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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Howard County is reopening more starting on Friday.  I think Hogan is and did a good job. Montgomery and PG county's needs are far different than Garret's or Worchester's.

What I don't like is that lack of communication from Montgomery County.  [/quote]

Lack of communication? I'm getting multiple daily e-mails. This councilmember, that councilmember, this department, that department, this spokesperson, that newsletter... Not to mention everything all over social media.[/quote]

I don't get the emails (lucky me?).  I just checked the Montgomery County Government facebook page and saw information- thanks for pointing me in that direction.  I suppose I want them to communicate with us how much closer we are to opening, not opening and to compare daily number to their reopening criteria.  Honestly the Moco show guy does a million times better job at communicating this information to us.  
[b]I suppose I want to know when we will see light at the end of the tunnel, or even where the tunnel ends.[/b]  [/quote]

PP, everyone wants to know that, but unfortunately nobody has yet invented crystal ball that actually works.[/quote]

In terms of a tunnel  I mean what are the clear metrics Montgomery county will be using to go into phase 1 (not when covid is completely done).  If there are concrete numbers, or concrete data they will be looking at I don't know about it.  It's clear it's not just me either, many people seem to have the same questions I do.  [/quote]
Here are the metrics: https://montgomerycountymd.gov/HHS/RightNav/Coronavirus-data.html[/quote]

If you read and listen to what Elrich says  and even the website - its a bit they will look at these holistically , “consider together” along with their press statements that  create grey areas as to what they mean.  That’s the complaint.
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I think it's completely appropriate for them to look at the metrics holistically. Don't you?

I understand that people want certainty. I do too. It's not Elrich's fault or failing that there isn't certainty, though. The lack of certainty is because the situation is uncertain.[/quote]

If you use a few well accepted metrics backed by a committee of medical / science professionals to interpret the results, then yes looking at it holistically makes sense.

But if you throw up a whole lot of metrics, some that don't even make sense or are not used elsewhere (hospital beds below pre-pandemic levels), you use unsophisticated data science (3 day averages - rather than real data scientists interpreting) - oh - and your committee is you the politician and one public health officer rather than real scientists, than no it doesn't make sense.  What it does is allow you any answer at any time.  Oh, and don't forget, you conveniently forget to disclose to the public the data on nursing homes which accounts for 74% of the deaths in Moco. . . .  just to add in lack of transparency.

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