Texas response to Corona virus

[LkrFan]

He doesn't just "play dumb" on TV

And you farmers voted for him instead of Beto? Look at his gut. I bet he did a lot of campaigning in San Antonio

[tholdren]

"The COVID-19 positivity rate in Texas reached a record-high as top officials in Houston call for the city to lock back down as area hospitals strain to accommodate the onslaught of patients sick with the new coronavirus.

The positivity rate jumped to 16.33% Saturday, up from the previous high of 15.85%, recorded on April 12. An increase in the positivity rate indicates an increase in the spread of the virus, not an increase in testing for the virus.

The number eclipsed 10% on June 23 and has climbed steadily since that date....

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/te...kdown/2405236/

Great news increase cases lower deaths.

Lockdown fail

[midnightpulp]

Great news increase cases lower deaths.

Lockdown fail

Only 32 deaths reported yesterday for Texas! Looking great! I bet they crush the death curve this week. That old Texas spirit rising to the occasion!

[tholdren]

Only 32 deaths reported yesterday for Texas! Looking great! I bet they crush the death curve this week. That old Texas spirit rising to the occasion!

200 ppl die from the flu every day.

Also you have no idea how many of those 35 died with from probable or any clue what date they died or their ages or comorbidities....

[ChumpDumper]

200 ppl die from the flu every day.

Is that an estimate?

[tholdren]

Is that an estimate?

Yep same estimate as every other death.

[ChumpDumper]

Yep

Oh.

[midnightpulp]

200 ppl die from the flu every day.

Also you have no idea how many of those 35 died with from probable or any clue what date they died or their ages or comorbidities....

Think you're missing the point. 32 is a great figure. Texas will continue to defy all statistical probabilities and CRUSH the curve this week. Yep.

[tholdren]

Think you're missing the point. 32 is a great figure. Texas will continue to defy all statistical probabilities and CRUSH the curve this week. Yep.

Thinking you're missing the point. 35 deaths all unknown date age comorbidities testing etc


Hospitals never overwhelmed

[TimDunkem]

Hey, old liar, tell us about the days of skillllz before the 3pt line bwahahaha

[RandomGuy]

Hays County (Seton) ICU is full. They are shunting critically ill to other hospitals.

We are exporting our future fatalities, that also means our "hospitalized" counts will flatline. (per state representatives' office)

[midnightpulp]

Thinking you're missing the point. 35 deaths all unknown date age comorbidities testing etc


Hospitals never overwhelmed

I'm agreeing with you, dude. Everything is great in Texas right now. Just some backlogged deaths and people being run over by lawnmowers counted as Covid deaths being added to the log.

In reality, Texas has probably only had like 4 deaths this week due to Covid, and they were all 90 year olds.

[RandomGuy]

I'm agreeing with you, dude. Everything is great in Texas right now. Just some backlogged deaths and people being run over by lawnmowers counted as Covid deaths being added to the log.

In reality, Texas has probably only had like 4 deaths this week due to Covid, and they were all 90 year olds.

He has presented a testible hypothesis. Two actually.

COVID = as deadly as the flu. Flu, worst case scenario 62000 deaths.

He further asserts that, based on this, anything over that is misrepresented "fake news"

We know the estimated incidence of death in the country for 2020, was to have ended up being .0088 from all causes in the US, and that includes an expected uptick in opiod deaths. .0088*330M = 2.904M. Add another "bad flu" to that, and you get a final expected death rate of .00899, or round to .009 to keep calcs simpler.

A: COVID is just like the flu

IF A, then B: news reports saying it is worse are false.

IF A, then B.

This has the benefit of covering any potential mis-attributions, as he asserts. The raw death data from all causes obviates that. We will know around March or April of next year what the final toll was. Trump administration won't be around to hide it, in all probability.

.009 or close, and he is right.

Higher... he is almost certainly wrong. 200k by end of August with four more months of outbreaks to go for the end of the year. If people are still limiting physical contacts, flu season might actually be pretty light this year. I know I will absolutely go in for my vaccination, as will my family. Ain't no way school is starting in the fall other than distance learning, but that is a whole other can of worms.

[RandomGuy]

Cuck

[RandomGuy]

I'm agreeing with you, dude. Everything is great in Texas right now. Just some backlogged deaths and people being run over by lawnmowers counted as Covid deaths being added to the log.

In reality, Texas has probably only had like 4 deaths this week due to Covid, and they were all 90 year olds.

Of coursse the problem with focusing on the fatalities...

For every one that dies, 19 will require hospitalization.
18 of those will have permanent heart damage
10 will have permanent lung damage
3 will have strokes
2 will have neurological damage that leads to chronic weakness and loss of coordination
2 will have neurological damage that leads to loss of cognitive function

300k fatalities by the end of the year:
5,700,000 hospitalizations.
5,400,000 with heart damage
3,000,000 with lung damage
900k strokes
600k with mild neurological damage
600k with cognitive impairment

Tell me that doesn't impose an economic loss.

[RandomGuy]

State of Texas: Teachers weigh risks of return to the classroom
https://www.kxan.com/state-of-texas/...the-classroom/

So many unanswered questions. My take: won't happen. As soon as you get a bunch of teachers calling in sick for two week stretches because of needing to quantine... you have lost any benefit of getting them back into classrooms.

get ready for another round of tele-teaching.

“I don’t know how much any of you have tried to get a sixth, seventh, eighth grader to do something for almost eight hours a day. But good luck getting them to keep their mask on and stay away from people for eight hours a day,” middle school teacher Eric Ramos said.

[boutons_deux]

I read an analysis that cratering the economy now to control the pandemic is CHEAPER than letting the pandemic run while the economy would still be crippled.

Of course, that ignores that other countries have controlled the pandemic without massive economic damage, "because socialism", because they were governed seriously and had apopulation correctly informed and compliant with behavior that knocked the pandemic down.

WTF is wrong with USA?

Repugs at all levels of government, and asshole ignorant citizens with their sociopathic freedumb bull




USA is a failed country

[DarrinS]

[RandomGuy]

Can't see it. What I will assume is that it doesn't show Donald Trump acting responsibly or meaningfully to combat the pandemic, nor will it show any Republican elected official doing the same.

You ers don't have that. Why is that?

[Spurtacular]

You're wife announced you were a cuckold. That's maybe more embarrassing than doing it yourself.

[TimDunkem]

^Your*

[DarrinS]

Can't see it. What I will assume is that it doesn't show Donald Trump acting responsibly or meaningfully to combat the pandemic, nor will it show any Republican elected official doing the same.

You ers don't have that. Why is that?

"From steveKrak: more people died with coronavirus in New York City (population 8 million) than Texas (29 mil), Florida (21 mil), California (39 mil) and Georgia (11 mil) … combined. This is “competent government” according to a @washingtonpost reporter."

[DarrinS]

Can't see it. What I will assume is that it doesn't show Donald Trump acting responsibly or meaningfully to combat the pandemic, nor will it show any Republican elected official doing the same.

You ers don't have that. Why is that?

"From steveKrak: more people died with coronavirus in New York City (population 8 million) than Texas (29 mil), Florida (21 mil), California (39 mil) and Georgia (11 mil) … combined. This is “competent government” according to a @washingtonpost reporter."

[Blake]

More what about New York.

[Blake]

"From steveKrak: more people died with coronavirus in New York City (population 8 million) than Texas (29 mil), Florida (21 mil), California (39 mil) and Georgia (11 mil) … combined. This is “competent government” according to a @washingtonpost reporter."

Darrin would you say the ability to treat covid in hospitals has gone up, gone down, or stayed the same since April?