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San Francisco's mayor declared state of emergency as the coronavirus spread

30 points by abhas9 7y ago

Proven 7y ago
Unfortunately that's what voters in left-leaning states with their sizable homeless and illegal population subscribed for - budget, safety, health and general "quality of life" emergencies
gdubs 7y ago
To put the headline in context, this is a necessary move to unlock funding for preparation and potential mitigation.
- anonsivalley652 7y ago
  I think it's a wise move because of both outcomes: 1. There is no pandemic - it's a valuable, real-world logistics and pain-points training exercise. 2. There is a moderate pandemic - they had extra time and resources to prepare. I just doubt any governmental body besides perhaps even the US military could build 8000+ of bed capacity, positive air pressure triage and care facilities in 8 days as happened in China. That was an organizational, logistics and execution achievement. Different agencies globally should be sharing information and best-practices across countries, not going all puffery nationalistic. Solidarity or divided-we-fall.
  - jamesrcole 7y ago
    > I think it's a wise move because of both outcomes: 1. There is no pandemic ... 2. There is a moderate pandemic Given the information that we currently do and don't have, there's clearly more possibilities than just those two. (I am not making any claim about how likely any particular possibility is)
- rriepe 7y ago
  This is a generous interpretation. I think it's a policy over-correction after not canceling the Chinese New Year parade earlier this month.
awb 7y ago
This is a preemptive declaration of emergency. As of today, there are no confirmed cases of coroavirus in SF.
- dekhn 7y ago
  At least two people infected with coronavirus were treated in SF (UCSF).
  - anonsivalley652 7y ago
    To be clear, it was a couple who were vacationing in Wuhan, picked it up there, then quarantined at their home, but both got worse and they had to be hospitalized. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/coronavirus-San-Francisco-UCSF-UC-San-Benito-15028812.php https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/coronavirus-San-Franc...
merricksb 7y ago
Discussed earlier... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22419424 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22419424

30 points by abhas9 7y ago

Unfortunately that's what voters in left-leaning states with their sizable homeless and illegal population subscribed for - budget, safety, health and general "quality of life" emergencies

gdubs 7y ago

To put the headline in context, this is a necessary move to unlock funding for preparation and potential mitigation.

anonsivalley652 7y ago
I think it's a wise move because of both outcomes: 1. There is no pandemic - it's a valuable, real-world logistics and pain-points training exercise. 2. There is a moderate pandemic - they had extra time and resources to prepare. I just doubt any governmental body besides perhaps even the US military could build 8000+ of bed capacity, positive air pressure triage and care facilities in 8 days as happened in China. That was an organizational, logistics and execution achievement. Different agencies globally should be sharing information and best-practices across countries, not going all puffery nationalistic. Solidarity or divided-we-fall.
- jamesrcole 7y ago
  > I think it's a wise move because of both outcomes: 1. There is no pandemic ... 2. There is a moderate pandemic Given the information that we currently do and don't have, there's clearly more possibilities than just those two. (I am not making any claim about how likely any particular possibility is)
rriepe 7y ago
This is a generous interpretation. I think it's a policy over-correction after not canceling the Chinese New Year parade earlier this month.

awb 7y ago

This is a preemptive declaration of emergency. As of today, there are no confirmed cases of coroavirus in SF.

dekhn 7y ago
At least two people infected with coronavirus were treated in SF (UCSF).
- anonsivalley652 7y ago
  To be clear, it was a couple who were vacationing in Wuhan, picked it up there, then quarantined at their home, but both got worse and they had to be hospitalized. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/coronavirus-San-Francisco-UCSF-UC-San-Benito-15028812.php https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/coronavirus-San-Franc...

merricksb 7y ago

Discussed earlier... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22419424 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22419424