Anonymous wrote:Oh — here’s the link to the dashboard. I’d suggest rooting your response in the data: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/HHS/RightNav/Coronavirus-data.html

For statewide data you can look here: coronavirus.maryland.gov.

Thank you for posting this!

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh. I hope Elrich acts more cautiously. MoCo is a hotspot.

No we are not. You clearly aren’t following the data.

NP poster and terrible at finding the most current data. I've tried to dashboard but is there anything else you could link to help me? Thank you if you can

Oh — here’s the link to the dashboard. I’d suggest rooting your response in the data: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/HHS/RightNav/Coronavirus-data.html

For statewide data you can look here: coronavirus.maryland.gov.

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh. I hope Elrich acts more cautiously. MoCo is a hotspot.

Serious question: what would it take to *not* look like a hotspot in your eyes?

I’ll tell you! Let’s look at the dashboard Elrich and Gayles have set up to track the reopening metrics. As of today, here’s where we are:

All of these metrics have shown declines 14 out of the last 14 days:

- COVID hospitalizations
- COVID ER patients
- COVID ICU admissions
- ICU utilization rate
- Ventilator use
- Test positivity

The last one is really important because, while cases have declined for 8 out of the last 14 days, positivity rate has declined for all 14 days, meaning increases in cases are due to more testing, not further spread of the disease.

Acute Care bed utilization declined 2 out of the last 14 days, but the 3-day rolling average is 71%. The benchmark Gayles wants to see is 70%, so we are exceptionally close to that.

We have the capacity to test 3.2% of the population, above the CDC guideline of 2%. Gayles wants us to be able to test 5%, but hasn’t justified why we need to exceed the CDC’s guidelines.

So there’s your answer. Every single metric that shows burden of the disease on hospitals and spread of the disease is positive. Our testing capacity is strong. The contact tracing operation Hogan set up can handle 1,000 cases a day, above what Maryland has been doing, so it’s sufficient (and is continuing to be expanded).

Now, please show me where in the data suggests that MoCo is a hotspot that can’t be reopened.

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. I hope Elrich acts more cautiously. MoCo is a hotspot.

Serious question: what would it take to *not* look like a hotspot in your eyes?

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. I hope Elrich acts more cautiously. MoCo is a hotspot.

No we are not. You clearly aren’t following the data.

We are a hotspot but SD did what it was supposed to. The plan was never to leave all public life closed for months on end. The isolation is really getting to every person I know (in different ways), so while the virus remains as dangerous as ever, the risk of getting it is lower (less community spread, plus more hospital capacity), and the risks of lockdown are greater.

Especially if we may do all this again in the fall, we need a break. With precautions/SD/additional protection for vulnerable people. But we need a break.

Ugh. I hope Elrich acts more cautiously. MoCo is a hotspot.

“ 19) If we continue to see encouraging trends, the next step - likely coinciding with end of the school year - will be to consider reopening some additional outdoor amusement, fitness, sporting, and other summertime activities.”

Even with the MoCo and PGC delays, MD is still going to open all this stuff before VA. Wow.

Anonymous wrote:What about moco and pg though?

Oh, I’m sure Elrich will keep us closed, despite the fact that we’re seeing 14-day declines in 6 of our 10 reopening metrics.

What about moco and pg though?

Anonymous wrote:I guess I haven’t been paying attention closely, because I totally thought we were already in Phase 2 after his last press conference...

No, that was essentially Phase 1B.

Here's a twitter thread that lays out the changes:
https://twitter.com/katadhall/status/1268272796112584704

I guess I haven’t been paying attention closely, because I totally thought we were already in Phase 2 after his last press conference...

Hogan just announced it. Lots more businesses can open, including high-touch ones like nail salons. Expanded childcare spots. He said things like outdoor sporting activities, perhaps amusement parks, etc. might open around the end of the school year, should the positive trends continue.

Check this site for official guidance on everything (not updated yet, but will): https://open.maryland.gov/backtobusiness/

Now it’s up to Elrich to do the right thing and move MoCo forward too.