fuck "social distancing" this "shelter in place" shit has the assumption that we'll pull a rabbit out of our ass in 2-3 months tops. When in the history of medicine has that ever happend? I don't want people hurt by it. Drumming up more hysteria than the news already does isn't helping matters either.
On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 5:01 PM Merle Lefkoff <[email protected]> wrote: > Below is information I just saw from the Center for American Progress on > strategies to insure the election process can move forward. This is in > answer to Nick's (and my) concern. > > Expand opportunities for people to vote from home or at quarantine > locations > > States should think seriously about adopting all vote-by-mail > <https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/all-mail-elections.aspx> > elections > with vote centers or other in-person options for people who prefer or need > them. States such as Colorado, Oregon, and Washington have already > implemented all-mail elections with great success, and Hawaii will begin > implementing <https://elections.hawaii.gov/voters/hawaii-votes-by-mail/> > all-mail > voting during the 2020 elections. Another option is to adopt no-excuse > absentee voting > <https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/absentee-and-early-voting.aspx> > and > extend deadlines for requesting absentee ballots. A handful of states have > permanent > absentee voting > <https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/10/21/for-many-americans-election-day-is-already-here/>lists, > whereby every registered voter who signs up receives an absentee ballot > each election. As a precaution for upcoming elections, jurisdictions should > automatically > mail > <https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/capitol-ideas/mc-nws-pa-coronavirus-primary-election-mail-voting-20200312-rs7mnligozbv3f6m2wlrvr37ny-story.html>a > ballot to each registered voter well in advance of voting periods. Voters > should be able to return their ballots by mail or by dropping their voted > ballot off at conveniently located secure drop boxes or at drive-up, > drop-off locations. Ballot envelopes should be self-sealing to protect > <https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/election-polling-locations.html> > the > health and safety of election workers who handle absentee ballots. All > absentee ballots postmarked on or before Election Day must be counted even > if they are ultimately received days later due to postal service delays. > > > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 1:56 PM Marcus Daniels <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I thought this was kind of interesting. >> >> >> >> https://us.dantelabs.com/pages/coronavirus >> >> >> >> If they were doing something like this, might be able to collect both the >> viral and human data from one sample: >> >> >> >> >> https://www.illumina.com/content/dam/illumina-marketing/documents/products/appnotes/ngs-coronavirus-app-note-1270-2020-001.pdf >> >> >> >> >> >> *From: *Friam <[email protected]> on behalf of Frank Wimberly < >> [email protected]> >> *Reply-To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < >> [email protected]> >> *Date: *Friday, March 20, 2020 at 12:02 PM >> *To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < >> [email protected]> >> *Subject: *Re: [FRIAM] Outbreak Simulation >> >> >> >> Don't go to sleep, please >> >> >> >> I think our institutions are more robust and durable than you do. >> >> >> >> Frank >> >> --- >> Frank C. Wimberly >> 505 670-9918 >> Santa Fe, NM >> >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 20, 2020, 12:55 PM <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, Y’all, >> >> >> >> Just got done with the FRIAM ZOOM session, which seemed to divide into >> two sessions, equally interesting, but quite different. Session one was an >> expert discussion of the complexity dynamics of the pandemic and how >> technology could be used to maximize privacy while slowing transmission. >> Session two was an exploration of what it is actually going to be like to >> live through the next six months, and what, if anything we should be doing, >> psychologically and practically, to prepare ourselves for it. >> >> >> >> Most riveting quote of the day, perhaps more riveting because it was so >> paradoxical: >> >> >> >> “One thing you better have in mind as you plunge into a phase transition >> is a clear idea of how you want the world to look like after you come >> through it.” >> >> >> >> Most actionable suggestion of the day: >> >> >> >> Insist by every means possible that local and state election officials >> begin to plan (and practice in the primaries) a non-in-person voting system >> that will be regarded as legitimate by the general public. >> >> >> >> Personally, speaking for myself, I was left with one meta-question: >> >> >> >> How much time do we devote to trying to imagine the unimaginable. One >> the one hand, it seems like we have to; on the otherhand, trying to do it >> is so scarey that it runs the risk of bringing all thought to a stop. >> >> >> >> I know how to handle it individually: If I start to panic, I just climb >> into bed, imagine that I am never going to wake up, and go to sleep. But >> conversation-wise, I am not so sure. Perhaps agree to devote small portion >> of the conversation to catastrophic thinking, with a clear boundary? >> Assuming we can do that, here is my suggestion for a catastrophic >> discussion: >> >> >> >> Worse than the worst predictions for the virus acting alone, are the >> consequences of the virus acting in concert with a total collapse of our >> institututions, food production, distributution, our elections, public >> order, etc. (e.g., Who is going to plant and pick the crops if the borders >> are closed? Draft out-of-school college students?) Our country is run by >> a gerontocracy, which, being human, will try above all to protect >> themselves. But they will mosty fail, in any case, because they are the >> most vulnerable. What if, in their vain attempt to protect themselves, they >> bring down the whole? >> >> >> >> Ok. Now I am going to bed. >> >> >> >> Nick >> >> >> >> Nicholas Thompson >> >> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology >> >> Clark University >> >> [email protected] >> >> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Friam <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Jon Zingale >> *Sent:* Friday, March 20, 2020 12:02 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Outbreak Simulation >> >> >> >> At home, we are discussing the effect of the virus and the effect >> >> of social distancing on individuals that rely on soup kitchens. >> >> What strategies can Friam produce for feeding these people >> >> that is consistent with the social distancing strategy? >> >> For bonus points, please justify posted strategies with a model, >> >> or simulation. >> >> >> >> Jon >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >> > > > -- > Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. > President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy > emergentdiplomacy.org > Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA > [email protected] <[email protected]> > mobile: (303) 859-5609 > skype: merle.lelfkoff2 > twitter: @Merle_Lefkoff > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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