SF Bay Area Shelter-in-Place Orders Extended as Some Rules Ease

Down toward the bottom they have a link to 5 indicators that they will be using to evaluate progress: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sccgov.org&#x2F;sites&#x2F;covid19&#x2F;Pages&#x2F;bay-area-health-officer-indicator.aspx" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sccgov.org&#x2F;sites&#x2F;covid19&#x2F;Pages&#x2F;bay-area-health-o...</a><p>I like that they have clear numerical targets for all of them.

Reading between the lines here<p>&quot;Other activities that can resume under the new order include residential moves and the use of certain shared outdoor recreational facilities that were previously ordered closed, like skate parks, but not others that involve shared equipment or physical contact.&quot; -- I believe this means they will open up parks that were previously closed and allow people to visit again.

I guess the longer term question is --<p>As mentioned in the daily governor&#x27;s briefing, there is some kind of 2D matrix (or map) of places vs. types of activities or businesses that can be incrementally allowed to open or get to different levels of restrictions lifted. (or I hope this is the case, and not just a talking point)<p>How are people to know &#x2F; track this? Is there some visual dashboard that everyone can refer to daily and hopefully have consistent definitions to know whether their business is covered? Press conferences (and press releases in inevitable text form) are an inefficient method having to speak the words of each change in circumstance as this continues to evolve. New Zealand seems to have a clear system of Level 1&#x2F;2&#x2F;3&#x2F;4 that everyone has the definitions of.<p>This is going to have to go on for months, remember.

&gt; Whether we have the capacity to investigate all COVID-19 cases and trace all of their contacts, isolating those who test positive and quarantining the people who may have been exposed.<p>We&#x27;re all going to be inside for a long time ...

We also need to focus on what this pandemic had meant to us and what we can consider essential and non essential in the long run and use the lessons learnt to our benefit. Certainly the nature of work for a large number of people in Silicon Valley is such that it can be absolutely done remotely. I seriously hope and wish that unless it is absolutely necessary companies like FANG or Intel or NVIDIA or all other tech companies continue to honestly (not just on paper) encourage their employees to work from home. I am sure there are many roles that can continue to work from home in the foreseeable future :<p>- Software engineers - Software development Managers - Product Managers - DevOps - SREs - Accountants and Finance - Marketing - Solution ArchitectS<p>It is entirely possible for all these categories of people to WFH with the help of VPN, FaceTime&#x2F;zoom or other Video and chat&#x2F;messaging software.<p>Companies should also stop new constructions or building new office spaces. It is time that tech companies understand that new office spaces are not a tool to increase productivity.<p>Also in the long run having people work from home as much as possible will significantly improve Bay Area traffic and reduce pollution.<p>I understand that some folks does not have the space in their home to WFH peacefully , but with childcare facilities opening up and eventually schools ... it can be easily worked out where members of such households establish a rotating schedule and WFH on a partial basis (ie 2-4 days a week).

Read the whole thing... hoping disc golf and dog parks can resume. That&#x27;d be nice.

Reopening childcare facilities seems very risky.

The most important question : Are Barbershops going to be Open or Not? :)

I have never seen this scale of sacrifice for this scale of Quality Adjusted Life Years. Just the impact on the kids missing school will be worse than the impact from the virus.

<i>All construction activities...will be allowed to resume...</i><p>This seems so arbitrary. Construction noise that you can hear and feel from home will be twice as maddening if you are stuck there. Speaking as someone whose apartment backs a sub basement deep-dig project. After a few days of quarantine one of my neighbors shouted some choice words from his balcony at the workers starting their banging and whistling at seven in the morning.