Trump’s Corona Watch Ongoing Post 04 (March 4, 2020)

America needs competent, reliable, fact-based accurate information to plan how we react together to weather this new viral assault. This is the fourth in a series of daily updates, starting on March 1, 2020.

Public Health Personal Prevention Guidance for Coronavirus

Wash Your Hands, Wash Your Hands, Wash Your Hands
Have Hand Sanitizer (60% alcohol) at Work Desk, in Car, and Home
Skip the Surgical Masks, They Don’t Protect You
Cover Up, Cough and Sneeze in Your Sleeve
Minimize Self Touching of Face, Eyes, and Mouth
Elbow Bumps, No Hand Shaking
If You Have a Temp, and Don’t Feel Well, Stay Home
Reduce Casual Contact with Those Suffering Acute Respiratory Illness
Reduce Unnecessary Long-Distance Travel
Consult with Authorities About Potential School and Church Response Plans
Ask at Work about Telecommuting Opportunities
Stock Up on Chronic Prescription Meds (90 days)
Look in on Elders and Disabled Family Members
Don’t Panic. Take Sensible Reasonable Precautions Before You Need To.

That’s real Public Health Advice folks, advice you can take to the bank.

Stay Safe, America

Daily Worldwide COVID-19 Case Tracking

One of the best information tools for overall tracking in near real time comes to us courtesy of Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE). A private non-governmental organization stepping up to the plate with unvarnished, unbiased data. Facts man, just the facts. An amazing job.

Their interactive website is free, information packed, and easy to access. It is more current than CDC’s website, which seems to suffer from bureaucratic atherosclerosis, if there is not also some top-down information thumb scaling going on as well, say from Czar Pence’s 26-year-old press flack. Yes, this is the same website dummy Ken the Cutch asked for public help to find recently, despite his being a card-carrying member of the Vaunted Task Force.

Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by Johns Hopkins CSSE

Visit early and often, and take the opportunity to observe and educate yourselves, and watch this serious situation unfold, as significant public health and medical measures are brought to bear.

Note to Readers: We try to take snapshots of the JHU database dashboard within an hour of the same time (9 PM) each day. Tonight, there was a temporary partial data display glitch on the website, and the shots included here were taken in the 10 PM hour, approximately 1 hour later than usual. Quick inspection does not appear to show any data loss or compromise. The difference of I hour in updating over a 24-hour period should not make any significant difference for basic comparisons, day to day.