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Charlotte media trying to stir the pot. Interviewing Wilkesboro workers at Tyson who were told they had to work while waiting for their test results.
 
Shaggy said:
Riddle me this. So while we had SIP orders people were pretty much out doing who knows what. Literally as soon as we lift these orders last week it's like a ghost town at times. Seems after 4 PM the streets empty like theres a curfew or something. It's very odd and my curiosity is piqued as to the reason and mindset behind this.
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Sounds like one of those situations where if you tell me I cant do something, then I am going to do it. Now that the restrictions are off, people dont feel that urge to go out lol.

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marino13882 said:
Sounds like one of those situations where if you tell me I cant do something, then I am going to do it. Now that the restrictions are off, people dont feel that urge to go out lol.

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Absolutely. It's like when you yell "dont look at that!" Everyone will turn their head and look.
 
Arcc said:
Absolutely. It's like when you yell "dont look at that!" Everyone will turn their head and look.
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I was thinking maybe everyone thought that they would be just a handful of people out because you know essential travel only. The mindset of we will have everything to ourselves but then everyone else had the same idea. Now that everything's sort of open nobody wants to be a part of the crowd so everything is quiet?

Its a weird dynamic to these shutdowns.
 
Not to aid the media, but Wilkes is approaching 450 and Winston is largely the result of Wilkes Tyson too. 1BE74B93-571B-4D19-A757-3D85CAAD2D07.jpeg
 
Jon said:
The controversial model, IHME, updated today and has 4,413 total NC deaths by early August and a high of 64 deaths per day June 28.

NC is over a month away from its peak of this is true. This is unbelievable and doesn’t bode well for the economy, or the fall.

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FWIW, the IHME model updated again today and downgraded NC to 2,524 deaths by August 4 (compared to 4,413 last week). Georgia shows 2,381, 485 for South Carolina, 1,208 for Alabama, 986 for Mississippi, 489 for Tennessee, 4,721 for Florida, and 1,980 for Virginia. The nationwide toll was 143,357, which is pretty close to before, I believe.

Still seems too high for NC in relation to the rest of the Southeast, IMO. This model obviously bounces around a lot, though, especially at the state level.

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IHME | COVID-19 Projections

Explore forecasts of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and hospital resource use.
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The good news is that hospitals/ICUs have plenty of spare capacity under this scenario.
 
Shaggy said:
Riddle me this. So while we had SIP orders people were pretty much out doing who knows what. Literally as soon as we lift these orders last week it's like a ghost town at times. Seems after 4 PM the streets empty like theres a curfew or something. It's very odd and my curiosity is piqued as to the reason and mindset behind this.
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Unemployment and people running out of money? Also, many are making more money from unemployment than they would if they work. Also, you can already be working part time and now can claim unemployment. It’s really messed up.
 
Poimen said:
NC reports 585 COVID hospitalizations, the largest total to date, and an increase of 75 from the day before. This probably doesn't bode well for us moving to phase two.
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Negative. Phase 2 is 100% happening. I know gyms have the go ahead Friday but the ones here are waiting till Monday. And have salon friends who are rushing to complete certification before they lose sales. Governor wants Memorial Day weekend OPEN from everything I heard.
 
BirdManDoomW said:
Negative. Phase 2 is 100% happening. I know gyms have the go ahead Friday but the ones here are waiting till Monday. And have salon friends who are rushing to complete certification before they lose sales. Governor wants Memorial Day weekend OPEN from everything I heard.
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I hope you're right. Interesting to note that the data on NC COVID Dashboard has since been changed back to yesterday's numbers.
 
Shaggy said:
I was thinking maybe everyone thought that they would be just a handful of people out because you know essential travel only. The mindset of we will have everything to ourselves but then everyone else had the same idea. Now that everything's sort of open nobody wants to be a part of the crowd so everything is quiet?

Its a weird dynamic to these shutdowns.
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It could be everyone is going to the beach now that they’re opening up. I heard beaches that have opened are packed.
 
Air pollution is back to severe in China according to reddit. Record traffic.
 
BirdManDoomW said:
Negative. Phase 2 is 100% happening. I know gyms have the go ahead Friday but the ones here are waiting till Monday. And have salon friends who are rushing to complete certification before they lose sales. Governor wants Memorial Day weekend OPEN from everything I heard.
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I tend to think you're correct. There's a lot of momentum behind opening up at this point, especially considering all our neighbors sans Virginia have done so. We still have plenty of hospital and ICU space available too, although of course if things got out of control, that could change.
 
Shaggy said:
We were watching the webcams from the OBX last weekend and the beaches were empty. Hardly anyone there.
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Packed out here in Charleston area. Parking and traffic crazier than normal. Isle of Palms gave 500 parking tickets just last Saturday.
 
https://www.businessinsider.com/reopening-georgia-coronavirus-case-data-lag-2020-5

Across the country, there seems to be a lag in reporting positive test cases as well as deaths. So the numbers we're getting is more like a snapshot of what things were like 2 weeks ago and not as they are currently. So not exactly helpful to understand what effects reopening is having where they are doing it currently.

The CDC has said the reporting lag for deaths could range from one to eight weeks, or more, "depending on the jurisdiction, age, and cause of death," though the CDC also says the average lag is closer to one or two weeks.
 
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A Chinese laboratory has been developing a drug it believes has the power to bring the coronavirus pandemic to a halt. The outbreak first emerged in China late last year before spreading across the world, prompting an international race to find treatments and vaccines. A drug being tested by...
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Steven_1974 said:
https://www.businessinsider.com/reopening-georgia-coronavirus-case-data-lag-2020-5

Across the country, there seems to be a lag in reporting positive test cases as well as deaths. So the numbers we're getting is more like a snapshot of what things were like 2 weeks ago and not as they are currently. So not exactly helpful to understand what effects reopening is having where they are doing it currently.

The CDC has said the reporting lag for deaths could range from one to eight weeks, or more, "depending on the jurisdiction, age, and cause of death," though the CDC also says the average lag is closer to one or two weeks.
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Indeed. This likely means deaths per day now are probably lower than reported in the daily reports, though (since a lot of the deaths reported today actually happened some time ago)...assuming fatalities are decreasing nationwide (which I think they must likely are).
 
Shaggy said:
We were watching the webcams from the OBX last weekend and the beaches were empty. Hardly anyone there.
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One of my co-workers went to the Kill Devil Hills area and said it was slammed there Saturday and Friday evening. I guess it depends on the location.
 
superjames1992 said:
I tend to think you're correct. There's a lot of momentum behind opening up at this point, especially considering all our neighbors sans Virginia have done so. We still have plenty of hospital and ICU space available too, although of course if things got out of control, that could change.
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I think we move to ph2 too, but the 14 day rolling avg of new cases isn't good. With that said, Cooper could hang his hat on this and hold at ph1 as it's not decreasing.

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snowlover91 said:
One of my co-workers went to the Kill Devil Hills area and said it was slammed there Saturday and Friday evening. I guess it depends on the location.
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We had actually booked a room but cancelled due to concerns with both the virus and the weather. It was at the sea ranch and their webcam was bare nobody at the beach.
 
KyloG said:
I think we move to ph2 too, but the 14 day rolling avg of new cases isn't good. With that said, Cooper could hang his hat on this and hold at ph1 as it's not decreasing.

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We've increased testing a lot, though, so it isn't particularly surprising the number of cases is increasing. But you're right as that's one of the metrics they are supposedly looking at.

I think all hell might break lose if we don't get phase 2 on Friday, though, as that's what most people are expecting now. The hospitalization spike today is a little concerning, though.
 
Shaggy said:
We had actually booked a room but cancelled due to concerns with both the virus and the weather. It was at the sea ranch and their webcam was bare nobody at the beach.
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They may not be on the beach with the cooler weather and such but some areas this past weekend were packed.
 
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Architect of Florida’s coronavirus dashboard says she was fired for not doctoring data

The woman behind Florida’s digital coronavirus dashboard claims she’s been booted from her post — for refusing to doctor data to support the state’s plan to reopen. Rebekah Jones …
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Reports: Office That Oversaw FL Covid-19 Dashboard Praised By White House Sidelined

“I would not expect the new team to continue the same level of accessibility and transparency that I made central to the process during the first two months.”
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BTW - I 1st picked this story up on Fox
 
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Steven_1974 said:
https://www.businessinsider.com/reopening-georgia-coronavirus-case-data-lag-2020-5

Across the country, there seems to be a lag in reporting positive test cases as well as deaths. So the numbers we're getting is more like a snapshot of what things were like 2 weeks ago and not as they are currently. So not exactly helpful to understand what effects reopening is having where they are doing it currently.

The CDC has said the reporting lag for deaths could range from one to eight weeks, or more, "depending on the jurisdiction, age, and cause of death," though the CDC also says the average lag is closer to one or two weeks.
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Current hospital census is probably a better metric and Georgia’s has still been heading down. My hospital keeps decreasing regularly.
 
EmersonGA said:
Current hospital census is probably a better metric and Georgia’s has still been heading down. My hospital keeps decreasing regularly.
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Well, I don’t think the CDC is a credible source of information as the agency is terribly corrupt. I trust Georgia’s health department over the CDC. CDC=WHO=UN=CCP.
 
Brazil has reported 16,260 new cases and 1,118 new deaths.
 
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