng-saves-lives

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One confirmed case in Washington County. The first in the Pittsburgh area. We are under a state of emergency. I haven’t heard of morgues being overrun or people dying in the streets elsewhere. It looks like this is a huge overreaction. The economic toll is going to be steep.
You do realize that this isn't a zombie apolcalypse, right? If everyone follows the public health guidelines and fewer people get sick, it's going to look like nothing happened. It won't mean that the region wasn't at risk.

 
Old 03-14-2020, 06:15 AM
 
Location: Downtown Cranberry Twp.
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Originally Posted by fleetiebelle View Post
Social distancing. The reason why universities are closed, the parade is cancelled, local museums are closed, etc. etc. is to keep people away and at a distance from each other. If people are willfully going out in close proximity to other who might be contagious, then they're being a public health risk.

https://www.wired.com/story/whats-so...-19-questions/
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/a...g-mean/607927/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science...ng-saves-lives



You do realize that this isn't a zombie apolcalypse, right? If everyone follows the public health guidelines and fewer people get sick, it's going to look like nothing happened. It won't mean that the region wasn't at risk.
So everyone is supposed to stay bunkered down and not leave their home?

Until everything is shut down, which isn’t happening, that’s not going to happen.
 
Old 03-14-2020, 06:19 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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So everyone is supposed to stay bunkered down and not leave their home?
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No, but people should be mindful about where they're going and what they're doing. Keeping actual, physical distance from others, and adjusting activities so that they're not in crowded spaces is known to make a significant impact in reducing transmission of disease.
 
Old 03-14-2020, 06:22 AM
 
Location: Downtown Cranberry Twp.
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No, but people should be mindful about where they're going and what they're doing. Keeping actual, physical distance from others, and adjusting activities so that they're not in crowded spaces is known to make a significant impact in reducing transmission of disease.
Unless everyone stays home or everything gets shut down, no way that happens.
 
Old 03-14-2020, 06:41 AM
 
Location: Squirrel Hill PA
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Unless everyone stays home or everything gets shut down, no way that happens.

Well... most people who can work from home are starting to do so. Sporting events and other events are being cancelled, the museums and libraries around the area are closing. State parks are closed and the Allegheny parks have closed public buildings. So.. basically everything IS shutting down.

What other things are you thinking need to be shut down?
 
Old 03-14-2020, 06:46 AM
 
Location: Sh-ittsburgh, PA & Lancaster County, PA
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Rivers Casino closing down at midnight Sunday for 14 days.

https://triblive.com/local/pittsburg...g-coronavirus/



The home and garden show also shut down last night.

Last edited by Benzman66; 03-14-2020 at 06:56 AM..
 
Old 03-14-2020, 06:48 AM
 
Location: Downtown Cranberry Twp.
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Well... most people who can work from home are starting to do so. Sporting events and other events are being cancelled, the museums and libraries around the area are closing. State parks are closed and the Allegheny parks have closed public buildings. So.. basically everything IS shutting down.

What other things are you thinking need to be shut down?
I’m not advocating shutting anything else down....and unless ALL businesses are shut down, people are going to be exposed and aren’t going to bunker down until it’s over.
 
Old 03-14-2020, 07:00 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh (via Chicago, via Pittsburgh)
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A reduction in the epidemiological curve of those infected over time has a massive impact on both the number of total cases, number of deaths and capability of our healthcare system to handle these cases. Even if EVERYONE is not social distancing, cancelling large events and having MORE people practice social distancing can dramatically have an impact on flattening the curve. This is not an overreaction whatsoever. If we do what we can to flatten the curve and it is successful, with a reduction in incidence and death, it will be unfortunate when people come out of the woodwork and say "see you all overreacted" without realizing the insanely hard work hospital leadership, frontline providers, CDC officials and others have put in to reduce the severity of the outbreak.
 
Old 03-14-2020, 09:39 AM
 
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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You must have gone at a different time than I did. I stopped after work, like I often do, to pick up a few things, and it was chaos. I stood in line for 20 minutes. And this was the Parkway Center GE, which is NEVER crowded.
I must have hit it at the right time, should have stocked up more. I only needed the 15 item line.

My wife just called me from Sam's Club, said it's nuts! So maybe the result of all this is people getting fat sitting at home and a spike in the birth rate 9 months from now.
 
Old 03-14-2020, 09:41 AM
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Location: Pittsburgh
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A reduction in the epidemiological curve of those infected over time has a massive impact on both the number of total cases, number of deaths and capability of our healthcare system to handle these cases. Even if EVERYONE is not social distancing, cancelling large events and having MORE people practice social distancing can dramatically have an impact on flattening the curve. This is not an overreaction whatsoever. If we do what we can to flatten the curve and it is successful, with a reduction in incidence and death, it will be unfortunate when people come out of the woodwork and say "see you all overreacted" without realizing the insanely hard work hospital leadership, frontline providers, CDC officials and others have put in to reduce the severity of the outbreak.
You have an interesting screen name.

This is all I have been reading about. All about the peak of this curve and overwhelming hospitals/saving lives. I honestly think we are doing very well, but in 3 weeks we will probably have a better handle on it.

Oh and if we flatten the curve in a big way, you are correct. People will come out of the woodwork and claim it was nothing. Such ignorance, but I will happily take that outcome.

Still amazed Pittsburgh has no confirmed cases. Every day it stays that way the better.
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