pandemic

[cellio]

Pennsylvania shut down "non-life-sustaining businesses" tonight. There's a link there with a detailed list of what's in and out -- some oddities (beer distributors are life-sustaining, apparently), but mostly what you'd expect.

And California extended the stay-at-home order already in force in San Francisco to the entire state tonight. Even so, their governor thinks half the state will be infected in the next eight weeks. I haven't heard any projections for PA, but cases here have been following the usual curve so far.

siderea posted a summary of the Imperial College report that might be spurring the government to take this more seriously. (The report is linked.) They ran simulations of a few response scenarios, ranging from "basically do nothing" to fuller responses. Even with stronger responses, it's looking grim. And it's (at the national level) self-inflicted; we saw what was happening elsewhere and dallied anyway.

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[cellio]

Thanks for the correction. I had meant to write "metro SF", but that still might not have been accurate. (I was thinking about a relative in SF and got sloppy.)

Restaurants here have been restricted to take-out, drive-through, or delivery since the beginning of the week. I think the mayor recommended it about the same time the county required it, and I think it was the same day the governor made it state-wide but that might have been the next day. Anyway, no bars or restaurant dining here. I just saw today that a few local breweries are offering curbside pickup of bottles or (new) growlers; I might look into that, as much to support the local businesses as to get the beer. (Pesach is in a few weeks so I don't want to bring a lot of beer into the house, but on the other hand, it's a few weeks away.)