Coronavirus Coronavirus: In-Iowa General Discussion (Not Limited)
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Parks are not shut down. Playground equipment, amusement parks, and skate parks are.
They are open, but most of the services associated with them are closed like campsites, cabins, etc. Not trying to argue anything, just fyi.
Sounds legit. Seems like a good source of other micro organisms that could go outcompete Corona.
What is your opinion on the ventilator issue? In 2007 the gov't looked at issues from (was it SARS then or something else, can't remember the exact and I forget what the article said) the current medical pandemic and the assembled medical team said we needed to ramp up the ventilator situation and stockpile. 2008 they had decided what they wanted (a smaller more condensed ventilator that would be easy to transport) and decided they needed around 20,000 of these. We still don't have them. 11-12 years from when everything got ironed out and wheels set in motion, and somehow a bunch of people dropped this. This is a problem that was noticed in 2007 and addressed in 2008 but apparently somewhere, somebody dropped the ball.
So this was supposed to be fixed 10 years before your 2017 timeframe but nothing happened. Why?
Damn!!!! I go to the mailbox as soon as I see the truck pull up, open the mail and deposit checks written to me right away.
I should have been more clear...yes, parks are open but most of the amenities are closed. I don't know if that is all by state proclamation or if that will be patchwork by jurisdiction or location.
As to why you might have heard parks are closed, I wonder if this line of the proclamation is causing confusion:
Skating rinks and parks: All indoor or outdoor roller or ice skating rinks and skate parks shall be closed.
I don't remember how she phrased it in the press conference, but spoken aloud that might sound like "skating rinks and parks" (two separate items) where it's clear from reading it in the proclamation that she's referring specifically to skate parks.
New closures w/ previous listed also:
Lists of new, previous closures
The full list of closed businesses, taking effect as of 8 a.m. Tuesday, now includes:
- Malls
- Tobacco or vaping stores
- Toy, gaming, music, instrument, movie or adult entertainment stores
- Social and fraternal clubs, including those at golf courses
- Bingo halls, bowling alleys, pool halls, arcades and amusement parks
- Museums, libraries, aquariums and zoos
- Race tracks and speedways
- Roller or ice skating rinks and skate parks
- Outdoor or indoor playgrounds or children’s play centers
- Campgrounds
Golf courses are still allowed open, provided they implement social distancing practices.
The closures join the following that were already closed by the governor’s proclamation:
- Restaurants and bars limited to carry-out
- Fitness centers and swimming pools
- Salons and barbershops
- Medical spas
- Tattoo parlors
- Tanning facilities
- Massage therapy establishments
- Theaters
- Casinos
- Nonessential retail stores, including bookstores, clothing and accessory stores, beauty supply stores, florists and home furnishing stores. All are still able to operate online and offer delivery and curbside pickup.
- Senior citizen centers and adult day care facilities
- Livestock auctions of food animals with more than 25 people
- All other gatherings of 10 or more people, including religious and community gatherings, parades, festivals, conventions and fundraisers
Maybe posted already, a 5:27 minute video currently on the front page of nytimes.com, that I found to be informative
https://www.nytimes.com/
“How Coronavirus Attacks the Body”
Includes 3-D model of the lungs of a 59-year-old patient who died.
(You might have to click tab that says Video; perhaps search later on above title if not there.)
https://www.nytimes.com/
“How Coronavirus Attacks the Body”
Includes 3-D model of the lungs of a 59-year-old patient who died.
(You might have to click tab that says Video; perhaps search later on above title if not there.)
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Not sure I understand the reasoning behind keeping people out of parks (these types of parks), unless there simply isn’t a way for people to avoid coming in contact with each other there. We drove around saylorville on Sunday and there were some entrances that were closed off however at least one that was open and was a zoo. At each of the closed ones there were a handful of vehicles parked like that though.
Yeah because wide open forests are such a terrible place to get away from people. Yet some essential business (ie those with money) still have hundreds come to work every day
I do wish we could just get on with this already, I'd love some vacation time.
Known trails are crowded, rural areas don’t have a lot of medical facilities, search and rescue etc is better off not being deployed.
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