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This sounds silly, it’s not. This is not a joke or hypothetical. We as epidemiologists see it borne out in the data time and time again. Conversely, any break in that chain breaks disease transmission along that chain. In contrast to hand-washing and other personal measures, social distancing measures are not about individuals, they are about societies working in unison. These measures also require sustained action before results are evident. It is hard (even for me) to conceptualize how on a population level “one quick little get together” can undermine the entire framework of a public health intervention, but it can. I promise you it can. I promise. I promise. I promise. You can’t cheat it. People are already itching to cheat on the social distancing precautions just a “little”- a short playdate, a quick haircut, or picking up a needless item from the store. From a transmission dynamics standpoint, this very quickly recreates a highly connected social network that undermines much of the good work our communities have done thus far. This outbreak will not be overcome in one grand, sweeping gesture, but rather by the collection of individual choices we make in the coming months. This virus is unforgiving to unwise choices. As this epidemic continues, it will be easy to be drawn to the idea that what we are doing isn’t working and we may feel compelled to “cheat” with unnecessary breaches of social distancing measures. By knowing what to expect, and knowing the critical importance of maintaining these measures, my hope is to encourage continued community spirit and strategizing to persevere in this time of uncertainty. Jonathan Smith Epidemiologist, Yale University Jonathan Smith, an award-winning lecturer in Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases and Global Health at Yale University School of Public Health. His research focuses on infectious disease transmission dynamics and he is an affiliate of the Yale Global Health Leadership Institute and founding director of Visual Epidemiology, a non-profit organization seeking to combine academic discourse with personal narratives through filmmaking. Wow

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And the snowmaking pond from the other day dried up.

Wow

If you go to blue you can use roots buddy pass.

I’m outside walking this is the chilliest 68 degrees ever.

Well to bad....

I’m thinking about taking a walk at around 5.

Real time reports...hah getting reports period aside from maybe opening day just doesn’t happen anymore with RideDE..he’s to busy..he probably can’t get out of his own way...

Yup I’m looking at percentage which is even better like 19% vs 15%....and only one out of five people tested have it. Any good news I’ll take..this has been like a quadruple whammy for me mentally....death of ski season, death of social life, business going to shit..plus fear of catching it and dying. I have gotten a ton of sleep and have been eating well.

New York daily deaths down from 630 to 594....that’s seen as some sort of semi good news.

New cases in PA only increased 15% from yesterday to today...that’s improvement right??

Nobody cares.

Correct

Sweden still has skiing now.

Mid summer we’ll be able to do some stuff and next skison could be herky jerky but it will happen. We might have to road trip a little with @RidgeRacer and @Papasteeze

Yeah well he did an almost two week trip to Colorado. Great reports from there.

Why wouldn’t there be a ski season??

I first visited the camelback alpine slide when I went to camp log and twig...that dip was spicy. A few people in my group went off the track. I liked it so much for my birthday that’s where I wanted to go.

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Do you want kids.

Nobody cares

Wow you might have used the same mousse as Antman lol..

I just had like sweat pants and khaki pants as a kid. PARidge did you have a flat top fade and rock a moustache in high school??