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Our Best Chance: Social Distancing    -   16 March 2020

Our Best Chance: Social Distancing - 16 March 2020

| March 16, 2020

Social distancing is a set of nonpharmaceutical infection control actions

intended to stop or slow down the spread of a contagious disease.

Please be the hero I am waiting for.

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ABQ Weather or Not

Did you know? An analysis shows that China's emissions of CO2,

a major greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change,

have dropped by 25 percent since the COVID-19 crisis began.

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Editor's Choice 

I canceled my dental appointment on Friday, because I believe EXTREME social distancing is the single most effective tool we have in fighting the Coronavirus.

A friend forwarded the following email to me. Warning: It's long. Maybe too long. But we're headed in this direction, anyway, so why not start now?

Take 10 minutes - who knows how many lives you can save? Click on the link below to download:

Social Distancing eMail 

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RESOURCE CENTER / COVID-19

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NM DEPT OF HEALTH COVID-19 HOTLINE:

(800) 600-3453  /  # NM CASES: 21

Stay on top of what's happening in NM: Click here

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Per CDC: ao 3/16/2020

  • Total cases: 3,487

  • Total deaths: 68

GET UPDATES FROM THE CDC: Click here

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BREAKING NEWS: US guidelines for the next 15 days

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  Click here

A 17-year-old computer whiz from Seattle built an interactive map to keep the world updated on the COVID-19 pandemic.

The website has been visited by 12 million people since it was launched by Avi Schiffmann in December, according to The Times of Israel.

The site automatically scrapes data from sources all around the world and updates every minute.

It offers stats on confirmed cases, serious cases, deaths and recoveries.

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Recommended Reading

From literally hundreds of articles I have read in the past few weeks, these stand out:

You Are the Hero We Are Waiting For (Washington Post/ 3-13) - Click here

How to Flatten the Curve (Washington Post / 3-14) -Click here

Miranda's Rebellion (Washington Post 2/29) - Click here

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PARTING SHOT

THIS WEEK:

Be a good citizen - you were sent a Census form: OPEN IT,

enter "Your Census ID" at   my2020census.gov and complete it.

Thanks.

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