Since the article is behind a paywall, how are they doing this? Are people not allowed to leave their homes at all, even to go to the store? If not, I wouldn't exactly call it a complete lockdown. Also, how are the going to to deal with people entering the country for the next 18 months? I suppose they could test them all, but that would require a test that gives pretty immediate results and is 100% accurate so no one slips through the cracks.
Coronavirus Coronavirus: In-Iowa General Discussion (Not Limited)
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Since the article is behind a paywall, how are they doing this? Are people not allowed to leave their homes at all, even to go to the store? If not, I wouldn't exactly call it a complete lockdown. Also, how are the going to to deal with people entering the country for the next 18 months? I suppose they could test them all, but that would require a test that gives pretty immediate results and is 100% accurate so no one slips through the cracks.
Cool....but how much can they let off after the 4 weeks? Also is it easier for them to monitor 'violators'? Their culture involves less violence and crime than the USA...I'd think it's more cut and dry. Certainly easier to communicate with 4 million people in a smaller space.
Not arguing, just thinking logistically.
In the grand scheme of things, no, but it's certainly interesting when asked the specific question as to why she's not using any sort of phrasing as other states have, she talks around the question.
Not to distract from the daily ****show, but some numbers: 1119 test results for the 24 hr period, increase of 5 hospitalizations to 104 currently, 9 people discharged and recovering for a total of 89.
I believe that's by far the most test results for any 24 hr period.
I believe that's by far the most test results for any 24 hr period.
Agree...and they are an island capable of basically shutting down international travel. Size is roughly double the size of Iowa, but with a lower population density.
People complained because it made us look like inbred hicks who didn't care about what's going on until it was too late, which should matter to people who don't like being labelled as inbred hicks. Now, we're pretty caught up in terms of policy to other, similar states.
At this point, it's even less sensical that, according to the top health official in the country, we are doing a SIP but our governor simply refuses to accept that point for reasons nobody, not even she, can explain.
Initially we were told we weren't doing a SIP 'cuz it wasn't needed. Then we were told were basically doing the same thing, but not really, but basically. Then we are told we are doing the same thing, but just won't call it that. The same people who initially said we don't need a SIP have now seemlessly transitioned to saying we've been doing one the whole time. How does that mental gymnastics work?
How about we just fix the messaging outright at the source, who is the governor, and stop the confusion altogether? Yes, it's a silly argument, but on the outside it still...makes us look like inbred hicks with dips*** leadership who's being a stubborn prick about something stupid for literally no reason and no gain whatsoever.
We've had enough bad publicity after the caucus f***ups, let's not gather more with this idiocy. It's not hard to see why people would be upset with poor messaging related to how we are handling this compared to other states or at the federal level.
Is the 1100 tests a recent outlier or a growing trend of higher daily results? I genuinely don't recall.
They skipped the gradual phase of lock down and went to it immediately basically.
I have to admit I'm confused about what your argument here is. Clearly an urban, dense environment with as many people as our entire state has would have a much tougher time containing and controlling something like this. Doesn't take a brain blast to decipher that.
I stated that no one knows the exact reasoning, however it's clear there is a reason.
Yeah it is hilarious because he has repeated the same thing for at least 2 weeks.
...because his initial question has been unanswered for over 2 weeks...
whenever someone responds with “Take off your political party glasses and look at the details. It will enlighten you.”
it means that they aren’t really arguing in good faith.
I'm sure there maybe some other reason for not calling it a SIP, but the 2 reasons that come to mind are 1. If we stay below hospital capacity throughout this whole thing she comes out the other side smelling like a rose since she didn't put a SIP (in name only) in place. 2. She doesn't believe what we or any other state is doing is truly a SIP which would be more like a lock down, and why call a round ball square even though everyone else is doing it.
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