Covid-19 (Novel Coronavirus) - Effects on the production industry

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And, just like that, Miami mayor Francis Suarez announced that he tested positive. So far, he's been laying in bed and drinking protein shakes.
 
Meanwhile I'm in Indonesia at a generally abandoned beach resort in Bali... hotels are very quiet, airports were ghost towns, flights were half full at best. One was so empty there were only 11 people on it and during landing the plane tossed around like a kite with the low weight. I don't even know how it was profitable to fly it. Everyone wearing masks.

Shooting here for two weeks, hoping they don't restrict inter-island travel to contain the virus. If they did that, there's not international flights out of some of where I'd be so I'd be stuck... knock on wood that this isn't a terrible idea. My main concern is less me catching it as statistically I'd be fine, but sounds like hospitals could get overwhelmed if something else happen to me. Or not making it home for a while.

Ironically, things are calm here and back home I'm told things are going crazy - grocery stores cleared out, schools closed, state declared emergency, possible mandatory self quarantine... and here I am sipping smoothies on the beach alone. Every day I've gone to dinner at the restaurant I've been either the only person in the whole place, or just me and one other person.
 
Stay safe out there, Daniel. It is very stressful in Portland right now. I still have some friends who insist on going out, but most people I know are hunkering down.
 
Cary Knoop said:
All fun aside, Apple would do good to take even 0.1% of its cash reserve to create some manufacturing line to make masks and protective clothing for free for the community!
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Masks aren't considered an effective preventive measure by the medical establishment since the infected molecules settle on skin, including hands. Now, I happen to think that the medical establishment is technically correct but misses the point that some prevention is better than no prevention. I also think that antibacterial latex gloves would be a nice addition to the ensemble.

As to Apple itself becoming involved in manufacturing, it seems a silly idea. There are plenty of companies in business of manufacturing medical supplies. Of course, Apple can freely distribute any medical goods and services to its employees but it'd probably get sued for the discrimination unless given a waiver by the government. Likewise, it can't mandate that any of its employees use them at work without similar waivers.

In any case, this is an update on Florida - 25 more cases, one death.

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local...a-including-several-in-south-florida/2205630/
 
I'm filming a short film today with friends. One of them bailed due to "social distancing."


I understand the idea behind "flatten the curve" and "social distancing," but I don't understand how long people expect that to take. In China they've just been doing it around 2-3 weeks and are getting positive results, so if that's all it takes, no big deal. But if it takes until a vaccine comes out, 12-16 months, I don't understand how the majority of Americans who can't work from home could afford to do that, not to mention other basics such as getting groceries and such.
 
DLD said:
As to Apple itself becoming involved in manufacturing, it seems a silly idea.
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The notion is more about Apple (and other larger-than-life corporations) using its money to help people in this fight like Bill Gates has.
 
Eric Coughlin said:
I understand the idea behind "flatten the curve" and "social distancing," but I don't understand how long people expect that to take.
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Nobody knows. It will take as long as it takes. For a potential indicator, look at this chart that compares the progression of infection in the USA and compared to the progression of infection in Italy.

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If our infection rate continues to accelerate comparable to theirs, then expect it to take longer. If we start to see a major reduction in the rate of increase, well, that gives hope for optimism.

Note that while the rate of infection appears to be identical to Italy's, the impact is not as severe because we have 5x-6x the population so it doesn't seem as alarming here yet.
 
Edit: as of Saturday afternoon, over 2,400 cases are reported in the US. That is right on track with Italy's 2502 at the same point in time, so our infection rate is still tracking Italy's.

And Italy's rate isn't slowing; in the three days since that chart was compiled, their # of cases has almost doubled (about 22,000 now) despite the entire country being quarantined.
 
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Barry_Green said:
Edit: as of Saturday afternoon, over 2,400 cases are reported in the US. That is right on track with Italy's 2502 at the same point in time, so our infection rate is still tracking Italy's.

And Italy's rate isn't slowing; in the three days since that chart was compiled, their # of cases has almost doubled (about 22,000 now) despite the entire country being quarantined.
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and let's add to that our VERY late entry into the testing process. The numbers are accurate on those charts, but that doesn't mean the numbers aren't very different (for worse, perhaps) than Italy's in the wild because we haven't yet ramped up testing.
 
It seems quarantining people at home is a double edged sword. If done early enough, it can stop the spread. Too late, and you just end up sending people home in close quarters with people already infected, and the numbers skyrocket, which is what seems to be going on in Italy.
 
Batutta said:
It seems quarantining people at home is a double edged sword. If done early enough, it can stop the spread. Too late, and you just end up sending people home in close quarters with people already infected, and the numbers skyrocket, which is what seems to be going on in Italy.
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Do you have link to data for this, or just your observation?
 
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