Texas response to Corona virus

[Blake]

You guys really need this GOTCHA pretty bad

[Winehole23]

You guys really need this GOTCHA pretty bad

Eh, the attribution turned out to bad but the picture it draws isn't far off.

[ChumpDumper]

Eh, the attribution turned out to bad but the picture it draws isn't far off.

It's odd. One hospital in the valley set up a tent ward in its ambulance bay. Another has scores of beds available but no one to staff them. Latest plan is to have COVID patients recover in hotels.

[TSA]

[Winehole23]

It's odd. One hospital in the valley set up a tent ward in its ambulance bay. Another has scores of beds available but no one to staff them. Latest plan is to have COVID patients recover in hotels.

Having dedicated convalescent space would seem to make sense given how long recovery takes for bad cases and how long people can shed virus (up to 39 days)

I hope this e is scary enough to alter behavior. From what I've seen in Austin this weekend, that would not appear to be the case.

[ChumpDumper]

He didn't post any data about Mexican nationals.

[ChumpDumper]

Having dedicated convalescent space would seem to make sense given how long recovery takes for bad cases and how long people can shed virus (up to 39 days)

I hope this e is scary enough to alter behavior. From what I've seen in Austin this weekend, that would not appear to be the case.

I'm in the bunker for the most part while the numbers are this high. Will have to take your word on it.

[Winehole23]

I'm in the bunker for the most part while the numbers are this high. Will have to take your word on it.

I have to go out nearly every day, I see crowded stores and restaurants and brisk weekend traffic.

[ChumpDumper]

I have to go out nearly every day, I see crowded stores and restaurants and brisk weekend traffic.

[Winehole23]

Brisk cuts both ways: I saw a lot of traffic, but it was moving along smoothly. It ain't no normal pre-COVID style Saturday yet.

https://www.kxan.com/traffic/

[RandomGuy]

Having dedicated convalescent space would seem to make sense given how long recovery takes for bad cases and how long people can shed virus (up to 39 days)

I hope this e is scary enough to alter behavior. From what I've seen in Austin this weekend, that would not appear to be the case.

I don't think we change our behavior until the governor takes it seriously. The governor won't take it seriously until hundreds of people start dying in hallways.

Hate to have the cynical take, but that seems to be where it is headed.

[Winehole23]

I don't think we change our behavior until the governor takes it seriously. The governor won't take it seriously until hundreds of people start dying in hallways.

Hate to have the cynical take, but that seems to be where it is headed.

Bad leadership will blame the people for misbehaving instead of taking responsibility for solving the problem.

[RandomGuy]

Good. They double that, and they're probably near herd immunity.

With your record of premature posts, I would think you would be a lot more hesitant to call things.

[tholdren]

I don't think we change our behavior until the governor takes it seriously. The governor won't take it seriously until hundreds of people start dying in hallways.

Hate to have the cynical take, but that seems to be where it is headed.

You said this would happen two weeks ago. Every week for 4 months.

[tholdren]

With your record of premature posts, I would think you would be a lot more hesitant to call things.

RandomGuy lack of self awareness. Astonishing.

[RandomGuy]

Why are politicians allowed to lie through their in' teeth like this (go ahead and find examples of Dems lying, Wingnuts. Anyone should be called out.):

"California is ing more."

No.

Texas:



California:



California ain't trending too hot, either, but Texas's trending is a lot worse. 27 percent positive rate today vs. CA's 12 percent. And Texas has 2000 more hospitalizations with their trend on a steeper incline.

Due in part probably to Texas having a greater of tholdrens. But we have our share, too, and Newsom and local governments have caved to the Freedumbs crowd.

That is some cherry picking by the governor.

They are going to stand by the "death rate" until it gets close. Splits thinks it won't, but I am not so sure. We need to act to stop the spread, but I don't think we will do that effectively. I think the plateau will be a lot less than NY, but a lot longer. This is just going to bounce around for a while.

[RandomGuy]

Because 2020 isn't ed enough, what happens when hurricane season hits?

And a hurricane in the middle of a pandemic was very much on our minds at NORTHCOM. We started calling it the COVICANE. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is calling for an above-average Atlantic Hurricane Season this year with a possibility of 19 named storms. We based some of our planning off Hurricane Harvey, which struck Cruz’s hometown of Houston in 2017. Typically, the National Guard and some active duty forces respond to hurricanes to provide things like search and rescue, engineering, and medical support. Rooftop helicopter rescues make for dramatic footage, but the truth is that the military does not do the bulk of the work. Instead, volunteer organizations like the Red Cross lead the effort by managing shelters, feeding the hungry, and processing displaced families. My team looked at how COVID-19 might impact volunteers. What we found was scary.


Foremost, most members of these volunteer organizations are over 60 years old, putting them into the high-risk category for COVID-19. According to the American Red Cross, of their 21,000 trained disaster responders, 42 percent are over the age of 65, 43 percent are between 40-64; and just 13 percent are between 18 and 39. This means the people we need most in a disaster are also among the most vulnerable. The Red Cross says that it has procured PPE for its disaster workers, but we found that other volunteer organizations, given the already nationwide shortage, might not have enough. Everywhere we looked we found data indicating if we failed to flatten the curve, we would be risking the volunteer infrastructure so vital to hurricane response and recovery. It gets worse.

If volunteers aren’t available or if they get sick, the hard work of disaster response would fall on to the only other available pool of manpower: the military. This is problematic in its own way. If a COVICANE response stretches a state National Guard to the breaking point, active duty forces could be deployed to help. The Army only keeps a few active units on standby for what is known as the Defense Support to Civil Authorities mission. In a pinch, untrained active-duty forces could fill the gap and do their best. But the real problems would come after their exposure to the virus in the disaster zone.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/i-was-...p-deep-trouble

[RandomGuy]

Bad leadership will blame the people for misbehaving instead of taking responsibility for solving the problem.

Eyup. "everyone's at fault but me" the tone at the top matters.

[Winehole23]

You said this would happen two weeks ago. Every week for 4 months.

You're straining at gnats, when has COVID-19 ever been worse in Texas than right now?

[RandomGuy]

You said this would happen two weeks ago. Every week for 4 months.

I said the hospitals would be overwhelmed indeed. Stand by that. We have hit capacity in a lot of them so far, and you can only push around new cases so much.

If I am wrong on it, I will own it. The system itself stands at 92% capacity statewide with many hospitals, including Hays Seton not able to take new cases, now meaning they are literally overwhelmed.

I can only hope the surge they will need to do will be enough to keep the worst case scenario from happening.

[DMC]

I don't think we change our behavior until the governor takes it seriously. The governor won't take it seriously until hundreds of people start dying in hallways.

Hate to have the cynical take, but that seems to be where it is headed.

Yeah, fear porn rules!

[RandomGuy]

[lazy non-take]

[boredom]

[DMC]

[boredom]

You should be bored, you've been running the same tired ass fear porn for weeks.

[Blake]

Lol DMC signed up with Team Plandemic

only a mild surprise tho

[tholdren]

I said the hospitals would be overwhelmed indeed. Stand by that. We have hit capacity in a lot of them so far, and you can only push around new cases so much.

If I am wrong on it, I will own it. The system itself stands at 92% capacity statewide with many hospitals, including Hays Seton not able to take new cases, now meaning they are literally overwhelmed.

I can only hope the surge they will need to do will be enough to keep the worst case scenario from happening.

We have not. Stop lying