![]() Almost one-third of Americans did not pay their rent this month. ![]() Meantime, some 26 million people have filed for unemployment nationally over the past month, including 3.2 million in California, a crushing tide of layoffs that dwarfs prior job-loss records. California’s 16 northernmost counties, with a population of more than 1 million, have seen only 181 confirmed cases-a lower known infection rate than South Korea’s. The seven-day average for new infections in the Bay Area is the lowest in a month. According to the website rt.live, the effective reproduction number (known as Rt or Re) in California, and in almost every other state, is below 1, indicating a decline in infections. The number of patients hospitalized for Covid-19 in the Bay Area has dropped almost every day for a week. Data on new Covid-19 cases show a clear flattening of the curve. The health situation in the Bay Area, and California as a whole, appears far from dire. A rational cost-benefit analysis of the public-health response should encourage California and the Bay Area to begin a phased reopening. The announcement comes as California’s Covid-19 situation is looking better, in terms of infections, while the economic, social, and even health repercussions of its stay-at-home orders mounts. ![]() The new orders very minimally loosen restrictions to allow construction and some outdoor shops and activities, but most businesses remain closed. On Wednesday, Bay Area health officials extended shelter-in-place orders through May, bringing their duration to 11 weeks. ![]()
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