[FRIAM] Fwd: [NICAR-L] AP/Johns Hopkins COVID-19 data

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Sorry. I didn't imply that _reopening_ businesses for a couple of days/week would reduce infections. I was talking in the context of Jim's comments about underdampening. I feel like reopening businesses for 2 fixed days per week (and only those 2 days, same days for every business) would *drive* infections in a way that we could then distinguish from the noise.

I haven't seen any more data since they first started saying median 5.1 days from infection to symptoms. But 7-2 = 5. 8^)  It might produce a cleaner signal to do it every 2 weeks. But that might be too difficult for us plebes. Our recycling and garbage services are on alternating 2 week schedules. So, here, we could simply add the alerts to our app ("RecycleCoach", I think it's called). But back in Portland, both garbage and recycling came every week.

On 4/8/20 6:11 PM, Steven A Smith wrote:
> I'm not sure why you imply reducing the number of days would reduce
> infections?

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