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Just saw this:

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/31/ ... trictions/

It basically prohibits most construction projects.

The president just ordered an additional 30 days of stay in place orders.

mpallamary wrote:The president just ordered an additional 30 days of stay in place orders.

Those are "guidelines' not orders. They are worthless at this point.

Good approach!

Good message!

Good luck!

The term lockdown was used by the media and the World Health Organization (WHO) to describe the action taken in January 2020 by the government of China to restrict movements of people in order to control the outbreak of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Wuhan.[7] When Italian authorities imposed a strict quarantine order in the northern part of the country, the media also used the term lockdown, which was used for Spain and France, as well as other countries around the world.[8][9][10][11] Although it is not a technical term in public health or laws, the media continued to use lockdown to describe those actions by the governments.[12] As the lockdowns were expanded to other countries, there was a shift in the definitions. Measures are less restrictive and other terms emerged in attempts to differentiate from the most restrictive measure in China.[5]

When the authorities in San Francisco Bay Area issue an order in March 2020 for residents to stay home to control the outbreak of COVID-19, they called it a shelter-in-place order.[13] People were not familiar with it as the term shelter in place had been used in other emergency situations such as an active shooter which would require seeking a safe place to hide within the same building that the person already occupies until the situation is resolved.[14] This caused confusion to the residents under the order on what exactly they are supposed to do.[15]

When Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state-wide order for California which would supersede the Bay Area's order, he used the term stay-at-home order instead.[16] Other US states started using the new term when they announced their statewide order.[17] In a press conference, Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York criticized anyone using the term shelter in place for his stay-at-home order as it would invoke panic due to its association with active shooting situations or nuclear wars.[18]

Lockdowns in the United States
In the United States, the term lockdown has been widely used in emergency preparedness. A lockdown procedure requires immediate actions in hiding and locking all doors. Additional actions may be taken such as turning off lights and staying away from windows.[19][20] Students in all grade levels around the country participate in lockdown drills on a regular basis.[21]

The word lockdown can also be associated a martial law to mean that people cannot leave their homes.[22] In an attempt to avoid confusion, Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago made a comment about the stay-at-home order of Illinois by trying to differentiate it from a lockdown or a martial law.[23]

When states and counties across the United States issued an order to have residents to remain home, they either called it shelter-in-place order or stay-at-home order. It has been clarified that these orders are not lockdowns because residents are allowed to go in and out of their homes in limited circumstances.[24] Some jurisdictions have determined that there is a legal or practical distinction between the terms "stay-at-home" and "shelter-in-place".[25][26][27]

Be safe out there and be smart!

You may be a carrier and not know it.

As a general rule, males between 30 and 39 are carriers. They may carry and not display all of the symptoms. The most vulnerable group is older males.

Construction activities can resume on Monday 5/4 in Bay Area counties. Just watched news conference.
Glad to hear that.

MikeT wrote:Construction activities can resume on Monday 5/4 in Bay Area counties.

Mike did you move back to the bay area from the valley, or you still making that long drive for work?

Hey Keith. No I'm in Valley still making that drive to Bay approximately one day a week (at least before
all this went down).