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Sorry for the delay. The data is from John Hopkins and is generally the most accurate data, more than the CDC, though I don't understand why.
I think the JH site updates as various countries publish their data throughout the day whereas CDC is updated less frequently. The refresh rate of data on something like this is remarkable, with update frequency being measured in hours vs days or weeks as might have been done in the past.
Just learned that a person from my company in NJ has died of COVID, while another in our Ireland location is in the ICU. A girl from my daughter's sorority has tested positive, but is OK with minor symptoms and self-isolating at home in PA. The reach of COVID continues to expand in unexpected places with each passing day.
This is particularly frightening - someone plotted cell phone signals of people who gathered in Ft Lauderdale for Spring Break (where multiple cases have since been confirmed/linked to) and tracked their movement to other parts of the country. Not a guarantee that everyone contracted, but a striking visual as to how quickly and widely contagion can spread in this way:
Just one beach in fort lauderdale
But wait - there's more! He did NYC, as well:
That's rough
Not much good news out there but this was a pretty cool story...
Scrolling through the news on my phone here (Nicaragua) and see that the US Embassy is advising all US citizens to leave the country "immediately" because the hospitals here could become "overwhelmed'. Literally the very next story is about how many hospitals in the US are becoming "overwhelmed". Don't know whether to laugh or cry. Think I'll have a drink and decide later.
Good news is that I could load the bed of a full size pick-up with toilet paper from any store in town
Me and the fiance are bugging out to small town Minnesota. Flying out Sunday with a pack of clorox wipes. Gonna ride it out in the middle of the middle west. Don't worry, i'll still be here to annoy everyone though
I knew you would eventually go to the dark (Canadian) side
You are correct about Washington. Most of it is pretty rural with the exception of Seattle-Tacoma and Spokane. Anywhere along the i5 corridor is populated but nothing as heavy as Seattle.
I lived in Pullman for four years...talk about rural. The entire eastern half of Washington is farmland except Spokane. It's called the Palouse. The bean and lentil capitol of the world.
An old classmate had it last week. It was just confirmed that it was COVID 19. He said he had a "mild case" and it was the worst he's ever felt in his life.
You could buy a truck, drive to the US sell the toilet paper, and pay for your trip probably.
I sent my son a picture of the stocked shelves. He said the same thing.😁