As number of coronavirus cases doubles, governor declares state of emergency

I'm not sure how this works, though... What would we be calling the National Guard for in this situation? The only other time I think that they come into play is, say, a hurricane strikes and we need equipment and people to reach damaged areas and victims.

I'm worried about the fine line between "abundance of caution" self-quarantined people and encroaching on the free movement of people. New Rochelle is containing "facilities, not people," according to the NY governor. With this pandemic evolving every day, will that change? Would the National Guard come into play for containing people, too?

This news cycle makes me break out my tin foil hats, so forgive me if this is a short-sighted opinion. I just don't think anyone's really sure what to do yet, and it's probably too late.

Employed by me.

I knew the pandemic was happening. Maybe he should read a newspaper as well.

The time to act is before the crisis hits, but typical Charlie Baker, do nothing before and wave your hands afterwards.

Not sure where you're getting that info, every emergency day i've had to take has been paid and havent heard anything to suggest otherwise.

The work from rule home rules are a pain though, and a lot of us are hoping this presents a chance to actually get to work from home even after the virus.

Toilet paper second?

so I'm all set.

I've seen your posts many time, so I'll guess at your demos
By Dot net on Wed, 03/11/2020 - 11:44am.
I would be very concerned w/ avoiding Covid-19 if I were you. And yes, I know me daring to surmise your demographics will likely give you mock internet outrage. As you're likely a man over 60, w/ one or more underlying health conditions, please play it safe.

First off, seasonal flu's mortality rate is 0.1% vs 1.4%-3.4% for Covid-19. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/03/04/c...) That is an exponential difference. Seasonal flu has a vaccine, yet it still fills hospitals every winter.

Let's agree to bury the useless and inflammatory rhetoric and stick to the data

First there is misuse of the term exponential difference -- the correct usage is:
There is a multiplicative ratio of about 14 to 34 in the death rate between the COVID-19 and Seasonal Flu

Now for the relevant Data not Facts:

1. the data is still mostly preliminary with unknown quality all being intermixed
2. there are some fairly controlled situations such as Korea*1 and the Cruise Ships*2,3 which suggest that this is not much more serious than the Seasonal Flu
3. there are other countries whose data varies considerably in "quality" that suggest higher or lower mortality ratios*4,5,6,7

That said the Seasonal Flu:

1. Infects many Millions [each year] with occasional outburst approaching several tens of Millions.
2. The pretense of a Flu Vaccine doesn't insure too much because many people don't bother to get the Vaccine. The mutations in the Flu just in advance of the delivery of each season's vaccine makes it a mismatch of varying effectiveness.
3. Leads of to hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations each year'
4. Leads to tens of thousands of deaths each year
5. Leads to hundreds of pediatric deaths each year
6. has an overall estimate of 0.1 % mortality for known infections
7. this years stats according to the CDC estimates -- that so far this season:

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm#ILIMap

1. CDC at least 34 million flu illnesses
2. 350,000 hospitalizations
3. 20,000 deaths from flu.
4. 16,819 laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizations were reported by FluSurv-NET sites between October 1, 2019 and February 29, 2020
5. The overall cumulative hospitalization rate was 57.9 per 100,000 population which is similar to what has been seen during recent previous influenza seasons at this time of year.
6. 136 influenza-associated pediatric deaths occurring during the 2019-2020 season

Back to COVID-19 -- By the way both Singapore and NY State so far have 0% mortality for about the same number of known infections [180] although Singapore is much later stage into the infection with 54.5% already recovered versus 0% so far recovered for NY State

Refs:
*1
Korea
*2
7755 cases 54 deaths 0.69% mortality for known infections
Diamond Princess [Yokohama Japan]
696 cases 6 deaths 0.86% mortality for known infections
*3
Grand Princess [San Francisco]
21 cases [1]*10 death [0 or 4.7%] mortality for known infections
*4
Germany
1629 cases 3 % mortality for known infections
*5
Japan
581 cases 12 deaths 2% mortality for known infections
*6
Switzerland
613 cases 3 deaths %0.49 mortality for known infections
*6
France
1784 cases 33 deaths %1.8 mortality for known infections
*7
Italy
10,149 cases 631 deaths %6.2 mortality for known infections
*8
Singapore
178 cases 0 deaths %0 mortality for known infections with 96 so far recovered
*9
NY State
186 cases 0 deaths %0 mortality for known infections with 0 so far recovered
*10
based on 1 death associated with the ship just prior to the current cruise

Overall Data Source [except for the CDC quoted stats]
Johns Hopkins CORONAVIRUS RESOURCE CENTER

Johns Hopkins experts in global public health, infectious disease, and emergency preparedness have been at the forefront of the international response to COVID-19.

This website is a resource to help advance the understanding of the virus, inform the public, and brief policymakers in order to guide a response, improve care, and save lives.

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd4029942...