Covid-19 Update | March 19 at 10:16 PM

OK people, I’m going to leave you all with another update and this time I’ll go with good news. Florida is actually doing pretty well all things considered. Our region still has no community spread. The 4 cases in Leon County and 1 case in Jackson County reported today were all travel related. There are still no cases in Bay County. Also some interesting statistics to share are that 6 states and the district of Columbia have 63% of all of the cases in the nation. New York and New Jersey are the biggest hot spots. Followed by Washington state, the District of Columbia, California, Colorado, and Massachusetts. Florida has a high number of raw cases at 432, but with a population of 21.5M we only have a case rate of 20 per 1 million, well below the national average of 44 per 1 million. For a frame of reference, New York has a case rate of 293 per 1 million. If we remove the 2 counties with the most cases in Florida (Broward and Miami-Dade) our case rate declines to 14 per 1 million. Congratulations to everyone from W. Virginia with only 2 cases and case rate of 1 per million. I’m also happy to report and share an article from Bloomberg highlighting the success the Japanese have had in containing corona virus without having to close down businesses and public spaces. It can be done without martial law and preservation of civil liberties. And it doesn’t have to crush the economy. Its a good read and proves we have alternatives to the path we are currently on.