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Tue Apr 28 06:00:02 EDT 2020 ======================================== Slept from ten-thirty to six-thirty. Mostly cloudy early in the morning then becoming partly sunny. A 50 percent chance of rain showers late in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Work ---------------------------------------- - Update lockbox ticket with Entrata's failure Done. - Create PO approval routes in Entrata training/test database Done. - …and create a couple units Done. - Send dates to Dell rep?? No, we need to decide on what we actually want. Thirty-minute walk at lunch. Warm and sunny. Walked through the neighborhood west of here, and back through Beverly Park. Crossed paths with several people enjoying the weather. Saw a blue jay, a pair of morning doves, and a small woodpecker. Little yellow flower I've never seen before blooming in the woods behind Huntley. Trout lilies (Erythronium americanum). https://photos.app.goo.gl/2mhPuw45NJYe8NLd9 Home ---------------------------------------- Took out trash, vacuumed. Said hello to my new neighbors, two young women, while taking out the trash. https://www.npr.org/transcripts/845224147 > HIRSHFIELD: For me, poems are always a way to respond to some challenge, some question. And so in a way, a poet is quite prepared for a pandemic because we're always trying to look into the most difficult things and find a way to navigate to a deeper relationship to those events. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/04/28/846736937/we-asked-all-50-states-about-their-contact-tracing-capacity-heres-what-we-learne > Contact tracing estimates of need: 30 workers per 100,000 are needed during the COVID-19 pandemic, according estimates from the National Association of County and City Health Officials. In non-emergency situations, 15 workers per 100,000 population are needed. Michigan currently has 130 tracers, but plans to hire 3,400. Chatted a bit with Ed and Jay on Signal. US deaths are somewhat flat. Michigan cases are trending down, and deaths are declining moderately. Oakland country cases are significantly trending down, and deaths are down even more dramatically. US new tests: 164,648 → 160,553 → 144,717 → 168,751 → 149,108 → 149,831 → 315,927 → 192,012 → 232,225 → 271,256 → 206,403 → 190,443 → 202,233 (today) (three-day averages: 156639 155897 246721 222701 202233) US new deaths: 1496 → 1450 → 2299 → 2492 → 2136 → 2069 → 1774 → 1654 → 1528 → 2674 → 2133 → 1886 → 1772 → 2194 → 1184 → 1163 → 2198 (today) (three-day averages: 1748 2232 1652 2231 1717 1681) MI new tests today: 3423 → 3207 → 3582 → 3471 → 4589 → 4673 → 768 → 9934 → 4137 → 3428 → 999 → 10096 → 7975 → 7748 → 6962 → 6754 → 7045 (today) (three-day averages: 3404 4244 4946 4841 7562 6900) MI new tests positive percentage (we want 10% or less): 19% → 31% → 38% → 30% → 26% → 16% → 100% → 6% → 14% → 28% → 100% → 13% → 17% → 7% → 8% → 6% → 15% (today) (three-day averages: 29 24 40 47 11 11) MI new deaths: 95 → 115 → 166 → 153 → 172 → 134 → 81 → 83 → 77 → 232 → 113 → 164 → 108 → 189 → 41 → 92 → 160 (today) (three-day averages: 125 153 80 170 113 126) Oakland county new deaths: 30 → 19 → 20 → 18 → 23 → 23 → 11 → 26 → 10 → 19 → 23 → 10 → 11 → 3 → 4 → 4 → 2 (today) (three-day averages: 23 21 16 17 6 4) Beaumont 4/23: COVID-19 patients: 701; COVID-19 ICU patients: 174; all patients bed occupancy: 57% Beaumont 4/27: COVID-19 patients: 613; COVID-19 ICU patients: 237; all patients bed occupancy: 66% Servings: grains 6/6, fruit 2/4, vegetables 1/4, dairy 3/2, meat 3/3, nuts 0/0.5 Brunch: coffee, banana, bagel with egg, cheese, and avocado Lunch: apple, salami and cheese sandwich Dinner: pizza rolls -31 118/69

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