still closed

"but lord! what a sad time it is to see no boats upon the river; and grass grows all up and down white hall court, and nobody but poor wretches in the street,: the diary of samuel pepys 19 september 1665

it is not quite that deserted on the streets here ( and we can hope this does not extend into september they way it did in 1665 ) still..the state is to remain "closed" ( in a haphazard sort of way ) until may first unless the governor should "rescind, modify, or extend this executive order"...there have now been three waffles on this and i bet the iron is still on...

yesterday the united states recorded 24499 new cases of covid-19 and listed an additional 4161 "recovered" a 5.88:1 ratio of new cases to recovered individuals...today 28174 new cases and 2572 more recovered...an 11.06:1 ratio of new cases to recoveries...that doesn't sound like great news...new cases continue to hold in the twenty thousands and recoveries are up and down..again...a two week recovery period may be optimistist

nationally deaths have dropped off substantially over the past few days ( i have no number for today just yet ) while here in the state and county new cases have dropped off and deaths have increased...mixed news all over...one supposes the only real way to see is by lifting the stay at home orders...the unfortunate part about such an experiment is that the possibility of a spike in spread of the virus and deaths is a very real possibility..."business as usual" may prove fatal for many...may not...either way big greed does not care...they need a fix and will agitate for "re-opening" manipulating any and every one that can to their way of seeing things...that they are sociopathic liars is a given we all should understand as we ponder what to do when the doors open again...wading through the propaganda that swirls around all of this will not be simple...one presumes that is the intention.