Cellphone data shows how recent protests against coronavirus lockdowns may have spread the outbreak

[TomCADem]

In California, you can see the same folks traveling throughout the State to speak at local government meetings to protest lockdown orders.

https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/498294-cellphone-data-shows-how-lockdown-protests-may

One of the first steps public officials took to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus was to restrict public gatherings. Now, claiming their first amendment rights, demonstrators across the country are violating social distancing measures to protest stay-at home orders and other emergency measures.

Public health officials have warned that such gatherings are ripe for the spread of disease, especially COVID-19, to large numbers of people. Cellphone data shows that some protestors may have travelled hundreds of miles and across state borders, potentially widening the spread of the disease.

The Committee to Protect Medicare, a progressive campaign group, and data scientists at the firm VoteMap used anonymized location data from opt-in cellphone apps to track the movement of devices at protest locations in Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Colorado and Florida, according to the Guardian. One device traveled over 180 miles, while others crossed state borders into neighboring states.

Following protests in Lansing, Michigan, the Detroit Metro Times reported that at least 24 counties saw a higher rate of increase in new cases than those in metro Detroit's tri-county area, the site of the initial outbreak.

[BigmanPigman]

1. CA's numbers are INCREASING...erasing over 2 months of

shut down, self quarentining, etc. Thanks a lot assholes! Fuck, fuck, FUCK!!!!

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa/california/

[onecaliberal]

2. Yup. Dumb fucks here acting like everything is normal.

[caraher]

5. California is right on the edge of control

I've come to appreciate this model because it estimates the reproduction number - above 1 is exponential growth, below 1 means you're bringing the infection rate down.

Current estimate for California: R=0.99

[Buckeye_Democrat]

6. That's my favorite model too.

It has also been the most accurate, to-date. The long-term projections are updated as new information is gathered, like any logical model should do.

Here's the general link (not just California):
https://covid19-projections.com/

Ohio's R0 (infection rate) value is estimated to be 1.10 now, after dropping below 1.0 not long ago. I'm not surprised at all, based on the careless behavior that I'm witnessing.

[BigmanPigman]

8. I look at that site too.

They just changed it a few days ago.

[cstanleytech]

7. To bad manslaughter charges cannot be brought against some of the people for this.

[BigmanPigman]

9. Someone coughed on a store worker and was charged with a felony.....

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213482763

[cstanleytech]

10. I'm talking about the idiots that have the virus and go to large parties and or gatherings and thus

infecting more people.

[BigmanPigman]

11. The worst punishment I've heard of for that

is issuing a fine. I know they did that in LA.

[Marie Marie]

3. The Camo crowd are spreading their cooties.

[Ford_Prefect]

4. They like to think they are the ones in control and we mere mortals owe them

whatever they choose to define as "freedom"