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Safetydan said:
So this happened in Provo, yesterday.

Fantastic:

www.sltrib.com

In separate rallies, Utahns protest mask mandate and demand in-person classes

<b>Provo •</b> As she walked up to the podium to speak, one of the moms grabbed a face mask and spit her gum out into it. “It’s garbage,” she shrugged, wadding it up. “It doesn’t work anyway. Not for me and not for my kids.”
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For whatever reason, Utah County hasn't really been hit yet. I am surprised that things aren't growing down there more quickly.
Found this - a great site (thanks utah.gov for providing great info) that shows case growth and numbers in individual counties in Utah.

Case Counts | Coronavirus

coronavirus.utah.gov coronavirus.utah.gov
 
I found this interesting.

www.ksl.com

413 more COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths reported in Utah Wednesday

The new numbers followed a Spanish-language update on the disease in Utah.
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Health department officials also clarified Wednesday that the COVID-19 deaths reported each day may not be individuals who died in the last 24 hours. Tuesday, the department reported 10 deaths, the highest number of deaths reported in any single day since the pandemic began. However, three of the deaths reported Tuesday were from previous weeks or months.

Deaths reported by the health department typically occurred two to seven days before the department reports them, the health department said in an email. Occasionally, some deaths may have occurred more than two to seven days before they are reported, usually when a Utah resident has died in another state.
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So if I am reading this correctly the daily death totals are not true daily deaths. Most are deaths that happened sometime in the past week. Some months ago. And is Utah really crediting a death to the state's numbers if a Utah resident dies out of state?
 
Scat said:
I found this interesting.

www.ksl.com

413 more COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths reported in Utah Wednesday

The new numbers followed a Spanish-language update on the disease in Utah.
www.ksl.com www.ksl.com



So if I am reading this correctly the daily death totals are not true daily deaths. Most are deaths that happened sometime in the past week. Some months ago. And is Utah really crediting a death to the state's numbers if a Utah resident dies out of state?
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Correct, the deaths reported for the day don't necessarily mean that specific day. And, yes, a number of states are reporting out-of-state deaths in their totals. The CDC later will publish deaths by date and a good person to follow regarding that on twitter is @kylelamb8 (that's a clickable link to his profile). He's part of the Locked-on Network and with sports absent, has moved to statistical breakdown of COVID. He often will report graphs regarding the true curves of death by date, as released by the CDC. The most recent elevations have come from backlogs withing the past couple months. Of course, it's hard to tell for certain what an underlying trend is because, obviously, deaths that may be happening today can also be backlogged into future dates. But as more time goes on, the more the data can approximate true trends.
 
Back in the office today after working at home since March 13. I'm going to start going in 2 days a week. We had some layoffs so I "inherited" a new department that requires me to be in and out of conference calls all day the for the time being while I set things up - it's just better to take them in my office as opposed to home where my wife, son and dog all need me for something every 15 minutes. My work location usually houses about 100 or so employees (the main office is in NYC) - right now there are 3 people here. The other tenants in my office building either closed up shop or have all their folks working from home as well. I think there are more security guards here than actual working people, lol.

Very strange - my white board has deals on it that closed months ago and I still have my Utah Jazz 2019-20 schedule pinned on my wall.

My company hasn't even started Phase 1 of the return to work process yet - it's supposed to be 3 phases spread out over several months - about 85% of the company can work from home if they have to so there's no rush. Rumor has it they're going to sell one of their locations and then lease a smaller place and have most folks WFH permanently - I think we can expect to see a lot of companies do something like this.

One good thing about being in an empty office - unfettered access to the supply closet. If anyone needs any manila folders, I'm your man!
 
candrew said:
Back in the office today after working at home since March 13. I'm going to start going in 2 days a week. We had some layoffs so I "inherited" a new department that requires me to be in and out of conference calls all day the for the time being while I set things up - it's just better to take them in my office as opposed to home where my wife, son and dog all need me for something every 15 minutes. My work location usually houses about 100 or so employees (the main office is in NYC) - right now there are 3 people here. The other tenants in my office building either closed up shop or have all their folks working from home as well. I think there are more security guards here than actual working people, lol.

Very strange - my white board has deals on it that closed months ago and I still have my Utah Jazz 2019-20 schedule pinned on my wall.

My company hasn't even started Phase 1 of the return to work process yet - it's supposed to be 3 phases spread out over several months - about 85% of the company can work from home if they have to so there's no rush. Rumor has it they're going to sell one of their locations and then lease a smaller place and have most folks WFH permanently - I think we can expect to see a lot of companies do something like this.

One good thing about being in an empty office - unfettered access to the supply closet. If anyone needs any manila folders, I'm your man!
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I've been working from home since 03/18. There are still a number of people that have been going in but there was a positive case just today so they are sending everyone home. This will definitely delay reopening the office.
 
candrew said:
Back in the office today after working at home since March 13. I'm going to start going in 2 days a week. We had some layoffs so I "inherited" a new department that requires me to be in and out of conference calls all day the for the time being while I set things up - it's just better to take them in my office as opposed to home where my wife, son and dog all need me for something every 15 minutes. My work location usually houses about 100 or so employees (the main office is in NYC) - right now there are 3 people here. The other tenants in my office building either closed up shop or have all their folks working from home as well. I think there are more security guards here than actual working people, lol.

Very strange - my white board has deals on it that closed months ago and I still have my Utah Jazz 2019-20 schedule pinned on my wall.

My company hasn't even started Phase 1 of the return to work process yet - it's supposed to be 3 phases spread out over several months - about 85% of the company can work from home if they have to so there's no rush. Rumor has it they're going to sell one of their locations and then lease a smaller place and have most folks WFH permanently - I think we can expect to see a lot of companies do something like this.

One good thing about being in an empty office - unfettered access to the supply closet. If anyone needs any manila folders, I'm your man!
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I think we're going to see a very clear jump to further telecommuting and less emphasis on co-location (reduction of real estate and nominal cost of security/services/heating/maintenance/etc). I also think you're going to see employers open up jobs more fully - you can pay a software programmer living in Cleveland less than what it would command in San Jose.

Telecommuting obviously isn't new, but Covid-19 kickstarted the revolution to the n'th degree.
 
Avery said:
I think we're going to see a very clear jump to further telecommuting and less emphasis on co-location (reduction of real estate and nominal cost of security/services/heating/maintenance/etc). I also think you're going to see employers open up jobs more fully - you can pay a software programmer living in Cleveland less than what it would command in San Jose.

Telecommuting obviously isn't new, but Covid-19 kickstarted the revolution to the n'th degree.
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I live in a cheaper, to an extent, area and my company is in silicon vally. So I kind of met them in the middle. I make a lot more than if I worked for a local company and bit less if I lived in San Fran/Cupertino area. Kind of a win win for everyone.
 
Ron Mexico said:
Sorry

Sorry to hear that. I know you weren't super close but that's really hard to deal with and sad.
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It's been rough, man. I'm pretty private (believe it or not not haha) and I've shared more about my mom on Jazzfanz than I have with anyone.

I've been wanting to talk to her for a while. I'm going through a lot of life's typical **** and trying to keep my head above water.

I have lots of mixed emotions now.
 
Avery said:
I think we're going to see a very clear jump to further telecommuting and less emphasis on co-location (reduction of real estate and nominal cost of security/services/heating/maintenance/etc). I also think you're going to see employers open up jobs more fully - you can pay a software programmer living in Cleveland less than what it would command in San Jose.

Telecommuting obviously isn't new, but Covid-19 kickstarted the revolution to the n'th degree.
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Yep, which will lead to another round of urban flight similar to what occurred in the 1960's.

I can tell you that ****ed up NYC for about 25 years
 
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