in the state of vermont today we had four new known cases of covid-19. our calculated rate of transmission is .55.
we're doing very well here. our governor made hard choices early and closed stuff down.
there will be no opening of things back up until may 15 at least, and it was a very smart thing to place the extension of the stay at home order so far out in the future because many lives will be saved.
we have choices, all of us. we can decide now and every day whether we will all know someone who knows someone who dies of covid-19 or whether we all know someone who dies of covid-19.
just now, as i was writing this, i heard from a friend that a father of one of her friends has died. he was one of three cases IN THAT FAMILY.
i have a friend who works on the unit where they treat the covid patients here. i have a friend who works at a nursing home where there are cases. i have a friend who is a respiratory therapist at this hospital.
i can't protect them from this. i can't protect the delivery drivers or the grocery clerks. but i can stay home and lower the transmission rate. i can decide not to order delivery stuff i don't need right now. i can reduce the general rate of exposure.
you can too.
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