GRAND OPENING - GRAND CLOSING (Florida)

[Christine]

Hair salons are super busy in my area and I went about 2 weeks ago and was NOT comfortable. The reason why? Despite being masked up, the shampoo attendant bent over to wash my hair and had her face about a foot from my face. She then proceeded to run her mouth non-stop to the woman next to her while washing my hair. The masks are great, but we all no they don't stop what's expelling out of your mouth when your shouting at someone.

My stylist was great but that darned shampoo lady kept coming over, leaning on the chair next to me, and then trying to chat with my stylist about another stylist's blow drying technique.

I should have said something and been that "angry old lady" but I'm tired of always being the jerk in the room over this stuff. In places like a hair salon you need to stay apart, mask up, and SHUT UP.

Off my soapbox...my stylist is so busy that she's got a waitlist and is booking into September trying to play catch up.

 

[kymom99]

Hair salons are super busy in my area and I went about 2 weeks ago and was NOT comfortable. The reason why? Despite being masked up, the shampoo attendant bent over to wash my hair and had her face about a foot from my face. She then proceeded to run her mouth non-stop to the woman next to her while washing my hair. The masks are great, but we all no they don't stop what's expelling out of your mouth when your shouting at someone.

My stylist was great but that darned shampoo lady kept coming over, leaning on the chair next to me, and then trying to chat with my stylist about another stylist's blow drying technique.

I should have said something and been that "angry old lady" but I'm tired of always being the jerk in the room over this stuff. In places like a hair salon you need to stay apart, mask up, and SHUT UP.

Off my soapbox...my stylist is so busy that she's got a waitlist and is booking into September trying to play catch up.

My friend had a covid test at an urgent care center where the woman administering the test did not wear a mask.

 

[montreid]

My friend had a covid test at an urgent care center where the woman administering the test did not wear a mask.

-SMH

Your friend may not have had it before the swab, but certainly increase odds with that interaction.
That's just down right scary and wrong.

 

[kymom99]

-SMH

Your friend may not have had it before the swab, but certainly increase odds with that interaction.
That's just down right scary and wrong.

She sent an email to the facility afterwards to complain but didn’t get a response. She told us all not to go there for any reason.

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

Can you please share what site you’re using. I’m using a dashboard that hasn’t updated yet and trying to track Orange co specifically. We leave next week and are watching closely

Mainstream media. https://www.clickorlando.com/news/l...rts-6093-new-cases-of-covid-19-58-new-deaths/

 

[montreid]

Can you please share what site you’re using. I’m using a dashboard that hasn’t updated yet and trying to track Orange co specifically. We leave next week and are watching closely

State site:
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/96dd742462124fa0b38ddedb9b25e429--problem is that they quietly stopped reporting ICU utilization and bed availability with the surge.

One state researcher continues to maintain the ICU bed availability (after she was fired by the state for disobeying orders to change)
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/7572b118dc3c48d885d1c643c195314e/

 

[RamblingMad]

Florida adds 6,563 cases overnight. Ran 45,000+ tests, was running (or at least reporting) 70,000+ much of last week. Positivity rates for new cases is back up above 15%.

Which means they’re not running enough tests.

 

[peaceluv&mickeymouse]

What does phase 4 include? I'm always interested to learn what the numbers mean for other states.

Our zoo is opening!! More restaurants, bars , no gyms Or malls yet.

 

[xuxa777]

State site:
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/96dd742462124fa0b38ddedb9b25e429--problem is that they quietly stopped reporting ICU utilization and bed availability with the surge.

One state researcher continues to maintain the ICU bed availability (after she was fired by the state for disobeying orders to change)
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/7572b118dc3c48d885d1c643c195314e/

Here is a good map and data for hospitals in Florida. Keep in mind capacity levels in the 80-90% range are normal as stated by hospital administration. These number do not include the surge capacity of hospitals, which is a significant number of additional capacity. the numbers have fluctuated between 75-90% over the past month, normal hospital rhythm. Hopefully they will continue to do the same.

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/corona...wb6gqkm-htmlstory.html#nt=interstitial-manual

 

[cakebaker]

Which means they’re not running enough tests.

They were hitting 8-10k cases, pop's 14-15% with testing in the 70K's. They've ran 40-45k tests the last 3 days with 5-6500 cases and pops running 15-17%. 2 weeks ago, they only tested 30K and had a pop of under 11. We can't explain this away with not enough tests or too many tests. The explanation is Florida is having a major spike, not that everything is fine and it's all about how many tests are being run.

 

[RamblingMad]

They were hitting 8-10k cases, pop's 14-15% with testing in the 70K's. They've ran 40-45k tests the last 3 days with 5-6500 cases and pops running 15-17%. 2 weeks ago, they only tested 30K and had a pop of under 11. We can't explain this away with not enough tests or too many tests. The explanation is Florida is having a major spike, not that everything is fine and it's all about how many tests are being run.

You want to keep this number at 5% or less to make sure you’re picking up most of the new cases. The fact that it’s so high tells me that FL testing isn’t picking up most of the new cases. I see the same here in AZ.

The problem with missing people is that they then go and continue spreading it. This is problematic.

 

[xuxa777]

You want to keep this number at 5% or less to make sure you’re picking up most of the new cases. The fact that it’s so high tells me that FL testing isn’t picking up most of the new cases. I see the same here in AZ.

The problem with missing people is that they then go and continue spreading it. This is problematic.

Yes and with more and more antibody tests showing at least 10-15% of the population has already had/have it. Then it shows we are missing more due to lack of testing.

 

[cakebaker]

Yes and with more and more antibody tests showing at least 10-15% of the population has already had/have it. Then it shows we are missing more due to lack of testing.

Experts have said for some time that what we actually see in the numbers is most likely far less than are actually infected.

 

[RamblingMad]

Yes and with more and more antibody tests showing at least 10-15% of the population has already had/have it. Then it shows we are missing more due to lack of testing.

In AZ the antibody testing is around 4%. I’m certain this number differs from state to state.

 

[dvcgirl67]

Yes and with more and more antibody tests showing at least 10-15% of the population has already had/have it. Then it shows we are missing more due to lack of testing.

Exactly, we're not testing nearly enough. Harvard experts said awhile back that we needed to be doing 5 million tests per day, then contract casing and isolating the infected in order to open safely. And that we'd need 20 million tests per day to open schools safely in the late summer and fall. Let's face it folks, we are terrible at this.

 

[xuxa777]

In AZ the antibody testing is around 4%. I’m certain this number differs from state to state.

Yes there are tests that show that, but the CDC stated they think it is overall around 10% and they tend to be conservative.

 

[Weedy]

What are the hospitalizations and ICU numbers? Have they ramped up testing and that’s why numbers are increasing?

Yes testing is at an all time high

 

[Jrb1979]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1278361071519248385

No wonder cases are rising. People can't even do the little things right. It really isn't hard to stay 6 ft from others. At least they are wearing masks.

 

[RamblingMad]

Yes there are tests that show that, but the CDC stated they think it is overall around 10% and they tend to be conservative.

The CDC dropped the ball on COVID-19. And I really only care about where I live or where I will travel to.

 

[KBoopaloo]

Yes testing is at an all time high
View attachment 505668

That was a one day high with two similar days around it. They’ve been testing 30,000 less than that the last fews days and the percent positive rate continues to go up.