Another useful site: worldometers.info
Yeah, it is VERY creepy that Federal entities (and other governmental entities) have access to personal phones.
By the way, I found another online resource that has a very good UI for tracking coronavirus stats:
Here is the USA report – broken out by state: (scroll down the page). There is often a lag on the "now" report of a couple of hours. However, if you click on yesterday – it gives a pretty compelling look at new cases and new deaths per state. Easily the most useful such chart I’ve seen thus far.
Look at the jump in reported cased in Russia! I do like the reporting capability by region (Europe, North America, Asia, South America, Africa and Oceania)
Mark
A Hidden Cost of Staying at Home
This morning my wife had arranged for a drive-thru pick-up of groceries, where the store packs all your stuff and puts it in your car in the parking lot. BUT... we hadn't been out for a couple of weeks. Now, as it happens, my wife has a newer, gadget-loaded car that in particular has an anti-theft system that is constantly monitoring the status of the car, i.e. using electricity from the battery. Needless to say, the car would not start. Dead battery. Fortunately, I have an older, very basic car that when it's turned off is really OFF, and the two cars were parked side by side in the garage, making jump-starting hers relatively easy. I then got my first taste of being out of the house, aside from local walks, as I drove it around for half an hour to recharge the battery.
I would urge everyone who has a newer car, particularly if it shows any blinking lights while just sitting there, to take it out every week or two for a 30 minute spin so that it's ready when/if you need it.
Buck
