Eskimo Joe

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IMO, so long as state's present sound plans for re-opening with targeted dates or date ranges, you'll see the public support probably stay here. If things are open-ended then yea obviously support for this will erode.

The funniest wx twitter parody account

Implications likely for other states soon:

Yea I don't get why people are having a hard time understanding this.

Folks forget that even if you get sick, go to the hospital and live, you're likely coming out with some form of medical debt. The more folks with debt, the less they're going to buy.

We were in downeast Maine last year the lupine was like a carpet in some places. Absolutely amazing.

Phin gave himself up to NE for free. After losing Gronk and Brady, they're just desparate for a body.

The Feds have done this several times so far for this event. FEMA has never done something like this before. In the case of them seizing Delaware's stuff the state already paid the vendor money and it was grabbed en route. It's unreal why this isn't national news.

This unprecedented by FEMA, should never happen, and will be a mark of shame for the field as a whole for years. It's also happened to supplies shipped to Delaware which is total BS. https://www.wptv.com/news/state/masks-meant-for-miami-dade-firefighters-confiscated-by-feds

The past two days are definitely steps backward for MD. I was hoping to decrease in hospitalizations and COVID EMS dispatches was true sign of us flattening this out, but it appears it's a bit too early of a blip.

Lupine will not grow in warm or clay soils which is tough for us in Baltimore County. We have raised best that are conditioned down to about 30" so hopefully we can get them to take. I'm not expect much success but I just wanted to try at least once.

There is a endangered species of Lupine in Maryland that I would happily plant if I could get some seeds. We've put a big focus on reducing our carbon footprint (needless watering, lower energy usage, etc.) Adding the native Lupine would be neato. https://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/Pages/plants_wildlife/rte/rteplantfacts.aspx?PID=Sundial Lupine

Trying our hand with Lupine this year. Put two plants in the ground this year with better soil conditioning. After our trip to Maine last year we're really in love with the plants.

They really aren't testing as aggressively and doing some funky math with their reporting. For example, Florida is not reporting cases from snow birds or others who have anything less than fulltime residency in the state. This is different from every other state in the US. South Carolina is only pushing their tests through one state lab and one private sector lab that's our of state, which has lead to a substantial backlog.

On the flip side of a sane re-opening process:

Almost certain not to happen. MD/VA/DC started working on our recovery and reconstitution plans on Day 1 of this event, in public health/emergency management you start working on recovery and demobilization as soon as you shift into response mode. A lot of re-opening hinges on ensuring a stable supply chain for things like cleaning supplies, testing and PPE. A steady, but safe way to open things up is go local (park playgrounds, hair salons, furniture stores)...wait 10-17 days for incubation/testing for community spread....then focus on regional (mass transit like MARC/VRE/WMATA)....wait 10-17 days for incubation/testing for community spread....then large mass gatherings like beaches and outdoor arenas.

DC/MD/VA likely start really getting back to "normal" between May 18th and 27th, IMO.

^yea that's not good to see hospitals go on total reroute. That's a big oof.

Much of the success for flattening the eventual 2nd spike with COVID19, as with any significant public health incident, is political leadership and intelligence of the population of a location.

These are the signs you want to see for the flattening out and eventual lowering of the curve.

It's entirely reasonable to expect at least a treatment protocol for COVID-19 by the end of 2020. There are several promising treatment protocols being studied and this would at least provide us with options to significantly lower the mortality rate going forward.

Couple of rounds of wet weather...Thursday night and then Saturday night. Good for the lawns at least.