A few things, Sarah Cody has been wretched in both her handling with the crisis as well as transparency on where cases are coming from. For almost two months us stuck in the south bay area have had no idea where cases are located, it was all tied to santa clara county, which in the bay area is gigantic(the county has ~2 million people and is 1328 sq. miles) County officials refused to say where cases were based in cities, which created absolute panic in the south bay in the late Feb/March time frame[1]. This somewhat blew up in their face when a outbreak occurred at valley medical in San Jose with unsuspecting staff getting infected with covid-19 [2]
When the lockdown happened which btw was only 4 days earlier than NYC's lockdown (late on March 16 vs. NYC's March 20th) everyone tries to capture how well prepared the bay area was but it was a total joke, there were no tests available, local stores were almost all closed and the ones that were open were sold out of all PPE(hand sanitizer masks etc). Store staff mostly did not have masks or were not asked to wear masks. Finally we were given out case numbers by cities but once again if you live in San Jose which is huge you have no idea where the cluster of cases are(should I walk my dog in this area of the city? etc) by zip code would have been preferable.
When the lockdown ends who will know? We have only vague ideas when things are opening up despite dropping covid-19 cases in the area[3] and measures we can see like workers taking down the tents for patients(never used) in the local hospital parking lots. I feel really had for people who have a physical job to go to as who can say when this ends.
Lastly its extremely frustrating that given months have passed testing is still non-existent, after a tele-chat with my health provider he says the tests he received were terrible (this was a 2 weeks ago) and he threw them all away. Also the county or cities have no large scale antibody testing in smaller cities to ascertain the true death rate of this virus given that it presents asymptomatic in a sizable % of patients.
The focusing of wealth and power and mob insanity on ordinary people like this is one of the most frightening things about today's society, and it would sure feel like catharsis if a billionaire instigator or two or three got their comeuppance. I dunno, maybe that's what we're all being goaded towards demanding?
When the lockdown happened which btw was only 4 days earlier than NYC's lockdown (late on March 16 vs. NYC's March 20th) everyone tries to capture how well prepared the bay area was but it was a total joke, there were no tests available, local stores were almost all closed and the ones that were open were sold out of all PPE(hand sanitizer masks etc). Store staff mostly did not have masks or were not asked to wear masks. Finally we were given out case numbers by cities but once again if you live in San Jose which is huge you have no idea where the cluster of cases are(should I walk my dog in this area of the city? etc) by zip code would have been preferable.
When the lockdown ends who will know? We have only vague ideas when things are opening up despite dropping covid-19 cases in the area[3] and measures we can see like workers taking down the tents for patients(never used) in the local hospital parking lots. I feel really had for people who have a physical job to go to as who can say when this ends.
Lastly its extremely frustrating that given months have passed testing is still non-existent, after a tele-chat with my health provider he says the tests he received were terrible (this was a 2 weeks ago) and he threw them all away. Also the county or cities have no large scale antibody testing in smaller cities to ascertain the true death rate of this virus given that it presents asymptomatic in a sizable % of patients.
[1] https://beta.trimread.com/articles/14684
[2] https://beta.trimread.com/articles/14687
[3] https://beta.trimread.com/articles/14689