mappy

I guess it depends on what it is you want to see when you map by them zip code. If you just want to see counts, then the map on the left is fine. The map on the right is similar to population density. By doing the dasymetic map, you are taking that zip code data and adding additional spatial information, like buildings/residents in each as the creator said. I like them both for the purpose they serve. But if you just want to see counts by zip code then the map on the left is fine. I'm not sure how you figure out that buildings that can house 100 units would have the majority of cases, unless you know the personal information of all those cases... and i dont think that data is legally available due to HIPAA. So not sure how true the second map actually is.

Not sure, but they have been consistently inconsistent with each other for weeks. I try and stick with JH data if/when I do count difference.

i used JH data. 787,960 yesterday at 8am to 825,306 at 8am today

damn, 37K cases yesterday, 2700 deaths. yikes.

these flu comparisons are starting to get really silly.

sorry to hear

really gusty showers.

I do believe winds were supposed to pick up following the front, but not sure its passed you yet?

gusty showers right now

trying to clear up in Parkton.

hes been going to work daily since this began. the shit plant doesn't close.

yup. baby steps. little by little.

baby steps.

mmmm thats definitely tricky. being forced to leave your house if you dont feel its safe to do so, yet your employer is demanding you show up, thus putting you at risk.

thank goodness for severe chances, adds a bit of excitement to these ever boring days

#dadjoke

that was my point... there needs to be a system in place. i know, but didn't you see my note... i thought of you.

I get it. Or, at least, I have empathy for it. We are not a family struggling as we both can work from home. But I hear you, and others, and fully 100% understand the argument. I feel that there is no good answer. We can’t flip a switch, nor can we stay closed for months longer. There has to be a middle ground, ease back into it..but there has to be some criteria to when that can happen. it’s going to become a cluster when you have states like GA opening and people drive in out of state to have a sense of normalcy. Virus will jump back and forth across state lines as people travel to and fro. Then you’ll have calls to ban visitors from states who are opened too soon, or still closed, or whatever. It’s all just a mess. I’m rambling now. Sorry. My point: there has to be a general standard in place that all cities, towns, states, however detailed you wanna get...must follow in order to open without causing more havoc on an already shakily balanced hospital system. This would mean more rural places could open sooner than the urban areas. Especially larger states where people are so spread out. Half the damn counties in Montana dont even have it (though they are not closed, bad example). I just worry opening too soon, when states and/cities are still heading up the drive, is going to cause only more problems then current. you get my point..I hope. Too long of a lost, sorry snowfan

Personally, I would not want to be a GA resident right now. I’ll stick to my stay at home order until I’m told otherwise.

Until the second wave hits in 2-3 weeks time. It’s gonna take that long before cases increase of all the newly infected residents. or it doesn’t? Who knows... but it’s a gamble.

Quite the gamble Georgia is taking. Either it causes havoc in two weeks time on their hospitals systems, or it doesn’t. If it doesn’t many states will follow suit regardless of the plans/guidelines being put out by 45/DC

This. So much.

i know you aren't. and i agree. long ways to go on getting others to think of it in another way.

really sad isnt it?

It's that AND a shortage of tests. Hogan mentioned today that to date, only 71k tests have been given to Marylanders since March. Thats not nearly enough. Hogan wants to be processing 20k tests a day as part of his reopen goal. so getting more tests is a huge step forwards.