Coronavirus Coronavirus: In-Iowa General Discussion (Not Limited)
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CNN: This Iowa mayor is fighting to protect workers at a local food plant from coronavirus.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/17/politics/quentin-hart-iowa-mayor-interview/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/17/politics/quentin-hart-iowa-mayor-interview/index.html
If you are considering buying a beef or hog at a locker going forward, you better do it now. Just got a market hog from a place that can’t take them anywhere due to the processing plant shutdowns. We got it for $75. He was trying to move them as quick as he could. The locker we are taking it to already has 35 hogs to process next week.
That's about the same % I saw yesterday during a walkabout in the park. Won't go there this weekend, it will be too crowded. Some peeps were doing okay about yielding enough space on the paths, others not at all and walking two abreast or in large family groups. Biking groups and runners were almost 100% not yielding ANY space. Runners are the worst, thanks for breathing hard through your mouth while trying to almost rub shoulders with me.
Runners have been the worst! I am walking on one side of a path and they narrowly avoid my as they pass while breathing heavily. Even though the entire path is open!!
I actually think bikers have the upper hand here. They ride like the laws don't apply to them.
God forbid they stop at an intersection or use the bike lane that takes up a third of the street
I am both a runner and a biker, well, more of a "jogger" at my age as I am not sure I can call in running anymore (so ******* slow). Been running in residential streets to avoid the park paths. That sucks since I am only one block from the Mpls park system but it's just too crowded. Going to be warm enough to bike this coming week and not sure how I am going to approach that. The paths, especially the shared paths on the parkway, are going to be just too narrow. Speed, heavy breathing etc would just seem to me to be putting a lot of stuff into the air and with some distribution (height and speed). Thinking I am going to have to be riding in the street. That's going to be the opposite of what I've done for years which was to chart 25 mile rides that optimized paths and avoided street intersections.
Maybe misremembering but wasn’t the baseline that we wanted to be below doubling every three days? So we are not doubling in 7 days by this measure. Isn’t this a good sign outside of SD? Wouldn’t this be a sign of a state that is flattening the curve. The peak is being moved out and we are slowly moving towards it.
Isn't Iowa's jump very heavily influenced by the different outbreaks at meat packing plants?
Off topic but this thread is all over the place anyway so whatever.
Honestly officially stopping a bike at like a 4 way intersection is tricky to then stay in the flow of movement as drivers move. But at the bare minimum bikes should have to at least slow down with intent to stop on the approach. They definitely shouldn't just glide through a red light like it's not there. It's not like their workout or ride is disrupted that much from stopping for a minute.
Looking at cases per 1M population which is a much better statistic than just pure increase, the only one that is really applicable here is SD. That could change, but right now the others are not even close to being obscene.
Probably....imo that's evidence why opening things up needs to be done with a delicate plan.
Nationally reported cases have leveled off but don't seem to be slowing down vs. the calls to get back to it. It's hard to tell when they're being reported, but still it hasn't exactly dropped off.
Shouldn't Tyson get some blame for disrupting the meat supply? Do we hold other companies accountable that have to do similar if things are opened up?
Sounds like they were just reckless by general safety practices which doesn't help, but that in itself shows that owners of businesses may go beyond careful considerations or guidelines if things are opened up.
Oh, there was definitely mismanagement at those facilities. All I was trying to say is that the tweet left no context and made it seem as though the state is out of control.
Yeah sorry, not arguing on it, just thoughts on the scenario.
A big concern re: the plants is how long have those workers been carrying and spreading? Things looked at least OK for Iowa with exception to the sad situations with the care facilities and nursing homes, but I'm afraid this starts a wave within the first wave.
I have no issue with jogging or biking on the streets. The problems start when they are multiple joggers/bikers wide and don't at least slow at stop signs.
Bikes on sidewalks (even the wider ones) are tricky. I try to keep my dog leashed close to me and we hit the grass when I see bikes approaching. Many people don't. And not many bikers give a warning the are coming up from behind you.
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