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Most older Americans and people with underlying health conditions including obesity, diabetes, COPD etc. need to continue to shelter in place.
Vulnerable individuals are supposed to continue to shelter in place until a state enters Phase 3 of the President's plan for re-opening.
Vulnerable individuals are supposed to continue to shelter in place until a state enters Phase 3 of the President's plan for re-opening.
It's hard to tell exactly which states are in Phase 3 of the President's plan and harder still to tell if states in Phase 3 should be in Phase 3.
It looks like vulnerable individuals should be sheltering in place in most states, however.
(2/13)
It looks like vulnerable individuals should be sheltering in place in most states, however.
(2/13)
This NYT map shows where states have reopened - most are either not yet fully open, paused, or actually reversing their opening.
Two thirds of our states are not yet fully reopened.
(3/13) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/states-reopen-map-coronavirus.html
Two thirds of our states are not yet fully reopened.
(3/13) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/states-reopen-map-coronavirus.html
It gets worse.
Of the 17 that are reopened, only NH has decreasing cases. 14 have increasing cases.
Vulnerable individuals should probably shelter in place in the reopened states with increasing cases.
(4/13) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
Of the 17 that are reopened, only NH has decreasing cases. 14 have increasing cases.
Vulnerable individuals should probably shelter in place in the reopened states with increasing cases.
(4/13) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
Only four of the 17 states that are fully reopened meet the recommendations for test positivity below 5%.
(5/13) https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/testing/testing-positivity
(5/13) https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/testing/testing-positivity
It would be good to have data on which states have met the gating criteria of the President's opening plan - and which states met them but no longer meet them.
In the meantime, most vulnerable Americans probably need to continue to shelter in place.
(6/13)
In the meantime, most vulnerable Americans probably need to continue to shelter in place.
(6/13)
Having to shelter in place after four months already is terrible for vulnerable Americans.
Even worse is the risk of having to go out to work or having family members who do.
(7/13)
Even worse is the risk of having to go out to work or having family members who do.
(7/13)
Are we actually shielding all vulnerable Americans?
The risk to older people does not magically start at age 65.
Nearly 40% of Americans are obese.
Close to 12% have diabetes.
6-8% have COPD
It looks like half of all Americans should be sheltering in place in most states.
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The risk to older people does not magically start at age 65.
Nearly 40% of Americans are obese.
Close to 12% have diabetes.
6-8% have COPD
It looks like half of all Americans should be sheltering in place in most states.
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We are not really protecting our citizens.
We should be getting rates down so that everyone can go outside.
We should be making it possible to shelter in place for all vulnerable citizens.
We have to help their families too in order to protect them.
(9/13)
We should be getting rates down so that everyone can go outside.
We should be making it possible to shelter in place for all vulnerable citizens.
We have to help their families too in order to protect them.
(9/13)
We need to think about how an economy can recover if half of its citizens are sheltering in place at home.
The road to recovery is the same as the road to safely reopening. Get cases down through high quality masks, testing, tracing, and isolation.
(10/13)
The road to recovery is the same as the road to safely reopening. Get cases down through high quality masks, testing, tracing, and isolation.
(10/13)
The full list of underlying medical conditions can be found here.
It includes kidney disease, COPD, immunocomprised state, obesity, serious heart conditions, sickle cell disease, diabetes, and more.
(11/13) https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/people-with-medical-conditions.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fneed-extra-precautions%2Fgroups-at-higher-risk.html
It includes kidney disease, COPD, immunocomprised state, obesity, serious heart conditions, sickle cell disease, diabetes, and more.
(11/13) https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/people-with-medical-conditions.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fneed-extra-precautions%2Fgroups-at-higher-risk.html
This is the CDC statement on older adults and the risks from COVID-19.
(12/13) https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/older-adults.html
(12/13) https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/older-adults.html
We are failing a huge proportion of our population by not making it safe for them to go anywhere.
We need to talk more about what this means for vulnerable Americans' safety and mental health, for their families, and for our economy.
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We need to talk more about what this means for vulnerable Americans' safety and mental health, for their families, and for our economy.
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