How COVID-19 is affecting society

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It also highlights the issue of coordinating with other states because New York city really extends across three states.
Slight correction. New York City consists of five Boroughs/Counties, all of which are in New York State. The New York metropolitan area includes counties in *four* states (NY, NJ, CT, and PA).

Source: I grew up in Manhattan and the Bronx.

 
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Thoughtful bi-partisan analysis of the various strategies for ending lockdown by a senior British Conservative MP


It's based on a paper by Harvard University's Safra Center for Ethics, so it's relevant to the US too, and elsewhere, of course.

Tl;dr -- the debate is far more serious and complex than simple "reopen the economy now" vs "stay locked down until there's a vaccine."
Even when you open things up it is not like things will jump back to normal. I am watching the local news and 2 commentators agreed they will not fly any time soon. I have epilepsy so my schedule today is working from home, contactless returning cable equipment this morning, a telehealth appt with my neuro this afternoon, then contactless grocery delivery tonight.
 
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Bought everclear to make hand sanitizer. ended up drinking it instead, a little goes a long way!
I hope that was a joke. You need 70% to make hand sanitizer.
 

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Slight correction. New York City consists of five Boroughs/Counties, all of which are in New York State. The New York metropolitan area includes counties in *four* states (NY, NJ, CT, and PA).

Source: I grew up in Manhattan and the Bronx.

I believe what was meant was that the "metropolitan area" extends across three states: New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
 

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I hope that was a joke. You need 70% to make hand sanitizer.
that's for general purpose sanitizers...
CoViD19 hulls don't seem very stable - I bet 40% vodka would kill most of it.

Also you can go above 70% for a virus only sanitizer. It is just not reccomendable for general purpose one as fungi and some bacteria seem to encapsulate themselves above this magic number, but if you only want to kill the virus going higher might be possible - just leave some remaining water in to dissolve the ripped apart hull proteins...
 

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You want to see how hard it'll be to reopen schools?

This is the SuperNintendo of palo alto.

 

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Yeah, Everclear may not be strictly safe to drink, because it's basically gasoline, but I hear it makes for a great "Get exorcist sick" drunken stupor. Awesome for an extended shelter in place.
 

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Some of them just don't care if everyone is taken out.