Week of the “Big Open”

As we enter the week of the “Big Open”, states and provinces are flipping and flopping about which social distance measures will be followed. Quebec just flopped on school openings and announced they would be closed in Montreal. 
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/metropolitan-montreal-schools-to-stay-closed-1.5569670

American TV news are showing many examples of people coming out of social isolation and ignoring a lot of the social distancing measures that are still recommended. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gomUsLLqaag
If this does not lead to a large increase in Covid-19 cases in the following weeks, every epidemiologist and infectious disease expert will be completely flummoxed.

Since there is a 14-day infection period, expect to see a big increase in cases in about three weeks. In fact, a projection by the US Federal Emergency Management Agency forecasts an increase from 25,000 cases today to about 200,000 new cases by the end of May.  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/04/us/coronavirus-live-updates.html#link-582f66ac

While there are many things that are not known about the Covid-19 virus, one of the things that is known is that it is extremely contagious and spreads very rapidly. Watch the video in this article to see a striking demonstration of how quickly it could spread.  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/15/how-coronavirus-spreads-in-restaurant-video

Author: Ernie Dainow

I was fascinated with mathematics at an early age. In university I became more interested in how people think and began graduate work in psychology. The possibilities of using computers to try to understand the brain by simulating learning and thinking became an exciting idea and I completed a Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence in Computer Science. My interest in doing research shifted to an interest in building systems. I worked for 40+ years in the computer field, on large mainframe computers, then personal computers, doing software development for academic and scientific research, business and financial applications, data networks, hardware products and the Internet. After I retired I began writing to help people understand computers, software, smartphones and the Internet. You can download my free books from Apple iBooks, Google Play Books and from https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/edainow

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