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Post by Merge on May 25, 2020 2:33:53 GMT
The federal government has issued gating criteria for states to begin re-opening. They're laid out here. www.whitehouse.gov/openingamerica/Let's take a poll: has your state met any of these criteria? Some of them? Are you re-opening or not? In the case of Texas, we've met almost none of them, but we're on stage two of re-opening and forcing people back to work. Interested to hear what is happening elsewhere. |
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Post by freecharlie on May 25, 2020 2:43:48 GMT
Not contact tracing but the areas of our state that have submitted plans and are being allowed to reopen have met the others.
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Post by Linda on May 25, 2020 2:45:31 GMT
Florida - we're reopening... I have no idea if we've met the criteria or not...I'm not sure the government knows for sure either...our numbers seem to be inconsistent at best
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Post by Merge on May 25, 2020 2:46:28 GMT
Florida - we're reopening... I have no idea if we've met the criteria or not...I'm not sure the government knows for sure either...our numbers seem to be inconsistent at best Yeah, that should have been another choice: we're reopening and have no idea about the numbers because our state government is suppressing them. |
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Post by Merge on May 25, 2020 2:49:47 GMT
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Post by freecharlie on May 25, 2020 2:57:21 GMT
weld county had not met the guidelines and is openly contradicting the state government. All the other counties have submitted plans and data for reopening. Some are being allowed, some are being allowed with modifications, and some (such as weld county) were told no. |
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Post by freecharlie on May 25, 2020 3:00:32 GMT
And the commissioners are asses. But I will say that a good majority of the cases are related to the nursing homes and JBS.
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Post by breetheflea on May 25, 2020 3:24:30 GMT
I think all of Washington is in Phase One which is parks are open, non-essential stores can do curbside pick-up and some other small changes from the last two months. Some counties, mine included, were able to request to go into Phase 2, but my county had an outbreak reported last week (of around 40 people) so the answer was no  I think we have one of the stricter governors, today is day #71 for us... |
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Post by georgiapea on May 25, 2020 3:30:21 GMT
My county went from 23 cases to 29 in 1 day, then to 31, then we reopened. We be crazy and I'm not playing.
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Post by 950nancy on May 25, 2020 3:32:27 GMT
Not contact tracing but the areas of our state that have submitted plans and are being allowed to reopen have met the others. Ha. I looked for your post to see where Colorado is in all of this. Lots of businesses are following the rules/guidelines and some aren't. I just hope we stay where we are with the hospitals and empty beds. |
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Post by Merge on May 25, 2020 3:34:59 GMT
My county went from 23 cases to 29 in 1 day, then to 31, then we reopened. We be crazy and I'm not playing. Florida, Georgia and Texas. The reason the US can't have nice things. |
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Post by Gennifer on May 25, 2020 3:35:21 GMT
The vast majority (except for a couple of cities) of Utah is in the “yellow” phase... all businesses are open. The next level is green, which is “the new normal,” and our governor has said that will probably not be until we have a vaccine.
We never did have a statewide order to close. We just had red > orange > yellow > green.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on May 25, 2020 3:35:34 GMT
I don’t believe my state (Minnesota) has reduced cases but our shelter in place expired last Monday and it looks like we are in phase one until at least June 1.
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Post by crazy4scraps on May 25, 2020 4:09:30 GMT
I don’t believe my state (Minnesota) has reduced cases but our shelter in place expired last Monday and it looks like we are in phase one until at least June 1. But at least this weekend they started random testing for free for anyone who wants to be tested whether they have symptoms or not, at a bunch of National Guard armories around the state. That’s a step in the right direction, IMO, because it will help locate at least some of the asymptomatic people walking around out there. On the news they said people in some places were lined up 500 deep to get tested. |
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Post by Skellinton on May 25, 2020 4:31:38 GMT
I think all of Washington is in Phase One which is parks are open, non-essential stores can do curbside pick-up and some other small changes from the last two months. Some counties, mine included, were able to request to go into Phase 2, but my county had an outbreak reported last week (of around 40 people) so the answer was no I think we have one of the stricter governors, today is day #71 for us... Same area and super thankful for Inslee. I don’t think we actually requested phase 2 though, I think we were going to but then the outbreak was reported so they didn’t officially request it. I could be wrong though. |
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Post by sassyangel on May 25, 2020 4:53:16 GMT
My county went from 23 cases to 29 in 1 day, then to 31, then we reopened. We be crazy and I'm not playing. Florida, Georgia and Texas. The reason the US can't have nice things. *puts y’all in time out* 😛 |
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Post by Merge on May 25, 2020 4:57:45 GMT
Florida, Georgia and Texas. The reason the US can't have nice things. *puts y’all in time out* 😛 Please. Someone needs to. We are out of control. |
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Post by sassyangel on May 25, 2020 5:05:04 GMT
I’m not really sure where we are at. I don’t watch the governors daily briefings, but I might start - so I can be informed.
We are testing A LOT. Personally it seems to me like they have that aspect well under control. Impressively so, actually. I’ve been critical of my governor during the shut down phase, only in thinking it could have and should have gone a bit further. But I think he’s actually done a reasonable job of reopening so far. Our cases are increasing, but the more you test, if you’re doing it right - the more you should find? They are working up to testing 8,000 a day in June - which for a state this size seems very good.
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Post by breetheflea on May 25, 2020 5:25:54 GMT
I think all of Washington is in Phase One which is parks are open, non-essential stores can do curbside pick-up and some other small changes from the last two months. Some counties, mine included, were able to request to go into Phase 2, but my county had an outbreak reported last week (of around 40 people) so the answer was no I think we have one of the stricter governors, today is day #71 for us... Same area and super thankful for Inslee. I don’t think we actually requested phase 2 though, I think we were going to but then the outbreak was reported so they didn’t officially request it. I could be wrong though. You’re right, the application was “shelved” whatever that means. |
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Post by aggiebonfire00 on May 25, 2020 7:17:13 GMT
The federal government has issued gating criteria for states to begin re-opening. They're laid out here. www.whitehouse.gov/openingamerica/Let's take a poll: has your state met any of these criteria? Some of them? Are you re-opening or not? In the case of Texas, we've met almost none of them, but we're on stage two of re-opening and forcing people back to work. Interested to hear what is happening elsewhere. In Fort Bend Co...we have had 15 total deaths since May 1st. The number of hospitalizations is really low...and there are new cases...there are less than 50 a day. As you know...our county is one they are watching. I’m not discounting these people’s lives...but last night...a man killed his wife and himself in our neighborhood. So more people died in my neighborhood last night than in over a week from this virus. |
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Post by tracylynn on May 25, 2020 7:47:31 GMT
I think all of Washington is in Phase One which is parks are open, non-essential stores can do curbside pick-up and some other small changes from the last two months. Some counties, mine included, were able to request to go into Phase 2, but my county had an outbreak reported last week (of around 40 people) so the answer was no I think we have one of the stricter governors, today is day #71 for us... Actually 25 counties in WA have been approved for Phase 2. I'm in one of the 14 that isn't and I'm fine with that! |
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Post by christine58 on May 25, 2020 10:35:08 GMT
Yes here in NYS we just got to Phase one a little over a week ago. BUT not the entire state. We are divided into regions and each region had to meet those metrics before opening. We will get to Phase 2 this week and then we will see from there. Deaths in the entire state have dropped (there was 1 in the county I live in), cases have also dropped, hospitalizations have also dropped and that's the big one to look at. Are there going to be more cases---well more testing=more cases. There are some regions in the state that have not yet gotten to Phase 1 but are on their way.
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Post by maryannscraps on May 25, 2020 10:59:15 GMT
We are in the process of stage 1. Our criteria is generally stricter than the federal government's.
People are taking it seriously - I see almost 100% mask compliance. Our governor is taking it seriously.
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Post by Monica* on May 25, 2020 11:14:24 GMT
Here is something interesting I found to track how each state is doing. I think we're in pretty good shape here in KY and going through our reopening gradually and methodically. covidexitstrategy.org |
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Post by lisae on May 25, 2020 12:10:46 GMT
North Carolina, in a modified Phase 2 as of this weekend - We have met some of the criteria. They have made great progress in securing more PPE, with gowns being the only really short item, some of the numbers are trending downward, they have put in place more contact tracers and testing has increased 4x what it was in mid-April. The bad part is that cases have continued to trend up. We had our highest number ever reported the day after we went into Phase 2. As we test more people, we expect to find more cases but there have been some outbreaks as well. One in a poultry plant near me has resulted in over 500 cases from the plant alone with residents in several counties.
Because of the upward trend, our Phase 2 was modified to reduce some of the things that could open and add some more limitation. We are however mostly open now with restrictions on the number of people in restaurants; movie theaters, bars, and such are still closed.
One of our local tourist town councils tried to block visitors to businesses but that was blocked by a judge with a hearing set for early June.
Before we went to Phase 2, a church got a judge to declare that churches had to be permitted to open. I don't envy the governor trying to balance everyone's interests.
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Post by pyccku on May 25, 2020 12:23:20 GMT
I’m not really sure where we are at. I don’t watch the governors daily briefings, but I might start - so I can be informed. We are testing A LOT. Personally it seems to me like they have that aspect well under control. Impressively so, actually. I’ve been critical of my governor during the shut down phase, only in thinking it could have and should have gone a bit further. But I think he’s actually done a reasonable job of reopening so far. Our cases are increasing, but the more you test, if you’re doing it right - the more you should find? They are working up to testing 8,000 a day in June - which for a state this size seems very good. You want to test enough people that the percentage is low. So yeah, more testing = more cases overall, but it’s better to test 1000 people and have 50 cases than to test 100 people and have 20 cases. |
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Post by SweetieBsMom on May 25, 2020 12:35:22 GMT
Florida, Georgia and Texas. The reason the US can't have nice things. *puts y’all in time out* 😛  |
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Post by yivit on May 25, 2020 13:16:19 GMT
It certainly doesn't help when your mayor says he won't enforce the 25% bar and 50% restaurant occupancy (that started statewide with a few county exceptions last Friday). He changed his mind Sunday though, saying the fire marshals will enforce. I believe TABC has also said they'll be out enforcing, but I haven't seen any reports of bars getting shut down yet.
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Post by paigepea on May 25, 2020 14:05:26 GMT
Our province has met the criteria and is opening up. The tracing of cases has been key for them as far as I know. We get the number of cases / hospitalization / icu beds announced every day and the numbers have decreased significantly. In the last 2 weeks we’ve had 2-20 cases announced daily. We had been up in the 30 some odd cases per day. We have the lowest number of deaths per capita for jurisdictions over 5 million people in North America.
Our health minister reminds us about small groups big spaces. She reminds us to be kind, calm and safe. Since March she has encouraged us to get outside and play / exercise / see others from a distance / get take out. She reminds us that masks aren’t perfect but to wash our hands. She wants us to protect our elderly population. She wants us to think through our actions - they should be reasonable and safe as much as possible. We socialize with friends and family a lot in our yard. Even though socializing in our house is ok we haven’t done it. We can eat in restaurants but don’t feel the need. Perhaps we’ll try patio seating in the coming weeks. Our good weather helps. We have hair spots booked for next month. Baby steps.
Businesses / schools / offices / shops / etc. all have to have to have their reopening to phase 2 plan approved. The plan must be sent to clients , parents, etc and posted on the building. The gov’t handed out 4 measures that must be in place and part of the plan. Everything feels doable at the moment. It sucks but it’s doable.
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Post by shescrafty on May 25, 2020 14:32:15 GMT
Our state MD has had decreased hospitalizations. We have been doing more testing and now anybody can request a test. The state is overall in phase 1, but not all counties. I think 6 counties are in a modified phase 1 including mine.
Throughout the state no dine in at all, no bars can have patrons. Everything is carry out only. Retail in the more open areas are like at 25% of the store. In my county it is curbside only. Salons here can have 1 person at a time. Everyone masked and no hair drying.
I appreciate the slow start.
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I think we have one of the stricter governors, today is day #71 for us... 
