Not very. Maybe a car every 2 or 3 min goes thru. It must have to do with processing the doctor's notes saying to conduct the test

thats great to see. they have a drive thru in new rochelle in westchester out here, mostly as the whole city is shut down and its run in part with the national guard. otherwise, i have not heard of anything else at all in the ny tri-state, so i have no idea if you can get tested at all or where. thats as bad as it gets. 

Diagonally across the intersection, on the future Bio-Repository site they have what looks like a trailer for more in depth examinations.

CDC's Social Vulnerability Index

 

 

and lots of other good spatial data on coronavirus here:

https://coronavirus-disasterresponse.hub.arcgis.com/

 

 

3rd case confirmed in the city of Cleveland---male between 30 and 40.

Limited city services and access to buildings.

 

City Hall will be open Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for limited public services. Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays, City Hall will be closed.  All rec centers are closed. Hopkins Airport remains open. West Side Market remains open. CPD will patrol with one officer per vehicle.  Full list by city department/agency:

 

https://www.cleveland19.com/2020/03/17/city-cleveland-buildings-closed-public-will-offer-limited-services/

Washington Post:  Cleveland’s double crisis — coronavirus and a shrinking number of reporters to cover it

 

 

"... But if there were a competition for the American newsroom enduring the most hellish month, the Plain Dealer in Cleveland certainly would be among the finalists. Consider: Tim Warsinskey started his new job as the paper’s top editor on March 1. Eight days later, he announced deep staff reductions at the news organization where the former reporter and union vice chairman has worked for the past 30 years...."

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/clevelands-double-crisis--coronavirus-and-a-shrinking-number-of-reporters-to-cover-it/2020/03/13/a4ed2d7c-6545-11ea-b3fc-7841686c5c57_story.html

New York City contemplating a shelter in place order within 48 hours.

 

[crossposted in Coronavirus thread as passengers traveled beyond CLE]

 

A TSA screener at CLE tests positive for COVID-19.

 

"The officer who tested positive for COVID-19 is a screening officer who last worked the 4 a.m. to noon shift Saturday, March 14 at the airport’s North Checkpoint, the TSA said in a statement."

 

https://www.cleveland.com/coronavirus/2020/03/tsa-agent-at-cleveland-hopkins-airport-tests-positive-for-new-coronavirus.html

What the #$%#?

 

"A Cleveland Municipal Court judge has for two days held court hearings despite a directive from her court’s administrative judge to postpone all court hearings for defendants who are not currently in jail as a means to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Judge Pinkey Carr...has held court hearings for defendants who are free after posting bond, despite an announcement on the court’s website declaring that all such hearings scheduled between Monday and April 3 would be rescheduled....Carr has also issued arrest warrants for defendants who heeded the court’s website and did not show up to court."

 

https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2020/03/cleveland-judge-flouts-courts-postponements-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-issues-warrants-for-no-shows.html

 

 

 

Interesting idea that might work in Rapid Stations:

 

 

Worth posting in the RTA thread

Good news--$42M donation to Metro!

 

"MetroHealth is receiving a $42 million gift — by far the largest in its history — from JoAnn and Bob Glick to support programs that aim to reverse health inequities and improve community health in Greater Cleveland."

 

https://www.crainscleveland.com/health-care/metrohealth-receives-historic-42-million-gift

 

[cross posted in CLE Public Health and Metro threads]

The more suppliers of a good, the better for consumers. In Cleveland, we've lost many many hospitals and independent doctors to major acquisitions by the Cleveland Clinic and to a  lesser extent Univ Hospitals. And suddenly hospitals became 'health SYTEMS."  So we have four in Cleveland:  UH, CLE Clinic, Metro, and Sisters of Charity.  Sisters of Charity has two hospitals--St. Vincent on E. 22 St and one in Canton. But it was just announced that the Cleveland Clinic is taking over the hospital in Canton, meaning the Sisters of Charity SYSTEM will be just one hospital---so not really a health 'system'.  This is dangerous as I wonder if Cleveland Clinic is plotting to take over St. Vincent as well and as part of their strategy is to first take out the Canton hospital, weakening the system (lower economies of scale) so they can then take St. Vincent---and then shut it down forcing everyone to their main campus while Downtown and all those residents in the projects along Cedar lose a good hospital right in their neighborhood. Cleveland Clinic is a greedy business and isn't to be trusted. I now fear for St. Vincent.

 

[cross posted in Cleveland Public Health and Cleveland: General Business & Economic News]