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Metrics for our questions about homeless

California Department of Public Health Recommended Initial Metrics: R0: 2-3 (unmitigated) or 0.9-1.5 (mitigated) Infection fatality ratio: 0.5-1.5% Hospitalization rate: 5-20% Doubling time before social distancing: 6-7 days Current hospitalized patients: county to determine Social distancing - % reduction: 30%-70% ICU percent: 1-5% Ventilated percent: 1-5% Hospital (non-ICU) length of stay: 7 days ICU length of stay (in addition to non-ICU length of stay): 9 days Length of time on a ventilator if intubated: 10 days Hospital market share: county to determine Regional population: county to determine Currently known regional infections: county to determine Our metrics for the SBD model for homeless Assumptions: 5760 estimate population >211 days: We have no intervention for SBD county homeless. Ro=Rt  : 2.20 5% Case fatality rate for homeless increases by a factor of 5 because of their co-morbidities and stressful living situation. It could be up to 50

Olivia Rodriguez

https://publichealth.llu.edu/about/blog/olivia-rodriguez%E2%80%99-fearless-campaign-help-farm-workers-coachella-valley

North Shore california

Here is a satellite time-lapse view of NorthShore California. This shows the community expanding over time. You can also see the Salton Sea shoreline increasing.

Deforestation happening in Cambodia.

The deforestation that is happening in Cambodia. This happened in 2015. Reportedly sold as an agricultural concession in 2015. This represents the demise of a once wildlife sanctuary. Good bye Boeng Peae. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/89413/cambodias-forests-are-disappearing

The ERMI

https://news.llu.edu/research/researchers-find-mold-contamination-eastern-coachella-valley

The Receding Salton Sea and Dust

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The Effect of a Receding Saline Lake (The Salton Sea) on Airborne Particulate Matter Composition : The Effect of a Receding Saline Lake (The Salton Sea) on Airborne Particulate Matter Composition The Effect of a Receding Saline Lake (The Salton Sea) on Airborne Particulate Matter Composition Alexander L. Frie † ,  Justin H. Dingle ‡ ,  Samantha C. Ying † ‡   , and  Roya Bahreini * † ‡   †  Department of Environmental Sciences,  University of California , Riverside, California 92521,  United States ‡  Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program,  University of California , Riverside, California 92521,  United States

Access to sanitation for the 2015 MDGs

Here is a map of Gap-minder for Sanitation and total Population over time. When you click the play button, you see that most countries will  "play", you see that most countries will rise up and to the right. The two biggest being India and China. There is one larger county that trends down and to the right. This indicates that as the population increases, the access to sanitation decreases. Available here on its own: http://bit.ly/2Jnk3Vx