Update
Scott Taylor U.S. Congressman (FMR)
Consulting at Taylor Global Strategies (TGS)
While our temporary routines are adapting to discomfort and social distancing, measures which we know can slow the steep curve of the spread, it is always important to remember we must stay calm and carry on during this crisis. Curbing the spread of the virus will help ensure our health system and our healthcare providers on the front lines do not become overburdened as we have seen in other countries. Check out the link below to get a visual model explaining what how social distancing can help:
As we make these temporary and necessary adjustments to our lives, let us not forget the less fortunate amongst us. Our Foodbanks are often stressed under normal circumstances, and with all the school/work closures, this strain will only increase. If you have a little extra, please give a little extra: www.foodbankonline.org.
Local, small businesses and our tourism industry are being hit hard — which means so our our neighbors whose income rely on them. Consider purchasing gift cards and take out if you can. Also, let’s all make sure we are checking in (via phone/internet) on our elderly and vulnerable population, maybe getting essential items for them so those at higher risk of contracting serious, threatening symptoms can stay home.
Too many citizens and positional leaders are looking at this crisis through a political lens. This is not the time for finger pointing. This is the time for calm, collective, and decisive action, even if criticized. Dealing with an unpredictable and networked threat is tough for governments, companies, and people in understanding the best ways to meet the challenge within the framework they find themselves in.
Shutting down travel from China a couple months ago, and then travel from Europe (which became the epicenter), was a tough and burdensome measure. But that distancing has bought the United States time — lowering the curve of cases and saving lives. At the same time, this crisis has exposed gaps in our systems, supply chains, diagnostic testing, and inflexible bureaucracies. We must do better, but…more on that later.
In the meantime, please continue to monitor official sources, updated with recommendations and information from experts:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/surveillance-and-investigation/novel-coronavirus/
President. Coastal Marine Service LLC
4 年I agree totally. I might also add. If you know an elderly person who cannot readily get to a store. Offer your help. There are those out there.
Independent Intelligence and National Security Advisor Adjunct Fellow at Centre for American Defense Studies
4 年It is interesting to note the different approaches of the US and UK. Simplistically: * The US approach is social distancing to prevent anyone being infected by the virus. The timeframe then depends on the speed of a vaccine becoming avaliable. * The UK approach is to isolate the elderly, and those with existing conditions that make the virus dangerous, but let the bulk of the population become infected and recover to build "herd immunity". This will cause a difficult few weeks, but focuses short-medium healthcare on those that really need it in a population that built resistence.
MEP Precon Management / Implementation / Electronics Consultant at Consulting Firm MEP IT Electrical
4 年Adapt and overcome