I'm writing early today. It is 12:08 in Colorado and it's a cool, cloudy spring day at 61 degrees. The beginning of May has brought the reopening of of states in different ways. Here is a map of who is open and to what extent.
As you see there are still a lot of restricted and shut down states. The ones with partial a reopening are strange in cases like Iowa, where neighboring suburbs are allowing much to reopen, but the city of Sioux City is shut down (due to it having the highest infection rate in the U.S.) Experts fear the reopening albeit in restricted forms may still cause an uptick in new cases. As we stand today there are many new cases being reported each day. According to the World Health Organization dashboard another 85,000 cases were reported today.
So, we continue on this unpredictable trek in time against an invisible disease without a cure. The worlds regions are acting according to their infection rates, governing bodies and hospital space/healthcare supplies, etc. In a sense, it is similar to how the individual is coping with the pandemic; in their own way based on the their own ability sense of what is safe and in accordance to the orders mandated by the country/state they live in. In an article dated March 9, 2020, the CDC is stated that the spread of the virus could last into next year. Anything is possible. Certainly a vaccine would see a decrease in new numbers and a time when it looks like we are winning the battle, but until then Covid19 has the advantage. The next two weeks promise to be interesting after these states reopen and just how it effects the infection rate. All I know, is I am teaching remotely until June 1, 2020. Which means I only need to go outdoors for a walk in the neighborhood, a grocery run and to spend time in my backyard. Keeping the risk of infection to a minimum is our goal.
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