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| The weekly newsletter (inset) kept advertising them |
And this new one dated March 6th is a little longer than usual.
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| Praise for the City |
Are we performing a revival of the cyanotoxin fiasco? (And on something that has a much greater known lethality?) As of this morning the City's page on the coronavirus is dated March 2nd, and still seems dominated by a "this is like the the flu" sensibility and does not meet its severity.
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| The City is mainly "monitoring" - here's a message to monitor! WHO declared it a "pandemic" today |
Salem Hospital has 48 ICU capable beds & 27 negative air flow rooms, per spokesmanThat capacity will get maxed out real fast in a wave of illness.
The City should be more proactive about discouraging public meetings and large association. They should advocate real social distancing now, not merely three-foot spacing, but on all gatherings, before we have the wave of illness, not after.
Even if they are trying to follow the lead of the State and County Public Health, there should have been some acknowledgement of the crisis and preparation for things to follow. All in all this is a strange and worrisome omission. "We hope it won't be as bad" is not a strategy.
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| We need more institutional support for social distancing via twitter |
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Willamette Week just published a letter from UO faculty based in Italy.
From the piece:
"To date, the state and the university have not recognized the seriousness of the situation. There remains only a short window of time to be proactive rather than reactive," write Professors Melissa Graboyes, Alfredo Burlando and Eleonora Redaelli in a letter that has circulated on social media.
This afternoon both UO and OSU are cancelling in-person classes and moving to online coursework. UO is also cancelling attendance at sporting events. Things are beginning to move, and we should not be bashful about joining the social distancing program.
Now the NBA has cancelled the rest of the season and Tom Hanks announced he tested positive in Australia.
The city did just announce a limited slate of closings and postponements following Governor Brown's directives on gatherings of 250+ people:
https://www.cityofsalem.net/Pages/salem-follows-state-guidance-related-to-covid-19.aspx
Thanks, anon. Today the City announced a further set of closures, including "advisory board and commission meetings," many of them with likely attendance well below the 250 person guideline.
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