08-09-2020, 05:55 PM
(08-09-2020, 05:40 PM)chrisk Wrote: Some of the people living in the most infected zip codes are essential workers in wealthier zip codes. This may result inn the virus moving back and forth between these areas. While the rate of cases in northern SCC is well below San Jose and South County, the rate of infection has been increasing rapidly in Palo Alto as well recently.
Makes sense. I’m not suggesting these are easy issues. Far from it. I know there are things we can and should all do to make things better etc. But I also think that looking at the reality of the situation demographically is important and figuring out ways to tone down hotspots in lower income areas is no easy task. I don’t know if it’s something government - at the local or even state level can handle. And certainly it’s not something the federal government can handle across 50 states and tens of thousands of counties cities etc. So moving forward looking at creative ways to deal with these issues I think is important. If not for this pandemic then for the next one. And how local business interests can help to me is one thing to look at. They have an invested interest after all