We've had two days in a row with 2 new hospitalizations - after a weeks of just a couple of increases.
It's about two weeks now since the governor started loosening the restrictions on businesses. At that time - May 4 to be exact - we had 370 cases. I said then that at the pace we were going we'd get to 400 in a week. But the pace dropped off dramatically and we're only at 392 now. But if we keep up our 4 a day pace, we'll hit 400 by Monday.
Staying home, masking when going out, and considering how your actions affect others takes a different kind of courage and thinking than we're used to celebrating in the US.
Boot camp is often considered a place where people are tested on their endurance, their ability to withstand hardship over a long period of time. While there is clearly a mental aspect to it - to break people down so they obey orders immediately without question - the most obvious part is physical. But boot camp - whether entered into voluntarily or through the draft - has an end date. People know how much longer they have to endure. There's a strong, authoritarian hierarchy and a peer group that punish you for slacking off.
The Coronavirus is a cagier test of people's endurance and courage. First, there's no clear end date. Second, there's no visible danger. (In Alaska this is probably more true than in places like New York City where the effects of the virus are more visible.) Third, the message from 'leaders' is mixed and confused. Fourth, enforcement is lax. The challenge of the virus is mental for most people, who aren't likely to get severely sick or die. But the isolation rules also are physical, and for the poor, much more taxing than for others. Of course, for those who require hospitalization, it's very physical.
As I watch those protesting lockdowns with guns on their backs and faces uncovered, I muse about them shooting at the virus. But it's not the virus they threaten to shoot, but people who ask them to make some sacrifices to save lives.
The same things we say about our military all the time, and about police and fighter fighters. I hope that when this is over, people start paying much more attention to ways to raise children so that they are both strong as individuals and understanding of how their personal strength has been helped by the community around them and how they owe that community.
The North Vietnamese used to say that they took the long view and could wait out the US which isn't as comfortable with long struggles. The Taliban are probably saying the same thing. The virus is a test of self strength and we're seeing people without masks* or carrying guns and protesting their lost freedoms, who are failing that test.
CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES ALASKA MARCH/APRIL/May 2020
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| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| new/total | hos=hospital | 12th = 0/0 | 13th = 1/1 | 14th = 0/1 | 15th = 0/1 | |
| 16th = 0/1 | 17th = 2/3 | 18th = 3/6 | 19th = 3/9 | 20th = 3/12 | 21st= 2/14 | 22nd= 8/22 |
| 23rd=14/36 | 24th =6/42 1 hos 1 dead | 25th = 17/59 3 hos 1 dead | 26th = 10/69 3 hos 1 dead | 27th =16/89 5 hos 2 dead | 28th = 13/102 6 hos 2 dead | 29th= 12/114 7 hos 3 dead |
| 30th=5/119 7 hos 3 dead | 31st= 14/133 9 hos 3 dead | |||||
| April 2020 | 1st= 10/143 9 hos 3 dead | 2nd=8(6)/149 13 hos 3 dead | 3rd=8(11)157 15 hos 3 dead | 4th=15/171 16 hos 5 dead | 5th= 14/185 20 hos 6 dead | |
| 6th=6/191 23 hosp 6 dead | 7th= 22/213 23 hosp 6 Dead29 recovered | 8th= 13/226 27 hosp 7 dead 32 recovered | 9th= 9/235 27 hosp 7 dead 49 recovered | 10th=11/246 28 hosp 7 dead 55 recovered | 11th=11/257 31 hosp 8 dead 63 recovered | 12th= 15/272 31 hosp 8 dead 66 recovered |
| 13th= 5/277 32 Hosp 8 dead 85 Recovered | 14th = 8/285 32 Hosp 9 dead 98 Recovered | 15th= 8/293 34 Hosp 9 dead 106 Recovered | 16th= 7/300 35 hosp 9 dead 110 recovered | 17th= 9/309 36 hosp 9 dead 128 recovered | 18th = 5/315 36 hos 9 dead 147 Recovered | 19th= 4/319 36 hos 9 dead 153Recovered |
| 20th 2/321 36 hos 9 dead 161 recovered | 21st 8/329 36 hos 9 dead 168 recovered | 22nd 6/335 36 hos 9 dead 196recovered | 23nd 2/337 36 hos 9 dead 209recovered | 24th 2/339 36 hos 9 dead 208recovered (-1 from 4/23) | 25th 0/339 36 hos 9 dead 217recovered | 26th 2/341 36 hos 9 dead 217recovered |
| 27th 4/345 37 hos 9 dead 218recovered | 28th 6/351 37 hos 9 dead 228 recovered | 29th 4/355 36 hos 9 dead 240recovered | 30th 0/355 36 hos 9 dead 252recovered | |||
| May 2020 | 1st 9/364 36 hos 9 dead 254recovered | 2nd 1/365 36 hos 9 dead 261recovered | 3rd 3/368 36 hos 9 dead 262recovered | |||
| 4th 2/370 37 hos 9 dead 263recovered | 5th 1/371 38 hos 9 dead 277 recovered | 6th 1/372 38 hos 10 dead 284recovered | 7th 2/374 38 hos 10 dead 291recovered | 8th 3/377 38 hos 10 dead 305recovered | 9th 1/378 38 hos 10 dead 318recovered | 10th 1/379 38 hos 10 dead 324recovered |
| 11th 1/381 38 hos 10 dead 328recovered | 12th 2/383 38 hos 10 dead 334 recovered | 13th 0/383 38 hos 10 dead 335recovered | 14th 4/387 39 hos 10 dead 339recovered | 15th 4/388 41 hos 10 dead 343recovered | 16th 4/392 43 hos 10 dead 344recovered | |
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