Some interesting data maps showing travel patterns during the pandemic.
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Ive seen it and the predicted and desired outcome. And it influences such free thinkers as this in the comments:
“What a surprise, the darkest part of the map is an overlay of the Red States. This is a perfect example of why we need a government to intrude in our lives.”
However the comparison is asinine. If you live in Pontotoc County, MS and travel 2 or more miles to the grocery store.. are you exposing yourself to the same as someone traveling 2 miles in New York City? Newark NJ? This map can still mirror people making only essential trips.
But lets not miss an opportunity to market divisiveness in a time like this.
It’s looking at how averages have changed. Not the total amount of distance traveled.
”Percent change in average travel for the week of March 23, compared with travel before the coronavirus outbreak.”
I agree that the last map isn’t very useful.
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I'm sort of tired of the whole US being lumped into this thing with New York and New Jersey. Those two states make up maybe 10% of the US population but basically 50% of the total cases, new daily cases, deaths, etc.
And I'm certainly not saying this should be taken lightly. I just think the US numbers are being badly skewed due to one hot spot - and the whole country is being treated like it's all the same. Here in Mississippi my life has changed very little, yet technically I'm socially distancing better than people who are sheltered in place 99% of the time in any large city. It's kind of ridiculous to complain about people here leaving there house when it means nothing at all in terms of social distancing. The worst thing I've done here is go to the grocery store twice - which is unavoidable anywhere.
I drove 45 minutes to see my parents this weekend. Spent all day Sunday with them, but we stayed outside - I never stepped foot in the house, and we sat in chairs far apart. No physical interaction. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. But people would leave you to believe that was spreading the virus.
And I'm certainly not saying this should be taken lightly. I just think the US numbers are being badly skewed due to one hot spot - and the whole country is being treated like it's all the same. Here in Mississippi my life has changed very little, yet technically I'm socially distancing better than people who are sheltered in place 99% of the time in any large city. It's kind of ridiculous to complain about people here leaving there house when it means nothing at all in terms of social distancing. The worst thing I've done here is go to the grocery store twice - which is unavoidable anywhere.
I drove 45 minutes to see my parents this weekend. Spent all day Sunday with them, but we stayed outside - I never stepped foot in the house, and we sat in chairs far apart. No physical interaction. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. But people would leave you to believe that was spreading the virus.
Distance is a dumb metric. I can drive to my office, which is about a 7 mile drive, and see maybe 5 people and easily keep social distance while doing it. I could also drive to the grocery store less than 2 miles away, where I will see probably 100 or so people and social distancing is a little tougher.
Which of those is the riskier behavior?
Which of those is the riskier behavior?
Not to mention reduced hours for the essential businesses which does two thing. It provides the only place people can visit and reduces the hours they can visit which results in stores fuller than you ever encounter in normal circumstances.
Leave it to the NYt's to spew BS info. While what they print may be true...they portray a dishonest message. But rational people figured that out long ago.
I travel approx 13 miles to the nearest grocery store.
Here's a good response
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media...es-the-south-with-misleading-coronavirus-map/
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media...es-the-south-with-misleading-coronavirus-map/
I saw another map that showed color by the distace you had to travel to get to a grocery store. It looked a LOT like that one. Imagine that. The NYT is totally ignorant of what rual life is like. They don't have a dang clue. I live in town and have to travel two miles to get to one.
I know several older couples that get out during the day and just drive around for an hour or so. They don't need to be around people so it is their only entertainment other than tv and the internet. They aren't hurting anything and will be probably drive even more now that they know they are being tracked by the New York Times.
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