How safe is it to go out?
Find your local COVID data.
E.g., my son lives in SF Bay Area w/3 surrounding counties: San Francisco, San Mateo, & Santa Clara.
Locate
- no. of COVID cases
- no. active cases
- no. of deaths
worldometers.info/coronavirus/us…
And/or look for other local data, sometimes called "dashboards" to help find your data too.
sfbayca.com/corona/sfbay-c…
SF SM SC Total
# Cases 2,320 1,791 2,546 6,657
# Active 2,280 1,715 2,407 6,402
% Active 98% 96% 95% 96%
# Deaths 40 76 139 255
% Deaths 2% 4% 5% 4%
COVID R0's typically abt 2.0-6.0 means "1 person infects 2 - 6 others".
Seasonal flu R0 is abt 1.0-2.5.
If R0>1, then the virus is spreading.
SF 1.08
SM 1.06
SC 0.86
missionlocal.org/2020/05/covid-…
Here's a nice primer on the "reproduction number" or R0 if you want to learn more about it.
healthline.com/health/r-nough…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_rep…
- 96% of the total 6,657 people w/COVID in the SF Bay area still sick.
- abt 4% of people getting COVID in SF area will die
- A lot of sick people but 96% live through COVID.
- 1 sick person is infecting about 1.06 others.
"Most vulnerable are the elderly, as well as people with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory illness, high blood pressure and cancer..."
cancerhealth.com/article/who-is…
"A lot of people in the SF Bat area still have COVID & abt. 4% have died.
People are not getting reinfected as quickly as before, so my son can feel slightly safer to go out to the store, etc. but still needs to wear a mask, maintain distance, & wash his hands."
♥️Stay Safe
♥️Wear a mask
♥️Wash your hands
♥️Know the numbers abt how infectious COVID is in your local area
♥️Be aware of suspectable people around you
♥️Maintain Social Distancing
♥️Wash your hands every time you come home
♥️Stay Well
#Vote
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