Here's The Good COVID-19 News That's Being Buried By The Press

[TBoneTX 45,571]

32 minutes ago, laylalex said:

Why is the governor of Texas telling people to stay home if there isn't a problem, and pausing the reopening?

He's a closet wimp.

9 hours ago, Steeleballz said:

Seroprevalence

Shocking!  Is this even legal?!  

[laylalex 7,293]

It's not wimpy to want to protect your fellow Texans from further harm. 

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

13 hours ago, laylalex said:

That completely excludes hospitalizations. Are you saying that only deaths matter? What about people whose lives are upended -- with possibly life-changing consequences -- by having to stay in hospital, perhaps in an ICU on a ventilator. Deaths are not the only metric that matters. 

Ok, that was too broad of a generalization.  Of course there are serious cases that leave people crippled, or otherwise in need of further care.  My point was that as we test more, we will FIND more, and not because the disease is "getting worse".  There are already estimated millions that have had it but never tested for it.  At the end of the day, the majority of people who have had it recovered with no issues, and many had no worse than flu-like symptoms.  The more we learn about the disease, it will become clearer.  That's why I said deaths matter.  There is no recovering from terminal hypoxia, no chance of immunity.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

9 hours ago, laylalex said:

Why is the governor of Texas telling people to stay home if there isn't a problem, and pausing the reopening?

 

Why is discounting hospitalizations appropriate? 

Fear of public opinion/outrage.  If he stays open, and gets more new cases, while another state remains closed and gets a lower amount of new cases...   Political optics.

[yuna628 9,686]

1 hour ago, laylalex said:

It's not wimpy to want to protect your fellow Texans from further harm. 

No it's never wimpy to want to protect yourself and others from harm.

 

Another coworker at the hospital went down today. There had been some concerns about their lack of adhering to the rules while on the property... so not surprising, but once again is putting my sister at risk. Manager casually txts to ''tell'' her to 'disinfect' the sick person's space. Oh my...

[laylalex 7,293]

8 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Fear of public opinion/outrage.  If he stays open, and gets more new cases, while another state remains closed and gets a lower amount of new cases...   Political optics.

Or maybe he doesn't want more people dying. As you said, deaths matter. 

 

He has today ordered bars to shut unless they serve food, and then it's takeout only. Restaurant capacity is being dropped from 75% to 50%. He's trying to stem a tide of cases, not look coronawoke. 

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

2 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

Fear of public opinion/outrage.  If he stays open, and gets more new cases, while another state remains closed and gets a lower amount of new cases...   Political optics.

The "optics" are pretty transparent at this point, along with the preferential exclusions for social justice. Inherent respect for any leader who ignores this deranged hysteria that has nothing to do with health and all to do with power.

Edited June 26, 2020 by Burnt Reynolds

[TBoneTX 45,571]

3 hours ago, laylalex said:

He has today ordered bars to shut unless they serve food, and then it's takeout only. Restaurant capacity is being dropped from 75% to 50%.

Haven't heard this yet.

 

Meanwhile, read this:

https://thefederalist.com/2020/06/26/covid-19-is-spreading-in-texas-is-it-time-to-panic-no/

[laylalex 7,293]

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/26/texas-bars-restaurants-coronavirus-greg-abbott/

 

Also: 

 

 

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Some point to a lack of enforcement for social distancing measures and masks. Yet California, a state of similar size and demographics, where Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom was far more aggressive in pursuing a shutdown than Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, has seen a case increase of about the same magnitude, which even started at about the same time as Texas.

 

Unemployment numbers can give us a sense of how widespread the shutdowns in each state were. Since February, California’s unemployment rate jumped 12.4 percent to 16.3 percent in May, while Texas’ saw an increase of 9.5 percent to 13 percent over the same period.

[laylalex 7,293]

I know what's happening here. It's not good. This is why I stay indoors as much as possible and don't take unnecessary risks. I don't need to eat a burrito in a restaurant more than I need to keep healthy and help others stay healthy. I also do not see the economy as the sole metric for a state's success in controlling this virus.

 

I was trying to help those who don't know what's happening in Texas. And also, ultimately, that's an opinion piece, unlike the factual news reporting I posted. Do I need to find my Big Lebowski gif? I'm on my phone atm, so give me a moment. 

[Dashinka 24,628]

12 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

 

 

Yeah, there is that little something regarding CA that was petty much still shut down, yet is experiencing more cases.  I suppose the excuse will be it is all imported.

[Dashinka 24,628]

1 minute ago, laylalex said:

I know what's happening here. It's not good. This is why I stay indoors as much as possible and don't take unnecessary risks. I don't need to eat a burrito in a restaurant more than I need to keep healthy and help others stay healthy. I also do not see the economy as the sole metric for a state's success in controlling this virus.

 

I was trying to help those who don't know what's happening in Texas. And also, ultimately, that's an opinion piece, unlike the factual news reporting I posted. Do I need to find my Big Lebowski gif? I'm on my phone atm, so give me a moment. 

So the cases are expanding in some states that reopened as well as some states under more restrictive orders.  How is that explained?

[laylalex 7,293]

2 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

So the cases are expanding in some states that reopened as well as some states under more restrictive orders.  How is that explained?

I would ask an epidemiologist if I were you. I'm an unemployed art history major.

[Ban Hammer 13,419]

8 minutes ago, laylalex said:

I know what's happening here. It's not good. This is why I stay indoors as much as possible and don't take unnecessary risks.

 

me too.  some day they will build a monument to me.