This article is from WeChat public account: Sister Rong Dayi (ID: laodaorongdayijie) , author: granite sheets, original title: “diary Los: roots force” head of FIG from: IC photo
Go to the lawn for the second weekend of working from home. The two parties in the United States have compromised a money distribution plan. The grass-roots fire of the people makes people see hope.
Yesterday, the United States increased 14,588 cases (11%) from the previous day, and Los Angeles increased 318 cases (17%), New York increased 3003 cases (10%) . This weekend is the quietest weekend I have experienced in Los Angeles in ten years.
Last week, I went to the beach and reported that many families ride their bikes carefree. The atmosphere was slightly dignified this week. There is very little traffic on the road. Los Angeles closes the beach and hikes. There is no relatively concentrated place. People find their own space to let out.
I went to an unknown park outside the city. Some people were playing gym music on the lawn and doing a full set of aerobic exercises. Some people hung rings on the trees and performed various difficult gymnastics. I did n’t know that there were so many people around me. martial arts master. Don’t worry, there is half the distance between each group of football fields.
I’m grateful that I can still go to such a place and dispel the fear of confinement. Every day this week has major events: As the detection capacity improves, the number of diagnoses in the United States has unexpectedly soared to the number one in the world; New York doctors have shouted for help on social media; and the federal government has announced a final payment plan.
The first two things I wrote separately this week,Briefly talk about sending money today.
Up to $ 1200 per person based on income. This kind of payment may sound cool, but it cannot be separated from the environment and costs. For example, an average one-bedroom house in Los Angeles costs $ 2,000, and the government’s money is enough to pay more than half a month’s rent, which cannot solve the actual problem.
For ordinary people who have to repay car loans and student loans and cannot deposit, even if they are temporarily unemployed, it is a great blow to the family. Unless they send money every month, a large number of people who have been paid by the epidemic prevention will be paid. Into a problem.
In addition, the median income card of major coastal cities is online, and most people ca n’t receive the relief money. Let ’s say that it ’s better to grant fish to people. This 2 trillion stimulus plan may give the stock market a few days of chicken blood. For ordinary people, chat is better than nothing, but it is not enough to see hope.
A little bit of positive energy every day. Fortunately, the flames of folk stars are becoming more and more prominent. Many small and medium-sized enterprises in the United States are starting to do stuff. One of the sites mentioned by several young Chinese was “One acre and one third of land”, which was one of them. They made real-time epidemic data overnight and was publicly cited by the United States CDC.
Trump is fighting with GM to force them to switch to medical supplies, and New York’s Civilian Industrial Park has formed a scale. Brooklyn Industrial Park, a company that provides interior decoration, successfully converted protective masks within a week.
The company started looking for raw materials on Friday, made a sample on Saturday night, and signed an order for 120,000 protective masks with the city government at 9 pm on Sunday. Those who have studied and worked in the United States must know the slow pace here. Especially on weekends, generally no non-entertainment events occur.
Because of this, I want to say that this is definitely an extremely productive and extraordinary weekend. This company has hired a lot of previously suspended workers and can ship 50,000 in the next week. In the same industrial park, some have changed to produce disposable hand sanitizers, and some have changed to seam masks.
A comment below the newsOn the other hand, don’t give GE any more funding, these small and medium-sized enterprises are the true backbone of the United States. We are not unfamiliar with these news. As a big manufacturing country, many domestic companies have previously switched to producing masks. During the New Year, they worked overtime and moved a lot. Many people worry that the manufacturing capacity of the United States is unmatched. Of course, if we only look at the production capacity before the new crown, the production of medical protective equipment is far from enough.
In the past week, I discovered that too many experts are in the private sector. There are many small businesses and even individuals in the United States. Although their Mars is small, their energy is surprisingly huge. Altress, a small niche clothing brand in New York that I have never heard of, has only been custom-made for women’s dresses. Each skirt is about $ 300, only ordered, and it takes an average of 12 days to ship.
What company is this? Three people sewed skirts by hand, one tailored, one sewed, and one stitched. New York requires working from home. Each of the three people cannot work together on an assembly line at home. It can be imagined that it is much slower than before. Recently, a local hospital contacted this small workshop and asked if they could produce masks. They agreed, and now they can sew 1,000 masks a week for emergency.
Amy Kuceyeski, an associate professor of mathematics and radiology at Cornell University in New York, saw a video site using a 3D printer as a protective device last week. She immediately sent a group of emails and asked who has a 3D printer to make a protective mask together. . The school’s students, professors, researchers, and community members brought together 50 people, 100 3D printers, and provided 400 protective masks to two New York hospitals on Friday.
Now they aim to produce 500 to 1,000 masks per day. In the Brooklyn Industrial Park mentioned earlier, there is another nickname “I can do it” Park (“Can Do” Yard) . The name comes from World War II, when Pearl Harbor was attacked by air, and the United States responded negatively before the change. The hatred formed by the common enemy is transformed into extremely powerful productivity.
After Pearl Harbor, the number of workers in the park has quadrupled. At that time, the workers here built a large number of the world’s most advanced and largest aircraft carriers in a short period of time. Fortunately, more and more energy is being used in the new enemy of the new crown. Many people are worried this week that American students, schools and dormitories are closed, hoping that they have returned to the embrace of their motherland.
I can particularly appreciate the anxiety of international students wanting to return to China. From what I am most familiar with, American residential real estate has strict procedures for applying for tenants. Generally, the “three non-students” who do not have US social security numbers, credit records, and income certificates. “It’s difficult to rent a house from a big company.
The background is, as mentioned before, if the tenant dragsOwing to rent, many states take more than half a year to chase customers. Real estate developers are afraid to rent to unsatisfactory tenants who are in arrears with rents, so there are many bankrupt small landlords. The criteria for judging tenants are the three above.
Most of the nation ’s residential leasing companies are also listed companies. They have strict tenant screening rules. Even if you have enough money, you can pay a year’s rent in advance. It is almost useless for application approval rates. Even individual landlords will scrutinize credit records very closely.
In particular, California Governor Newsom announced this weekend that for the sake of epidemic prevention, the entire California state will suspend the (due to arrears) to expel tenants at this time. All hosts are very careful. I would rather the house be empty than rent it to someone who is not sure. How to deal with the most basic accommodation is a big problem for students who have to complete the suspension without months.
Another problem is the fear of medical care. I recently talked with a few friends. When I first came to the United States to study, many people were cautious every day. I never went to the hospital once when I was in school. Even if I went to the hospital, it was only a few times. At most, I had to make a school-mandatory vaccine. Every time I return home, I carry a large pack of commonly used medicines such as cold medicines. I have DIY if I have any problems.
In retrospect, I rarely got sick at the time. The underlying reason was that my body knew that I really dared not get sick. Whether it is China’s fourth or sixth grade or the TOEFL GRE in the United States, medical vocabulary is rarely involved, and what are the various departments, I can’t say enough now. It can be imagined that a series of uneasiness before going to the hospital is even worse than being sick.
A friend who had no worries about food and clothing came to the United States to play, went to an emergency department (emergency room) , and queued for a day, but in the end it was just Hit the salt water and received a $ 3,000 bill. As a person with relatively free wealth, it is also difficult for this fee standard to stay cold.
It is not to say that the US medical system is exploiting people ’s fats and ointments in broad daylight, but the hospital has its own set of tedious processes, which requires a certain understanding to avoid sky-high bills.
For example, when to go to the emergency room (emergency room ), emergency room (Urgent care, yes, and urgentThe consultation room is two different things, there is no such distinction in China) , when to use an ambulance, when to see a specialist, I can talk about these concepts.
Even if you have good health insurance, you can’t just use whatever you want. It’s common for several checks to receive a bill of thousands of dollars. Many companies help employees hire third-party “medical insurance brokers” that already have medical insurance. From time to time, these “brokers” are also required to coordinate hospitals and insurance companies, understand bills, or file appeals.
These are more than ten years of experience, and when I hear it, there are stories that are said to be tears. For international students who are new to the United States, if the motherland is in a warm embrace for the time being, they should show their strength at the end of these months, learn lessons and learn about these accommodation and medical systems immediately.
Experienced in a strange period of history, one of the characteristics is that regardless of age and nationality, many people will be forced to grow. It doesn’t matter if you think it’s a good thing or a bad thing.
This article is from the WeChat public account: Sister Rong Dayi (ID: laodaorongdayijie) , the original title: “Los Angeles diaries: grassroots power”, author: granite tablets.