I have heard, and give some credit to, the theory that silicon valley tech company culture played a role in the bay area’s response being relatively early. Tech companies were making contingency plans and sending their employees home, well before there was any kind of government action here. I don’t know what fraction of employees / day-to-day interactions that represents. But e.g. all Google employees working from home seems like it could have played a nontrivial role in Mountain View, which was the epicenter of the bay area coronavirus outbreak.
I have heard, and give some credit to, the theory that silicon valley tech company culture played a role in the bay area’s response being relatively early. Tech companies were making contingency plans and sending their employees home, well before there was any kind of government action here. I don’t know what fraction of employees / day-to-day interactions that represents. But e.g. all Google employees working from home seems like it could have played a nontrivial role in Mountain View, which was the epicenter of the bay area coronavirus outbreak.