Thread by @LondonBreed

On April 11th we had 94 people hospitalized with COVID-19. By mid-June we were down to as low as 26 people.

We’re now back to 80 people in the hospital.

This virus is here and it's spreading. We must act right now to stop it.

What has changed? People are gathering again.

People going into work, latino residents, and residents in the southeastern neighborhood are being disproportionately impacted.

But we know from our contact tracers that people meeting up with friends and family are getting sick too. We can't get complacent.

Here's one example:

One of our disaster service workers has a roommate who went camping with 15 friends.

They figured they were all healthy, and it would be easy to socially distance.

But after a few days they got complacent, stopped wearing masks, and started hanging out like they normally would.

One of the campers had a cough but didn't think much of it.

The roommate got back from the trip and developed a cough. The disaster service worker started wearing a mask and had the roommate do the same.

They got tested. The roommate had COVID. The disaster worker did not.

Every one of these little decisions makes a difference.

You need to ask yourself right now: is the gathering you're planning on worth it?

Can you have it outside? Will you REALLY be wearing your mask the whole time? Will you REALLY be keeping your distance?

If the answer is no, don't go.

If you're acting irresponsibly, you are delaying our reopening. You're making it so kids aren't able to go back to school.

If you're going outside without a mask, you are choosing to delay our reopening.

You're putting lives at risk.

We don't have months to get this under control, we barely have weeks.

We can get this under control if everyone wears masks. We can get this under control if we limit gatherings.

This needs to happen, and it needs to happen right now.

Please, please do your part.