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Breaking: NYS imposing 1 mile containment zone around New Rochelle synagogue-Natl Guard used
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/nyregion/coronavirus-new-york-update.html
The state creates ‘containment zone’ in New Rochelle.
With New Rochelle, a small city just north of New York City in Westchester County, emerging as the epicenter of the state’s outbreak, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Tuesday announced a targeted containment strategy to halt the spread of the virus.
“New Rochelle is a particular problem,” he said at a news conference on Tuesday.
The state’s plan focuses on a “containment area” in New Rochelle with a one-mile radius centered around a synagogue believed to be at the center of the cluster, officials said.
Schools and other large gathering facilities like community centers and houses of worship within the area will be closed for two weeks beginning on Thursday, Mr. Cuomo said. Businesses such as grocery stores and delis would remain open.
The state did not plan to close streets or implement travel restrictions, Mr. Cuomo said.
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The state creates ‘containment zone’ in New Rochelle.
With New Rochelle, a small city just north of New York City in Westchester County, emerging as the epicenter of the state’s outbreak, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Tuesday announced a targeted containment strategy to halt the spread of the virus.
“New Rochelle is a particular problem,” he said at a news conference on Tuesday.
The state’s plan focuses on a “containment area” in New Rochelle with a one-mile radius centered around a synagogue believed to be at the center of the cluster, officials said.
Schools and other large gathering facilities like community centers and houses of worship within the area will be closed for two weeks beginning on Thursday, Mr. Cuomo said. Businesses such as grocery stores and delis would remain open.
The state did not plan to close streets or implement travel restrictions, Mr. Cuomo said.
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Edited - I typed "containment" instead of "exclusion" because I misheard the orig announcement on TV
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Steve Bottari ✔@WMTWSteve
#BREAKING: National Guard Will Be Deployed to Containment Area in Part of New Rochelle, N.Y.
Containment Area Planned for New York Suburb to Stem Coronavirus Spread
https://www.wsj.com/articles/containment-area-planned-for-new-york-suburb-to-stem-coronavirus-spread-11583858117 …
Containment Area Planned for New York Suburb to Stem Coronavirus Spread
New York state will establish a containment area in a suburb of New York City, closing schools and facilities in the area, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
12:48 PM - Mar 10, 2020
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It might or might not make a difference given the coronavirus horse has already left the barn. 
the other 316,999 Americans??!?
Cuomo, with his hand sanitizing production and now THIS, is taking the bold action we need NOW, RIGHT NOW, and no one has to spitball or think or ponder anymore, just do what Cuomo’s doing
It’s actually very simple
I am soooo tickled and *hope* is restored today!!! 
Rachel Maddow: "If you read one thing today, read this" 👀
Here's the article from the OP:
Here's the article from the OP:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/coronavirus-cancel-everything/607675/
Cancel Everything
Social distancing is the only way to stop the coronavirus. We must start immediately.
We don’t yet know the full ramifications of the novel coronavirus. But three crucial facts have become clear in the first months of this extraordinary global event. And what they add up to is not an invocation to stay calm, as so many politicians around the globe are incessantly suggesting; it is, on the contrary, the case for changing our behavior in radical ways—right now.
The first fact is that, at least in the initial stages, documented cases of COVID-19 seem to increase in exponential fashion. On the 23rd of January, China’s Hubei province, which contains the city of Wuhan, had 444 confirmed COVID-19 cases. A week later, by the 30th of January, it had 4,903 cases. Another week later, by the 6th of February, it had 22,112.
The same story is now playing out in other countries around the world. Italy had 62 identified cases of COVID-19 on the 22nd of February. It had 888 cases by the 29th of February, and 4,636 by the 6th of March.
Because the United States has been extremely sluggish in testing patients for the coronavirus, the official tally of 604 likely represents a fraction of the real case load. But even if we take this number at face value, it suggests that we should prepare to have up to 10 times as many cases a week from today, and up to 100 times as many cases two weeks from today.
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Cancel Everything
Social distancing is the only way to stop the coronavirus. We must start immediately.
We don’t yet know the full ramifications of the novel coronavirus. But three crucial facts have become clear in the first months of this extraordinary global event. And what they add up to is not an invocation to stay calm, as so many politicians around the globe are incessantly suggesting; it is, on the contrary, the case for changing our behavior in radical ways—right now.
The first fact is that, at least in the initial stages, documented cases of COVID-19 seem to increase in exponential fashion. On the 23rd of January, China’s Hubei province, which contains the city of Wuhan, had 444 confirmed COVID-19 cases. A week later, by the 30th of January, it had 4,903 cases. Another week later, by the 6th of February, it had 22,112.
The same story is now playing out in other countries around the world. Italy had 62 identified cases of COVID-19 on the 22nd of February. It had 888 cases by the 29th of February, and 4,636 by the 6th of March.
Because the United States has been extremely sluggish in testing patients for the coronavirus, the official tally of 604 likely represents a fraction of the real case load. But even if we take this number at face value, it suggests that we should prepare to have up to 10 times as many cases a week from today, and up to 100 times as many cases two weeks from today.
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Barack Obama will appear with Nancy Pelosi at American University on March 23, 10 years to the day he signed the Affordable Care Act into law.
I just started screaming NO NO NO NOOOOOOOOOOO
Let’s go America, we’ll have a bigass block party when we get through this catastrophe, LET’S GO HERE
Link to tweet
I just started screaming NO NO NO NOOOOOOOOOOO
Let’s go America, we’ll have a bigass block party when we get through this catastrophe, LET’S GO HERE