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Sun Apr 12 06:00:01 EDT 2020 ======================================== Slept from one to nine. Cloudy. A 40 percent chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs around 60. South winds 10 to 15 mph. To do ---------------------------------------- - Laundry Done. Feeling anxious and dispirited. Don't like the possibility of a power outage tomorrow. What happens come May when (hopefully) new cases and deaths are very low? We're doing around 150,000 tests per day now (https://covidtracking.com/data/us-daily). How many tests per day would the U.S. need to reopen without a massive rebound spike? At least a half-million test per day would be needed, but maybe several times that. For the kind of contract tracing experts advocate we'd need a much more functional bureaucracy than we have. I'm concerned. No Instacart delivery dates available at all. Called Mom to wish her a happy Easter, and talked for a while. Michigan COVID-19 cases: 645 new; 24,638 total Deaths: 95 new, 1487 total Total MI tests: ??? Michigan's rate of increase: 118% → 117% → 123% → 115% → 118% → 112% → 110% → 110% → 110% → 107% → 106% → 106% → 105% → 103% (today) MI recovered (4/10/2020): 433 Oakland country: 4915 cases; 329 deaths Oakland country ranked #23 (#21 yesterday) globally. Oakland county new cases: 285 → 309 → 327 → 214 → 281 → 276 → 191 → 345 → 356 → 271 → 240 → 264 → 291 → 113 (today) U.S. new tests: 136,384 Servings: grains 5/6, fruit 1/4, vegetables 2/4, dairy 3/2, meat 3/3, nuts 0/0.5 Brunch: pepperoni and cheese, cucumber, pear Lunch: macaroni and cheese, tomato Dinner: chicken pot pie -27 119/73

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