[daveFNbuck]

I live in San Mateo county, and am interested in knowing what to do to stay safe. This is the first I've heard about limiting outdoor recreation to within 5 miles of my home.

I haven't been notified about any of the details of any of the lockdowns. In the Spring, I encountered a group of people who had just been released from jail during one of my monthly shopping trips. Despite having just been in government custody, they didn't even know the basics about things like social distancing, much less any more specific restrictions.

How are these things supposed to be effective when it's so hard to learn about them?

[shostack]

What have you tried to stay notified about details? the SMCAlert system texts and emails me links to details as soon as any changes occur. It has been fantastic for this and other situations.

https://hsd.smcsheriff.com/smcalert

[daveFNbuck]

I tried a lot. I spent a good amount of time searching for what the restrictions were in my city. I found news articles describing restrictions, but I wasn't able to locate primary sources or a way to keep updated.

Even with the link you sent me, that site gives no indication that it's a way to get updates on pandemic-related news and restrictions. It seems to just be an emergency subscription. What other messages does it send that aren't described in the FAQs?

[babesh]

https://www.smchealth.org/coronavirus

This is directly from the horse’s mouth. This is San Mateo County’s health website.

Also Nextdoor.

Also if you subscribe to emails from your city.

Also the local news.

[daveFNbuck]

My wife just alerted me to new restrictions she heard about on Twitter. I went to https://www.smchealth.org/coronavirus to read more about it, and I don't see anything different from when you linked me to it 10 days ago.

[jeffbee]

You're confused because the county health information system is being mismanaged and misused as a blog by a crank. He doesn't allow anyone to send public information on his behalf and he requires all of his writings to be distributed verbatim[1]. That's why they all read like incoherent rambles. It's also why every one of his messages begins with the instructions to "reread my previous statements below", because he's top-quoting himself in Outlook! He just does not understand the impact his intentional aversion to clarity is having on the region.

1: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/us/coronavirus-san-mateo-...

[x3n0ph3n3]

I think you confuse clarity with oversimplification. Nothing he's written so far makes him sound like a crank.