https://data.sfgov.org/stories/s/d96w-cdgeWe are now down to to 40 total hospitalized patients in the entire San Francisco hospital system who have tested positive for COVID-19, including one patient that was transferred from another hospital system. That's less than 3% of the patients currently in San Francisco hospitals and less than 1% of San Francisco's total hospital bed capacity, if you include the surge beds that have never been needed to be utilized over this entire year.
On 3/4 the positivity rate for COVID-19 in San Francisco was 0.46% (just 32 positives among 7,000+ tests performed), and the 7 day rolling average for San Francisco's positivity rate is now 0.87%.
Because published false positive rates of COVID-19 PCR tests range from 0.5% to 1%, there is actually no statistical reason to believe that anyone in the entire city necessarily has COVID-19.
But still, roughly 100% of San Francisco residents are wearing masks, sanitizing their hands, and practicing social distancing with unrelenting religious ferocity while policing anyone who dares to deviate from these practices with with even greater religious ferocity.
Still, there are no plans in to reopen any schools or places of worship, indoor dining is prohibited, and most small local businesses are operating under severe mandated restrictions.
No advisories have changed one iota.
https://sf.gov/topics/coronavirus-covid-19Stay home as much as possible. Avoid gatherings. Wear face coverings. Get updates on the vaccine.
What to do
Stay home. Save lives.
Help slow the spread of the coronavirus as we reopen San Francisco.
Stay 6 feet apart: Physical distancing
When you go out, stay 6 feet apart from other people.
Wear a face covering
In general, wear something to cover your face when you leave your home.So here is my question. Exactly how safe does it have to be before any San Francisco residents even
consider going back to the morally depraved practices of showing their faces outdoors and (GASP!) even touching their fellow humans?
What happened to the original idea that these were temporary practices to flatten the curve? When did all of these practices transition in self-sustaining virtues regardless of actual risk?
