Just As Houston Reopens It Is The Next Hot Spot

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/me...trolled-coronavirus-outbreaks-study-says/ss-B
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As hundreds of people recently gathered at the state's capital to protest, calling for restrictions to be lifted, some models are predicting that Texas will see cases surge as soon as next month. For example, Harris County, which includes Houston, could see 2,000+ cases every day come this June. "We're not equipped to handle that type of surge," Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said, according to KSAT. The state has 54,509 confirmed cases and 1,506 deaths as of May 25th. Texas is at the top of the study's list of those at "highest risk."
 

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fmdog44 said:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/me...trolled-coronavirus-outbreaks-study-says/ss-B
. Texas
As hundreds of people recently gathered at the state's capital to protest, calling for restrictions to be lifted, some models are predicting that Texas will see cases surge as soon as next month. For example, Harris County, which includes Houston, could see 2,000+ cases every day come this June. "We're not equipped to handle that type of surge," Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said, according to KSAT. The state has 54,509 confirmed cases and 1,506 deaths as of May 25th. Texas is at the top of the study's list of those at "highest risk."
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In The Sticks said:
Food and other support have a provable direct effect. This does not.

You can always say "It would have been worse if..." but that's never provable. The response is disproportionate to the threat. If it's not, then why not this response ever before when we had tens of millions infected?

The real question is if flu seasons see between 9,000,000 and 55,000,000 infections (per CDC data), then why the media hype and hysteria over 1,500,000 instead of the celebration you cite? It is all contrived.
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I disagree. Looking at the three successive waves of Spanish Flu, lockdowns and mask wearing had a DEFINITE effect. It's acknowledged that 'mask fatigue' had set in so that people failed to take the same precautions when the second wave started. For this reason, most of the deaths from Spanish Flu occurred in the second wave, not the first.

The threat of infection from the SARS-COV2 coronavirus is much higher than influenza viruses. Flu virus infection tends to be 1=.1 due to vaccines. COVID-19 infection is 1=2.5, meaning each person infected will infect more than 2 people, who in turn also infect people, and so on. It is MUCH more infectious, all the more so because the heaviest viral shedding appears to be 3-4 days before a person shows symptoms - and many people show few, if any symptoms at all.

Also, COVID-19 has an inflammatory effect upon many people, which they think is due to a genetic disposition. Thus, although children rarely show symptoms, a small but distinct group of pre-puberty age children are suffering cardiac failures. Young adults, also a small but geographically dispersed group, have developed Kawasaki-type syndrome, confounding medical staff as Kawasaki is not only rarely seen in children, but heretofore has never been seen in the age group 19-25 until now.

One reason they celebrate those people who are on ventilators but eventually survive? Because the mortality rate for those on ventilators is over 90%.
 
The response is disproportionate to the threat.... How can less than 1/2 of 1% infected do this to us? Think about that. One half of one percent, and look at the self-inflected destruction, because of what we DON'T know?
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"In the Sticks," maybe you should try asking that of parents who have just lost a child to that cardiac syndrome brought on by the virus? Or the families of loved parents and grandparents who have died a horrible, lonely death?

This is not about juggling statistics to prove the point you want to prove. It is about a heartbreaking, worldwide tragedy.

But even if it is about the statistics, 1/2 of 1% is a hell of a lot of people.
 
C'est Moi said:
The sky is falling. :rolleyes:
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The highest rates of illness as of Sunday were in the following counties: 05/26/20
  • Harris County: 10,770 cases
  • Dallas County: 8,649 cases
  • Tarrant County: 4,951 cases
  • Travis County: 2,788cases
  • Bexar County: 2,418 cases
  • El Paso County: 2,340 cases
  • Potter County: 2,238 cases
  • Fort Bend County: 1,676 cases
  • Denton County: 1,212 cases
  • Collin County: 1,136 cases
 
fmdog and others, perhaps this statement about Texas opening up will better quantify it:

As he makes decisions about how quickly to restart the Texas economy, Abbott has zeroed in on two figures: the state's infection rate — the ratio of positive cases to tests conducted — and the hospitalization rate — the proportion of infected Texans who are requiring hospitalization. Both rates have generally trended downward since high points in the first half of April.

"All the key metrics are going in the right direction, and that is exactly why the doctors advised us that we had the green light to open up to the extent we are opening up," Abbott said in an interview with The Texas Tribune on Thursday evening, shortly after the latest case figures came out.


As for the deaths, Abbott said any death is tragic and that is why his latest order advises the population most vulnerable to the virus — those 65 and older — to remain at home except for essential activities. He pointed out that, "even with today's number, we have one one of the lowest deaths per capita in any state in America."

Abbott's focus on those numbers has been backed up by his medical advisers and affirmed by other experts focused on the pandemic, such as Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.
 
fmdog44 said:
The highest rates of illness as of Sunday were in the following counties: 05/26/20
  • Harris County: 10,770 cases
  • Dallas County: 8,649 cases
  • Tarrant County: 4,951 cases
  • Travis County: 2,788cases
  • Bexar County: 2,418 cases
  • El Paso County: 2,340 cases
  • Potter County: 2,238 cases
  • Fort Bend County: 1,676 cases
  • Denton County: 1,212 cases
  • Collin County: 1,136 cases
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Yes, like all other states, the counties with the highest population have the highest number of cases. What a revelation.
 

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