RESPONDING TO THE VIRUS ATTACK IN CORONA
David C. Trubey
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To those who continue to work who are non-essential, who gather at churches, at home, at parks – please stop, we beg you,” said Dr. Mike Mesisca, medical director for the county hospital’s emergency medicine department. “Small decisions, though they seem, will lead to deaths by the hundreds and thousands – perhaps 2,000 or more in this county alone.” While the cases of the COVID-19 being reported in California are dropping, the same cannot be said of counties in the Inland Empire
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Some of the inland empire counties are reported to be running out time to change the projected spread of the coronavirus that could end up infecting more than 65,000 people and hospitalize 11,000 and kill more than 1,000 by early to mid-may. This is a warning that the public health officials in the Riverside county gave on April 3, as they urged people to stay at home to help curb the spread of the virus. Even though there has been progress in fighting the virus, doctors say that it is not enough to change the frightening projections that could end up overpowering the county’s 17 acute care hospitals.
such as Riverside county. The number of infected people in the county continues to rise exponentially even though the doctors in the county have very little time to turn the situation around and prevent an impending surge.
being facilitated by digital tools and systems. Nevertheless, during this years’ spring season, fewer homes will emerge unscathed, but even fewer homes in the county are not in a position to weather the crisis.
Impact on Real Estate
This is according to a report by Attom Data Solutions that analyzed the country’s 50 most vulnerable housing market as a result of the coronavirus. Unfortunately, counties in the Inland empire ranked among the first most unstable markets nationwide. Riversi-
As of March 2020, 2,596 homes closed sale, and although the market is flux as a result of the virus, buyers and sellers in Counties of Corona and Riverside are still successfully closing real estate deals. These transactions are
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