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Weekly coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - week of May 25

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This thread is posted weekly, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the situation is like where you live!

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  1. Algernon_Asimov
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    I broke social isolation today, for the first time in three months! I visited a friend. I hugged my friend. I may have hugged him multiple times. We hung out for a few hours. It was wonderful.

    I broke social isolation today, for the first time in three months!

    I visited a friend. I hugged my friend. I may have hugged him multiple times. We hung out for a few hours. It was wonderful.

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    1. Kuromantis
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      "All action being taken is purely for show" Was this an honest mistake by governments or the former?

      "All action being taken is purely for show"

      Was this an honest mistake by governments or the former?

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  6. skybrian
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    Why the coronavirus is surging in Alameda County [...] [...]

    Why the coronavirus is surging in Alameda County

    [Cardenas Market in Oakland’s Fruitvale district] is located in a predominantly Latino East Oakland neighborhood that has astonishingly high rates of coronavirus infections — about 500 cases per 100,000 residents, nearly three times the Alameda County average. It’s one of a handful of communities in the county identified as profoundly vulnerable to the pandemic and in need of expanded public health resources.

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    Alameda County may have more cases than any other Bay Area county, but it does not have the highest rate of illness — that distinction goes to San Francisco, which has about 280 cases per 100,000 residents, compared with Alameda County’s 185 per 100,000.

    But the case rate varies across the county, and in keeping with statistics in the rest of the United States, communities of color have dramatically higher rates than other areas. Eleven ZIP codes have higher rates than the county average, and all of them have large black and Latino populations. The most affected neighborhoods are in East Oakland and parts of Hayward.

    Countywide, Latinos have the highest rate of illness: 321 per 100,000 residents. African Americans have the highest fatality rates: 11 deaths per 100,000 residents, which is double the county average.

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    Gallo noted that in his East Oakland district, some small business owners never shut down, despite shelter-in-place orders, because they had no way to support themselves otherwise. And some of those who did close are pushing hard to reopen soon because their financial situation is becoming dire.

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