CV Pandemic Daily Notes 200613

CV01. Protection: Masks Vital, Mask Schisms, CV03. Information: Collection of Vaccine Attitudes, CV05. Economics: Lockdown Probability Bias, CV08. Entertainment: Keep Disney Closed, CV09. Arts, Creativity: Highschool Plays, CV12. Personal, Relationships: Co Parenting, CV19. Technosphere: Autonomous Robots, CV20. Communication: Science Political Activism, Talking Points, Florida, CV23. Polemic, Myphysis: War on Outbreak, China, CV23.1. Disinformation Campaigns, CV24. Norms: New Hospital, CV25. Movement: Trains, CV25,1. Planes, Wealthy, CV27. Learning: Arizona, School Options, CV32. Anthromes: NY Subways

PDN Introduction.

CV01. Protection: Masks Now Seen as Vital Tool in Coronavirus Fight =2= =3=, unfortunately it is both a tool for health and political divisiveness. Public health authorities did not initially put an emphasis on masks, but that's changed and there is now increasing consensus that they play an important role in hindering transmission of the virus at a time when wearing one has become politicized as some states and businesses have made them a requirement for certain activities. The CDC, Finally, Has New Guidelines for Reducing Covid-19 Risk Post Lockdowns =2=.

            -A. Wearing a mask is a relatively easy action that could help avoid much costlier responses like stay at home orders and closing businesses. It's a lot less economically disruptive to wear a mask than to shut society. It’s hard to understand some of the resistance to mask wearing. How the Pandemic Divides the American Workforce on Risk, people who can’t work from home don’t have the luxury of calculating coronavirus risk.

            -B. Mask wearing is not the only response needed to slow the spread of the virus. Avoiding crowds and staying six feet apart from others is also important, as is an effective system of testing and contact tracing so people can quarantine and prevent further spread. Why Coronavirus Is Suddenly Spiking Again in Parts of the US, 200612-CV03C. Despite Virus Surge, Arizona Governor Won't Require Masks ^CV27↓.

CV03. Information: Launching a New Global Initiative: Public sentiments and emotions around COVID-10. What is the world feeling and how is it different across time and place. This has not started to be populated yet, but may prove to be a good resource on parademic.

CV05. Economics: There Won't Be Another Covid-19 Lockdown. Here Are 3 Reasons Why. That doesn't mean the economy is going to come roaring back. 1) Testing has greatly improved, it has but experts don’t agree there is enough and in the reliability of the various methods, ADDED Accuracy Still Unknown for Many Coronavirus Tests Rushed Out.  2) Americans have changed their behavior, some but not all, and definitely not enough to protect the population. 3) It's too costly. It is very costly, especially with the lack of preparation for a medical surge, manufacture R&D base, insufficient surveillance, and uneven imposition of social distancing which would have ended rather than slowed down the pandemic. Moreover, the economic costs of voluntary lockdown will pale if the economy shuts down from direct impact of CV from loss of labor, fear to be around people, broken supply and distribution chains, loss of services, financial breakdown. CDC Warns U.S. May Reimplement Strict Coronavirus Measures If Cases Go up Dramatically. The most likely reason there will not be a lockdown is if people wear masks, wash hands, maintain distance, it won’t be necessary and its already too late for such a measure.

            -Quote: What mortals these fools will turn out to be. [Meme].

CV08. Entertainment: More than 21,000 Have Signed Petition to Keep Disneyland Closed amid Coronavirus Pandemic. This contrasts with this being in the same county as 200609-CV03, where head of public health was forced out by constant intimidation. Orange County Will Change Mask Order after Official Quit. Riverside county, next to Orange, has a high CV rate and resisted social distancing. Orange county itself has been an epicenter of measles outbreak due to an antivax cluster. This cluster is possibly the source of the intimidation campaign, and tactic used by antivax frequently.

CV09. Arts, Creativity: Performing in a Pandemic: Taking the High School Play Online. Students look forward all year to their big end of year productions. This year, many educators got creative ^CV07 in helping their student shine – despite the shutdown due to COVID-19

CV12. Personal, Relationships: Coparenting Hits Separated Families Hard During Coronavirus: it Feels like We're Missing Huge Life Events.

CV19. Technosphere: The Maker of this Autonomous Robot Says it Has Seen a Surge in Orders for Contactless Delivery since the Start of the Coronavirus Pandemic

CV20. Communication: The Price When Public Health Professionals Get Political Is Lost Credibility for the Profession … and for COVID-19 Precautions. Scientists Caught Between Pandemic and Protests. When protests broke out against the coronavirus lockdown, many public health experts were quick to warn about spreading the virus. When protests broke out after George Floyd's death, some of the same experts embraced the protests. That's led to charges of double standards among scientists.

            -A. Public Health Professionals Should Be Saying this about the Public’s Covid-19 Risk Choices. I have watched with dismay as public health professionals failed abysmally to when expressing opinions about the public’s COVID-19 risk choices – especially demonstrations against state lockdown policies and the police murder of George Floyd. I drafted this short list of message points. 1) The COVID-19 virus doesn’t care about your motives. What you do is as safe or dangerous, regardless of why you do it. 2) The job of public health professionals is to try to figure out and then communicate how safe or dangerous an activity, a) the surfaces you touch matter less than how close you let yourself get to other people, b) people wearing a mask are way less likely to infect others than people not wearing a mask, c) outdoor activities are less likely to lead to the spread of the virus than indoor activities. 3) The question of when a COVID-19 risk is worth taking and when it’s foolish is not a public health question or a science question. Governments make those decisions. I have a problem with this because Public Health is part of government decision making ^CV29, and there is too many examples of gubergenic Rebekah Jones, Florida’s Fired Covid-19 Data Scientist, Publishes Her Own Dashboard, Florida's Community Coronavirus Dashboard, 200612-CV03C, New Covid-19 Spike in Florida: Here's Why the Governor Says It's Happening. 4) Racial inequality and Economic privation are both important public health issues. No public health professional should state one if more important than the other. 5) For the foreseeable future, we will be living (and dying) with COVID-19. a) Some priorities are obvious (the vulnerable, mass gatherings, contact tracing, keeping the medical system in operation. b) Others are debatable if they are worth the risk: Is K-12 education ^CV27, religious worship, being with a dying loved one. ADDED Over 2,000 New Covid-19 Cases in Florida for 2 Straight Days as More Beaches Reopen.

CV23. Polemic, Myphysis: Beijing District on ‘Wartime’ Alert after Fresh Coronavirus Outbreak. One health expert said the spike in infections linked to the market mirrored the early stages of the outbreak in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, and Beijing should be on high alert to prevent the coronavirus from spreading to other cities. In a country that was attacked with biological warfare during WWII, the term warfare is very powerful.

            CV23.1. EU: China, Russia Waging Broad Pandemic Disinformation Campaign to Deepen Crisis ^CV20. The European Union, in an unusually blunt language, has accused Russia and China of a running a broad, sustained, and “targeted” disinformation campaign inside the European Union, aiming to deepen and lengthen the coronavirus pandemic crisis and its negative medical, economic, and social effects. The EU has criticized Russia in the past for its sophisticated disinformation campaign aiming to weaken the West and undermine liberal democracies, but the direct criticism of China is a break from the EU recent approach, which saw it tiptoeing around China’s many transgressions.

CV24. Norms: New Normal for Hospitals: Reconfigured Spaces, Staggered Appointments, and Covid Tests for Admitted Patients.

CV25. Movement: 8 (9) Ways Train Travel Has Changed Amid COVID-19. 1) Impacted Routes. 2) Cashless, Mobile Payments and Tickets. 3) Added Flexibility and Peace of Mind. 4) Added Flexibility and Peace of Mind. 5) Enhanced Cleaning Protocols. 6) Face Coverings. 7) Social Distancing. 8) Limited Capacity (more room to stretch out). 9) Strict Arrival Times. Likely these will impact all travel industries. Unknown if prices will go up ^CV05, but if they do go down it will more because of the recession and only the relatively rich will still be able to afford long distance travel, and essential (low paid) workers will still use mass transit for daily work related commutes ^CV32↓.

            CV25.1. Air Travel Is Coming Back, and It's Even less Fun than Before. Is it Safer to Fly or Drive During the Pandemic ^CV01. How Much Coronavirus Risk Is There in Common Travel Activities. A Private Jet Firm Is Calling its Planes 'Covid Cleared' to Court Wealthy Travelers Worried Flying During the Pandemic.

CV27. Learning: Arizona School Districts Face Decisions Aplenty on Reopening. Some districts already have decided that changes will include limiting students at schools only four days a week, a step intended partly to provide more time to clean campuses. There are still numerous other concerns and ideas, such as whether some students will learn from home and whether those students who do go to campus will undergo health screening(s). It takes time to settle on a workable plan without causing confusion, particularly amid the pandemic's evolving circumstances ^CV01↑.

CV32. Anthromes: ^CV25↑. The New York Subway Got Caught in the Coronavirus Culture War How the MTA Is Gearing up for New York’s Reopening. NYC Sees 1^st Signs of Post Covid-19 Metropolis as it Enters Phase 1 Reopening. NYC Subway Riders Up 19% in First Week of City’s Reopening. New York Survived a Coronavirus Crisis. What Happens Next.