Racing is starting back up

[logager]

Most on here may not like it, but it is better than sim racing. (IMO)

https://twitter.com/speedshifttv/status/1251507461418364928



Lyle

[dc]

I'll keep the SIM races and the flattened pandemic curve for now, TYVM.

[Bardahl77]

Well, the governor of SD refuses to issue any stay-at-home restrictions, and they'll only allow 700 spectators and 10 crew per car, plus officials, workers and concessions on a 4/10 oval, what could go wrong with cars coming from all over the region?

[Daryl DeArman]

Well, the governor of SD refuses to issue any stay-at-home restrictions, and they'll only allow 700 spectators and 10 crew per car, plus officials, workers and concessions on a 4/10 oval, what could go wrong with cars coming from all over the region?

Good for the SD Governor!

SD has had a grand total of 7 CoVid19 related deaths.
They have more hospital beds per capita than any other state.
They also have the 47th lowest population density.

Their actions/response should be different than NYC or Los Angeles.

[FVRacer21]

Good for the SD Governor!

SD has had a grand total of 7 CoVid19 related deaths.
They have more hospital beds per capita than any other state.
They also have the 47th lowest population density.

Their actions/response should be different than NYC or Los Angeles.

Wrong decisions always have value - they can be used as a bad example.

The lowest density has worked to their favor so far - but look at the food plants that have had to close:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronav...-south-dakota/

This article says that the peak will be in May:

https://www.keloland.com/keloland-co...to-the-public/

But the difference between 25% and 35% social distancing is astonishing. Which implies that there is a exponential component to it.

Being later (the early bird get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese) has the advantage of more knowledge on how to treat the virus and more possibility of medicines and better testing. Good for the death rate.

Sidebar:

Of all the jobs - health care, manufacturing, transportation, government, emergency services - are all working overtime (except manuf driven by consumer demand) whether by demand for products or cutback in workers (especially at risk workers)

Industries that are booming are Internet, video communication, computer manufacturing, and the toilet paper industry......

The ones that are suffering are entertainment (everything from bars to Disneyland) and the gig economy - which seems to be about 1/3 of our economy - hmmm

ChrisZ

[alangbaker]

Good for the SD Governor!

SD has had a grand total of 7 CoVid19 related deaths.
They have more hospital beds per capita than any other state.
They also have the 47th lowest population density.

Their actions/response should be different than NYC or Los Angeles.

Their actions should aim to keep it that way.

[jim morgan]

For many on here who have never seen this kind of racing well worth a look. IMHO

[DanW]

But the difference between 25% and 35% social distancing is astonishing. Which implies that there is a exponential component to it.


ChrisZ

That's what the "social distancing" and "Stay the F$%K Home" is about... mashing down the exponential spread.

[Daryl DeArman]

That's what the "social distancing" and "Stay the F$%K Home" is about... mashing down the exponential spread.

Yes, but there is no need for a one-size fits all solution.

South Dakota has twice the population of Solano County but is 85 times as large. 1:42 ratio. Take away 41 out of every 42 people in Solano County and that's the SD population density.

South Dakota has 1/5th the population of the city of Los Angeles but is 154 times as large. 1:770 ratio. 769 out of every 770 families in Los Angeles moves the hell out and LA becomes "SD-like".

No reason we should expect the folks in SD to have the same restrictions as those in LA, or even Solano County.

[alangbaker]

Yes, but there is no need for a one-size fits all solution.

South Dakota has twice the population of Solano County but is 85 times as large. 1:42 ratio. Take away 41 out of every 42 people in Solano County and that's the SD population density.

South Dakota has 1/5th the population of the city of Los Angeles but is 154 times as large. 1:770 ratio. 769 out of every 770 families in Los Angeles moves the hell out and LA becomes "SD-like".

No reason we should expect the folks in SD to have the same restrictions as those in LA, or even Solano County.

Are you suggesting that people in SD have fewer social interactions.

Any town of a certain size or above has restaurants and stores, etc. where people congregate.

It doesn't matter whether there is 200 miles between the towns.

Here's something for you to look at:

https://rt.live/

South Dakota is one of the states where the ratio of transmission is highest. 8th overall out of the 50 states.

So are North Dakota (fastest ratio) and Nebraska (6th fastest).

What do they all have in common?

No stay-at-home order.

[Daryl DeArman]

Are you suggesting that people in SD have fewer social interactions.

I'm suggesting the more people that touch, sneeze and cough on the same things you are going to touch, the more likely you are to come in contact with a contaminated surface. Take a cruise ship for example. Or maybe a crowded subway. Maybe an elevator in a busy high-rise. Quite a bit different than a town like Aberdeen (the third largest in SD) with a population of less than 30K.

Don't confuse a stay at home order with people actually staying home, whether there is an order or not is irrelevant to the outcome when people are ignoring it.

When you have a small population and an outbreak in an isolated area, whether that be a nursing home or a pork processing plant, the numbers %-wise get large very quickly.

The pork processing plant in SD is a significant number of cases. The population density inside that plant is akin to downtown Bangladesh.