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NY launches live dashboard of each regions progress hitting 7 reopening criteria

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Re: NY launches live dashboard of each regions progress hitting 7 reopening criteria

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Post by romwell »

codemati wrote: post #2

Very informative and transparent. This should be the standard everywhere. I'm a bit surprised (and disappointed) something similar does not exist for the Bay Area.

>I'm a bit surprised (and disappointed) something similar does not exist for the Bay Area.

Keep in mind that the total number of COVID deaths in CA is less than than the number of deaths in NY on a single bad week.

While a dashboard like this would be good, I think that an order of magnitude difference warrants perhaps being less disappointed.

Re: NY launches live dashboard of each regions progress hitting 7 reopening criteria

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Post by ceejayoz »

erichocean wrote: post #27
CydeWeys wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It would be great if the states had some kind of united way to collaborate on these efforts rather than individually inventing the wheel 50 times.

They can of course collaborate, it's not like there are federal regulations preventing that from happening.

I think the snarky point was that the Feds (in theory) exist to provide that sort of coordination.

Re: NY launches live dashboard of each regions progress hitting 7 reopening criteria

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Post by 3fe9a03ccd14ca5 »

While interesting, let's not be deceived by this dashboard or these goals. It gives the impression that NY is on the cusp of opening up. The reality is that any of these metrics can have strong downward trajectory at any time. And some (such as contact tracing) might not even be feasible in some of the boroughs.

Everybody seemed on board when it was "14 days to flatten the curve". Now it's indefinite. I can already see cracks appearing, with many more people outside and meeting together. We weren't meant to live like this, and there's going to be a lot of negative externalities (domestic abuse, child abuse, suicide, drug abuse relapse, etc[1]). Remember, it's only been barely a month.

I predict soon these states are going to either be forced to open because of a rebellious population, or be forced to criminalize a lot of otherwise normal people.

1. https://abc7news.com/coronavirus-domestic-violence-lawyer-ne...

Re: NY launches live dashboard of each regions progress hitting 7 reopening criteria

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Post by klenwell »

mbpqd wrote: post #18
codemati wrote: post #2

Very informative and transparent. This should be the standard everywhere. I'm a bit surprised (and disappointed) something similar does not exist for the Bay Area.

SFchronicle seems to be doing a good job with infographic: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Checklist-for-Ba...

Neither site is clear where the testing capacity goal comes from. For NY, it is 30 per 1k (3%). For Bay Area, it is 200 per 100k (.2%). If my math is right, that's a significant discrepancy.

Actually, I see NY's goal is monthly. So I guess that is more like 30 per 1k per 30 days (.1%).

There some discussion of necessary testing rates in this NY magazine article:

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/05/white-house-plan-for...

It looks like .2% is at the low end of most ready-to-reopen requirements. In any event, it looks we're nowhere near a test for anyone who wants one.

Also, does anyone know of a good chart that graphs daily new cases vs new tests? It seems like that ratio would be significant, especially when comparing case rates between regions.

Re: NY launches live dashboard of each regions progress hitting 7 reopening criteria

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Post by ceejayoz »

3fe9a03ccd14ca5 wrote: post #33

While interesting, let's not be deceived by this dashboard or these goals. It gives the impression that NY is on the cusp of opening up. The reality is that any of these metrics can have strong downward trajectory at any time. And some (such as contact tracing) might not even be feasible in some of the boroughs. Everybody seemed on board when it was "14 days to flatten the curve". Now it's indefinite. I can already s…

Is my bank balance “deceiving” because I might spend a lot tomorrow?

It shows the current state of the metrics. That’s it. If a region takes enough of a downward turn, the lockdown tightens up again.

Re: NY launches live dashboard of each regions progress hitting 7 reopening criteria

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Post by gregwebs »

codemati wrote: post #2

Very informative and transparent. This should be the standard everywhere. I'm a bit surprised (and disappointed) something similar does not exist for the Bay Area.

San Mateo now has a nice dashboard with daily cases and cases per city: https://www.smchealth.org/post/san-mateo-county-covid-19-dat...

Re: NY launches live dashboard of each regions progress hitting 7 reopening criteria

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Post by mwfunk »

tqi wrote: post #37

How is the public intended to consume a dashboard like this? Is this supposed to inform citizens actions in some way?

It clearly explains what the criteria for reopening is and shows which of those criteria each region has met, and quantifies how far they’ve got to go. And it’s kept up to date. I can’t imagine anyone looking at this and not immediately seeing how informative and useful it is.

Re: NY launches live dashboard of each regions progress hitting 7 reopening criteria

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Post by kelnos »

A little concerned about:

> Region must show a sustained decline in the three-day rolling average of daily hospital deaths over the course of a 14-day period.

This excludes people dying in their homes, no? Is that a significant enough number of people to warrant concern? I get that it's harder to track cause of death when it doesn't occur in a hospital, but that would seem to be a necessary thing to do.

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