I have had to take a few days off from reporting covid karma, but neither covid-19 nor karma rest. Now we are about to see the worst, as many states unlockdown while the threat in many of them grows ever more dire. But WA and NY are past the peaks and well into the beginnings of control. Now we just need the tests and personnel and other resources for contact tracing.
Just. Ha!
Before we plunge into the current disaster, let us take a few minutes with the healing thoughts of the Medicine Buddha. No, it won't cure covid-19. If you are willing, if you take it seriously, it can help you withstand and overcome the delusions that are currently spreading covid-19 and killing tens of thousands of us.
Bhaisajyaguru
formally Bhaiṣajya-guru-vaiḍūrya-prabhā-rāja ("Medicine Master and King of Lapis Lazuli Light")
Which is why he is often, but by no means always, shown with blue skin.
This is where all 50 states stand on reopening
Far more data than I can repeat, or even summarize
States reopen in US as coronavirus pandemic persists
We have had more than 68,000 covid-19 deaths in the US, which is more than 16 doublings since the first—216=65,536. This is one more in a month, if we're lucky. What lunatic would then suppose that this is the last doubling, given the lunatics in charge of these asylums?
State government plans to reopen after the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020
Interactive map, which I cannot reproduce here. And this.
Reopening plans by number of industries affected and implementation date |
Category |
Number of states |
Summary |
Limited or no announced reopening plan |
9 |
The state has not yet announced a reopening plan that partially or completely lifts restrictions for three or more industries. This includes states that have either released information about public health benchmarks without industry-specific information or lifted restrictions for just one or two industries, e.g., elective medical procedures or limited recreational sites. |
Reopening plan without a contingent or effective date |
3 |
The state has announced a reopening plan that includes provisions for partially or completely lifting restrictions on three or more industries. The plan does not list an effective date or target date contingent on meeting certain public health benchmarks. |
Reopening plan with a contingent date |
5 |
The state has announced a reopening plan that includes provisions for partially or completely lifting restrictions on three or more industries. The plan provides a target date contingent on meeting certain public health benchmarks. |
Reopening plan with an effective date |
7 |
The state has announced a reopening plan that includes provisions for partially or completely lifting restrictions on three or more industries. The plan provides an effective date. |
Reopenings in progress |
25 |
The state has partially or completely lifted restrictions on three or more industries. Implementing additional phases of the plan may be contingent on meeting certain public health benchmarks. |
No state-mandated closures were issued |
1 |
The state did not order any businesses to close. This only occurred in South Dakota. |
Oh, yeah, South Dakota. Per CNN,
South Dakota
Gov. Kristi L. Noem has not issued a stay-at-home order.
"We have seen such an outstanding call to action among the people of South Dakota that we actually have more people staying home than many of the other states that have put in shelter in place orders and have put together directives to tell people they can't leave their homes," she said at a town hall hosted by South Dakota Public Broadcasting on April 15.
Noem announced on April 13 that South Dakota would be the first state to conduct a hydroxychloroquine trial to test against Covid-19.
Unlike the goons and outright Nazis
whom we see demonstrating against lockdowns elsewhere, there have been demands for a lockdown in South Dakota.
South Dakota's Republican governor Kristi Noem STILL refuses to order lockdown despite its Chinese-owned Smithfield meatpacking plant becoming the top coronavirus hotspot in America and cases trebling to more than 1,000 in a week
The South Dakota State Medical Association wrote a letter to Gov Noem on April 3 urging her to issue a quarantine order for residents.
'A stay-at-home order would give our health professionals the necessary time and resources to manage this pandemic,' the group said.
'We may soon be facing the challenges and hardships being seen in New York and other cities if a shelter in place order is not issued immediately.'
Sioux Falls Mayor Paul Ten Haken, who is also a Republican, issued an ordinance this week that requires residents in the city to stay at home after Gov Noem refused his request to issue a statewide one.
His ordinance allows residents to still travel for work, as well as out for groceries and essential items. It urges people to social distance if they are outside.
In an interview with CBS This Morning on Wednesday, the mayor said the number of cases were 'staggering'.
'The growth that we've seen in our COVID cases, really in the last week, has been a bit staggering,' TenHaken said.
'We're doubling and we've been doubling every four days for the last 18 days.'
In reference to Gov Noem refusing to issue a lockdown, the mayor went on to say that he would rather be 'chastised for being over-cautious' than for not doing enough to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
And, Too, Also, Another Data Resource
The Institute for Disease Modeling’s (IDM) InfoHub contains epidemiological information and analyses about COVID-19 performed in the context of rapidly changing and dynamic circumstances. Critical information will be disseminated as quickly as possible.
Our work is not intended to serve as, or be a substitute for, medical advice. You can find the latest information about COVID-19 from your local government health authority. To protect yourself from coronavirus, please visit the WHO or CDC.
Work presented here originates from IDM’s disease modeling research unless otherwise stated and attributed. All results are to be considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed research journal.
I particularly appreciate their coverage of countries in Africa and Latin America, which I will let you all know more about when I get a chance to mine it properly.