COVID-19 CONVERSATION: Still Waiting for 14-Day Decline in Cases
May 10, 2020 Leave a comment
SOURCE: MIAMI HERALD
COVID-19 CONVERSATION: Florida Deaths Up Again
May 9, 2020 Leave a comment
The number of infections cannot be trusted although the trend might be better. The number of deaths also has errors but less than the contacts, it seems.
SOUTH FLORIDA, INCLUDING CORAL GABLES, SHOULD NOT BE OPENED UNTIL THE INFECTIONS DECLINE FOR 14 DAYS ACCORDING TO THE CDC.
COVID-19 CONVERSATION: Opening and Stimulus Favor the 1% Yet Again
May 7, 2020 Leave a comment
The American government is forcing the poor and wage workers class to work although it is not in their immediate interest. The publicly-financed subsidies that were supposed to help workers to be paid during the pandemic have not worked, especially here in Florida. The implementation of the so-called stimulus programs have in practice favored big and financially solid, publicly-traded and politically connected companies, all friends of the big banks.
Small companies have not gotten financing. African-Americans make up 60 percent of the deaths and 14 percent of the populations across the nation. The poor and minimum salary workers are make up an important share of the “essential workers” and the victims of the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 CONVERSATION: South Florida Off Track–Don’t Be Fooled
May 7, 2020 Leave a comment
There is pressure to stop and gradually reduce stay-at-home requirement from the business community, people with cabin fever and workers wanting to get a regular check. Clearly, opening of public spaces and businesses is being reflected in a weakening of good social distancing and protection measures such as wearing masks. An increase in contagion, hospitalization and deaths throughout the State the Florida is sure occur–the true cost of opening up is more deaths.
Anecdotal observation evidences a weaken in social distancing with open beaches, people ignoring rational behavior. Miami Beach had a major problem with at parks and beaches occupants not wearing masks and not observing social distances.
The University of Washington Covid-19 model (http://www.healthdata.org/covid) has been adjusted for the new trend in many states to increase human interaction by opening public spaces and businesses. Florida, and especially South Florida, will see rising deaths, death rates and coronavirus incidences
