Posted on 03/16/2020 12:28:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Six Bay Area counties are expected to announce a “shelter in place” order for all residents on Monday, directing everyone to stay inside their homes and away from others as much as possible for the next three weeks as public health officials desperately try to curb the rapid spread of coronavirus across the region.
County authorities were expected to announce the move at 1 p.m. and gave a draft of the order to media outlets to prepare. The Chronicle is reporting the story after a television station published the news early.
The directive begins at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday and involves San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Marin, Contra Costa and Alameda counties — a combined population of more than 6.7 million. It is to stay in place until at least April 7. Three other Bay Area counties — Sonoma, Solano and Napa — were not immediately included.
The order falls just short of a full lockdown, which would forbid people from leaving their homes without explicit permission, and it wasn’t immediately clear how, or to what degree, it would be enforced. The order calls for the sheriff or chief of police to “ensure compliance.” In Italy and other places that have instituted lockdowns, travel outside the home has been restricted without permission and police have been ordering people back home if they don’t have a reason to be in public.
“The scientific evidence shows that at this stage of the (coronavirus) emergency, it is essential to slow virus transmission as much as possible to protect the most vulnerable and to prevent the health care system from being overwhelmed,” the order states. “One proven way to slow the transmission is to limit interactions among people to the greatest extent practicable.”
People who are homeless are exempt from the order but encouraged
(Excerpt) Read more at sfchronicle.com ...
Will this include Instacart and delivery drivers?
I expect the ferals in Oakland to go ballistic in 3....2....1......
This is the sort of thing that will cause people to go to the bathroom on the sidewalks!
Shoot on sight any law abiding citizens that venture out?
WTF does that mean?
Shelter in Place?
I’m shocked this hasn’t hit the homeless population yet. Once it’s loose among that demographic you’re really going to see hysterics.
Read the article. I guess it means you are not supposed to be outside, except for critical functions.
“People who are homeless are exempt from the order but encouraged to find shelter.”
Of course...
this is insanity!
over-reaction on steroids, besides the traffic is down 70 percent already...
wtf is going on out there, anyway?
NOt Yet, you have about 2 more weeks until the gimmedat crowd starts rioting. As soon as they get their EBT cards refilled on the 1st and find out that all the People with JOBS have BOUGHT everything and nothing is left for them, then the SHTF!!!
I wonder where your shelter when you are living paycheck to paycheck and you can’t pay your rent?
“going to see hysterics.
Going? Its already here.
luckily most have stocked up on TP.
My Daughter lives in San Mateo. I am going to call her to see if she has heard this.
Good idea. Hope she’s safe.
Of course, there's no repercussions for people who crap on the sidewalk. Instant immunity.
Blue Oyster patrons most affected.
People who are homeless are exempt from the order but encouraged
I think I see their problem...
Tent dwellers are not homeless.
Tent dwellers are illegal squatters
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