By Former Board Member, Frank Leeming, 4.7.20
Our Village is safer than many other places as we wait out the virus
So, here we sit – our hair getting shaggier, our taste buds crying out for a sit-down meal at a favorite restaurant with our friends, wondering when we’ll be going to church again, our muscle tone fading by the day – asking when it will all end and return to normal. If it ever will.
The good news is we’re in about the safest place in the world. Take a look at this little spreadsheet I worked up showing the number of coronavirus cases for each 10,000 population in key counties and states.
What have you been doing to pass your days in quarantine?
My beautiful bride has been on a tear – painting rooms, pressure-washing the deck, raking leaves, cooking and filling the freezer. Her latest project: Making face masks. I wore my first one to Walmart this morning. It felt weird.
Joyce loves a clean house, but at our age, it’s getting harder. So we’re trying something new: Working together to give one room a day a thorough cleaning – vacuuming, mopping, dusting, polishing furniture, cleaning the blinds. So far, so good.
At night we’re catching up on good movies we saw 10 or 20 years ago – The Horse Whisperer, Pride and Prejudice, The American President, Good Will Hunting, A River Runs Through It, The Legend of Bagger Vance. Because our memories aren’t that good, the films seem new to us.
We’re getting weary of television news. Same old stuff every day. The networks are the worst with reporters screaming and making every story seem like the end of the world.
The extra time on our hands has meant more time for enjoying good books and listening to good music.
And pondering what things will be like when our world opens up again. What will it be like to face traffic jams again, worrying about where to go out to eat, having to buy gasoline again?
Nothing will ever be the same.
By Former Board Member, Frank Leeming, 4.7.20
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COVID-19 by area (Frank Leeming spreadsheet)
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Karen Daigle Lundberg
04/08/2020 — 9:09 pm
Frank Leeming, thank you very much for providing us with your spreadsheet. It is very comforting to know that as of the writing of your article, HSV had no cases of COVID. I believe this is information we are all entitled to know. In our Village update today, it was stated that the POA or the HSV Police do not have cases reported to them due to HIPPA laws. Once again, we are being treated as though we are stupid and we are not being told the truth. Surprise, surprise. The HIPPA laws protect the names of the individuals, which I don’t believe any of us want to invade that person(s) privacy. If HIPPA laws did not allow reporting the NUMBER of cases, then how is it that there are all types of reports everywhere breaking down the number of cases by State, County and City? Is there anything our POA can be honest with us about? I am seriously doubting that. Maybe you ought to be putting out the Village Digest, Frank, or turn it over to the Dowdens, because at least then we will know it is truthful and transparent. Thank you for your hard work in getting the numbers, Frank.
Anon
04/09/2020 — 9:02 am
After reading a summary of the HPPA rules, if you can get through all the legal gobbledegook, I see nothing that prevents disclosure of where in the county cases of Covid19 have been encountered. Looks more like an excuse to protect businesses, organizations, and other areas rather than the people who need to be aware of local hotspots to prevent unnecessary exposure to themselves.
This lack of transparency endangers all of us for the protection of few. It also fuels the local jungle telegraph and rumor mill. (Witch does’nt need much fodder in the Village)
Scott
04/09/2020 — 12:06 pm
Is there a more detailed list of cases by city.
I understand statistics at a granular are only available by county.
Is there data that provides statistics by city?
Scott
04/09/2020 — 12:31 pm
I thought this site did not post UNVERIFIABLE
information.
Cheryl and Joe,
That must mean you verified this post, or my understanding about you verifying is wrong.
Please provide your verification that proves there are zero(0)
confirmed cases in Hot Springs Village.
HSVP J
04/09/2020 — 2:14 pm
I believe you will need to ask the author of the post.
In addition, scroll to the top of the page and click on “MENU” then click on “Villager’s Opinion” and you will see what this post is about.
Perhaps your friend should contact the ADH and try to get the correct number of COVID-19 cases currently in the village.
Diane Bielanski
04/09/2020 — 5:40 pm
The spreadsheet provided by Mr. Leeming cannot be verified, as the CDC and Arkansas Department of Health provide only county data – not further granularity. I have brought this to Mr. Leeming’s attention and suggested he update this chart accordingly. This would be a good idea, as many of us follow his information closely and this misstep does cause some concern about the credibility of his posts.