The "NEXT TIME" ?

[Admin]

There are lots on this discussion board and elsewhere that are worried the actions put into place due to this virus outbreak will be repeated in any future events that are similar. To me, this is a very valid concern. I was in favor of the quarantines and stay at home orders when cases started to increase dramatically in our country. However, there were, and still are, some areas where the illness has made very limited impacts on the population. For example, if you take the three counties that include and are just north of the Detroit metro area and subtract them from the MI total cases number of 33,966 you have 8,314 cases. My problem now is that there seems to be a "one size fits all" policy. Meaning what is good for the hotspots like Detroit metro is also good for the areas like Keweenaw County, with no reported cases, or Houghton County with 2 reported cases.

I would love to see the restrictions modified or even lifted in the areas with limited cases. However, how do you keep it to just residents of that area that are likely free from being infected and keep out persons that are coming from one of the hot spots?

An idea I have stems from the fact that since 1930, the state of Wyoming has been putting the county of issuance on the licence plates of vechiles registered in the state. If all states were to do this, it would greatly help identify folks that were locals vs. those that were from out of the area. Thus, the state could let counties decide when any restrictions are need or not. It would not be a perfect system, but when combined with enough testing kits and a faster turn-around on the results, a county could shut down at the first sign of a significant increase in cases.

Whatta ya tink?

 

[xcr440]

Iowa used to put the counties on their plates also, not sure if they still do.

The biggest issue with deciding to shut down a county where a significant increase in cases is found, is that there most likely have been many contacts before said cases are identified. At least that's what 'they' are telling us.

 

[G]

It all comes back to testing. Cheap and accurate testing for everyone. The current event has been a guessing game from the start. Had there been good testing policies in place with a reliable test this entire event would have unfolded quite differently.
There will be a next time. And it could be more like Ebola which has a much higher fatality rate. Let us hope that the current event serves as a wake up call.

 

[Iowarider]

Yes Iowa still has county names on their plates. The state is divided into regions for areas of hot beds of the virus. Northeast Iowa being the hardest hit because assisted living and meat packing plant positive hits.

 

[slimcake]

Yes Iowa still has county names on their plates. The state is divided into regions for areas of hot beds of the virus. Northeast Iowa being the hardest hit because assisted living and meat packing plant positive hits.

Ya and guess where that came from. New York city. That plant in Postville was bringing people in from new york by the bus load.

 

[mrbb]

It all comes back to testing. Cheap and accurate testing for everyone. The current event has been a guessing game from the start. Had there been good testing policies in place with a reliable test this entire event would have unfolded quite differently.
There will be a next time. And it could be more like Ebola which has a much higher fatality rate. Let us hope that the current event serves as a wake up call.

I agree things like this can happen again at any point down the road, the world is a never ending changing place, and people are for ever doing different things
I truly hope most countries see this as a reason to be more self sufficient and not rely on so many things to be imported from else where, rather be made and grown in our own countries!
IMO< its a shame so few things are made in the USA anymore!

 

[frnash]

… An idea I have stems from the fact that since 1930, the state of Wyoming has been putting the county of issuance on the licence plates of vechiles registered in the state. …

Whatta ya tink?

Ya yoosta could tell the county of issuance on Michigan plates some decades ago; it wasn't obvious, but you could look 'em up. Can ya still do dat? Anyone?

Consider this a Michigan history trivia question.

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1. I have determined that Michigan plates were county coded in at least
1940-1969, perhaps in other years.
See (click →) Wikipedia|Vehicle registration plates of Michigan.

2. Here's a list of (some?) of the county codes that were used
from WWW.BPRLICENSEPLATES.COM, see …
(click →) Michigan County codes (from the "Wayback Machine")
Ain't that a hopeless mess?

Do Michigan's "Vehicle Registration Plates" still use county codes?
Anyone?

I seriously doubt it.

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From the "Wayback Machine"? Oh ye dogs, now I feel old!
At least that factoid wasn't a "pigment" of my 'magination!

 

[xsledder]

... If all states were to do this, it would greatly help identify folks that were locals vs. those that were from out of the area. Thus, the state could let counties decide when any restrictions are need or not. It would not be a perfect system, but when combined with enough testing kits and a faster turn-around on the results, a county could shut down at the first sign of a significant increase in cases.

Whatta ya tink?

Papers, Papers; show me your papers comrade!

 

[Tracker]

Indiana puts the county numbers on the plates....i will have to talk to some of my police friends to see if they use that info and if it helps

And the testing...if you had corona virus 10 years ago it will show up today and currently they cannot determine how long ago you had it...that is why they are reluctant to do the fast testing just yet until they figure out how to determine how long ago you had it and which version you had....plus its more than likely we all had some version of it your lifetime

 

[Longlegs]

The fact is they don’t have any idea how many have already had it. If they could give me a for certain answer what percent of the population has already had it, I might be more receptive to lock down. But when I hear so much conflicting info, I’m not real interested in watching my business get flushed down the toilet. If it really has been more wide spread, then we’ve been duped. Just give me the facts. Confirmed cases tells us nothing. Because only people who are really sick get tested. The area I live, has only had a few deaths and very few hospitalizations. We think some of our family had a mild case of it last month, and they’re over it.
But we don’t know and can’t find out.

 

[Tracker]

The fact is they don’t have any idea how many have already had it. If they could give me a for certain answer what percent of the population has already had it, I might be more receptive to lock down. But when I hear so much conflicting info, I’m not real interested in watching my business get flushed down the toilet. If it really has been more wide spread, then we’ve been duped. Just give me the facts. Confirmed cases tells us nothing. Because only people who are really sick get tested. The area I live, has only had a few deaths and very few hospitalizations. We think some of our family had a mild case of it last month, and they’re over it.
But we don’t know and can’t find out.

Sweden did not lock down....and this article about why and how do we know how many have had it might have the answer your looking for

https://theconversation.com/coronav...ny-people-have-had-it-sweden-thinks-so-136893

 

[Midwest Player]

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[boaski]

They are already playing the race card you cannot open up places where the population is mostly white and keep the area s hard hit that the majority are people of color shut down.

 

[wirev]

In Montana, your licence number has the number of the county you live in. For example, 4-&^%$, 4 is the county number. County number comes first and then the rest. It would be an easy spot by law enforcement.

 

[scoot]

Many law enforcement vehicles already have license plate readers that has all that information, and more. And will automatically signal an alert if something is amiss. They've had access to to this technology for years.

 

[xcr440]

Many law enforcement vehicles already have license plate readers that has all that information, and more. And will automatically signal an alert if something is amiss. They've had access to to this technology for years.

Yes they have - and it is (was) very expensive. My city signed up to use it for a year as a test about 5 or 6 years ago. My observations on it? Look at the cops in the windshield as you drive by them, every single one of them is looking at their computer screens as they pass you by. They know pretty much everything about you (Or the automobile owner as it is) within seconds.

I have a sergeant friend who has since retired at the local PD, and I asked him about it. I said it looks like your guys are all driving "distracted" looking at their computers. He chuckled, with a smile, and said "We are professional drivers" - LOL!! My question was in jest of course, but he understood why I was asking.

 

[snobuilder]

If you rely on mass transit....you might have a problem....if you say go out and enjoy the chinese new year as the virus is advancing....you might have a problem.....if you live @ 50,000+ pop. per sq. mile.....you might have a problem



if this sounds like you.....you will most likely make it EVERYONES PROBLEM!!!

 

[G]

They have 'it' since 9.11. Osama won. He has and will continue to cost us billions.

 

[G]

Osama's goal was to cost us money. Which he most certainly has accomplished. There was no TSA before 9.11. The borders with our neighbors in Canada and Mexico were much more lax. No more. There are drones patrolling at high altitudes. There is surveillance going on all day every day. At great expense. A heightened fear. All he ever wanted. His goal was for us to devote huge dollars to protect ourselves where we didn't have to do it before. Blowing up some stuff and killing people was just the icing on his cake.

 

[dfattack]