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New Yorker here. From what I see through my window, my fellow New Yorkers still don’t “get it”. I see clusters of people hanging out and families going for leis
by booleandilemma 7y ago
New Yorker here. From what I see through my window, my fellow New Yorkers still don’t “get it”. I see clusters of people hanging out and families going for leisurely walks. If this keeps up the number of infections - and deaths - will only increase.
Last week my brother suggested instead of working from home I work from a Starbucks.
I feel like people don’t understand how serious this is and it’s really bothering me.
- maxerickson 7y agoThere's nothing wrong with people that are living together going for a walk together, it won't particularly increase their exposure. People should cooperate and keep distance, but it's not a big deal to just be outside a reasonable distance from small numbers of other people.
- war1025 7y agoSomething that amused me the other day was was an NPR reporter saying, "I went to the park yesterday and I was surprised at all the people just out in the park" as if they didn't also make the choice to go to the park.
- senordevnyc 7y agoI feel this. Every time I go out (to the park) I’m amazed at how many people are out. I start thinking about how we’re doomed, because people obviously aren’t taking this seriously. I mean, they’re at the park instead of huddled in their apartment! Then I remember I’m at the park too...
- pdonis 7y ago> There's nothing wrong with people that are living together going for a walk together, it won't particularly increase their exposure. And it might help to keep them from going stir crazy from being cooped up inside too long...
- jmull 7y agoLeisurely family walks are fine. Generally, clusters are OK for people that live together anyway.
- danharaj 7y agoI'm more sanguine. I live on a busy Brooklyn street which is normally packed with people shoulder to shoulder during the day, and I will see maybe 5-10 people on the block at what should be the busiest time. I think it's like a 90%-95% reduction which is certainly substantial enough to quench the spread enough to reduce the shock hospitals are receiving. Doing my part (I have asthma), I haven't left the apartment since Sunday :^)
- lettergram 7y agoBut for how long? The stricter the quarantine the longer we have to quarantine to reduce spread. That's the problem. Best estimate is we can reduce daily interactions by 70%, for the next 12-18 months.
- danharaj 7y agoThe alternative is systemic failure of the healthcare infrastructure and millions of deaths.
- megous 7y agoWe don't know all the alternatives yet.
- danharaj 7y agoThe exponential function is a terrifying beast. Any alternatives we don't know now are irrelevant. There is a reason why NYC is bracing for impact: a tsunami of new cases are about to slam into the healthcare system. Usually Hacker News middlebrow skepticism is just in poor taste. On this topic, it is foolish and farcical. One of our doctor friends is already telling us that her hospital is under stress and she's not in one of the hardest hit states.
- airstrike 7y agoI'm not sure we want to find out
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- artursapek 7y agoYou obviously don't have young kids. Leaving your apartment and taking them for a walk is the bare minimum to the whole family not going crazy during something like this. You can't just sit at home and chill like a single adult can.
- booleandilemma 7y agoNot without a Wuhan-Style lockdown, apparently.
- artursapek 7y agoQuality of life in China is not all it's cracked up to be.
- baal80spam 7y agoHmm, I think NY still 'gets it' much more than Tokyo, just see for yourself: Shibuya Crossing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vishEDtgdw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vishEDtgdw Times Square: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRe-514tGMg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRe-514tGMg