Posted on 06/23/2020 3:03:23 PM PDT by bjcoop
AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott sternly warned Texans of “rampant” spread of coronavirus that took the state to a new high Tuesday of more than 5,000 new cases in a single day.
Saying Texans should stay home unless they have a good reason to venture out, Abbott late Tuesday afternoon gave local officials more powers to limit public gatherings during the upcoming Fourth of July weekend.
He expanded the ability of mayors and county judges to restrict outdoor gatherings of over 100 people -- down from the previous limit of more than 500 people in outdoor gatherings. Previously, this applied only to outdoor gatherings over 500 people. Abbott also told the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to enact emergency rules that provide strict health and safety standards and procedures related to COVID-19 for child care centers in Texas. The decrees were based on data showing an increase in COVID-19 transmission stemming from large gatherings and child care centers, the governor’s office said
Good luck with that here in Texas. People are done with it. We may see this in a certain few counties where the largest cities are, but everywhere else will be getting back to normal... whether the government likes it or not.
Either way, Trump will most likely lose Texas and the election now, since mail-in voting during the general election will probable be the outcome of all of this ...
Outdoor gatherings are not the problem.
Most outbreaks occur within close quarters.
I guess we’re learning that the virus operates on ITS TERMS, not our terms. In other words, we get tired of trying to control the spread - it just comes right back, and even worse.
ain’t scared, live in Texas.
Notice they never put the numbers IN CONTEXT. Fear mongering the unfortunately works so well with Sheeple
Are they counting positive antibody tests in the new cases stat, anyone know?
Jack Windsor wmfd tv explained to DeWine about the increase in the number of positive tests. People who have been quarantined have had numerous tests to get out of seclusion.
7 positive tests from 1 person
It is not 7 new positive cases.
DeWine shrugged it off. No public gatherings for fireworks??
Time to protest with pyrotechnics
Cases are one thing, hospitalizations are another.
How many new hospitalizations?
How many are showing symptoms, in ICU or dead?
“Either way, Trump will most likely lose Texas and the election now, since mail-in voting during the general election will probable be the outcome of all of this ...”
LOL, are you f’n serious? Geez, talk about weak kneed wimp!!
I doubt few if any will pay attention to this since it will be impossible to monitor and by doing it it shows he is paying attention.
BTW it isn’t about “new cases” it’s about the death rate which is sinking like a rock.
Hospitals are testing all admissions.
A positive goes on the books as the cause for admission.
People are going in for elective procedures and the staff is listing them as CV.
Of course the numbers are going up.
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Well it should be old common sense that while it is possible to get a cold or the flu carried down the block to you, it’s far more likely that you will get a cold or the flu because someone sick with a cold or the flu is in the same indoor living quarters as you.
Honestly, I think politics makes reasonably smart people dumber (as does graduating from a liberal arts college ... but that's a tale for another time.)
I mean, you lock people away for a couple of months then are shocked when cases rise as people resume their semi-normal lives. What, dear governor did you think would happen? That the virus would just "give up" and go somewhere else? There is no "somewhere else"!! People who haven't been exposed because they've been ordered under involuntary house arrest by the governor(s) haven't been exposed to the virus so they haven't developed any antibodies for natural immunity. This isn't hard to figure out, governor(s)!
Recall that the whole idea was to slow down the infection rate so as not to overload our healthcare system ... remember? Well, the healthcare system today, even with the "surge" of new cases (the direct result of the deliberate action of the governors to isolate even healthy people, is not in any danger of being "overloaded." (As an aside, it's clear that the wearing of masks/daylong snot rags and the fictional "benefits" of (anti)-social distancing mandated by most of the governors aren't doing a damn thing to "stop the spread of the virus". Can't you see that, governor?!)
Easier to understand is why the Democrat/Left governors are continuing to behave this way. They clearly want to retard economic growth and sustain an ultra-high, though irrational, sense of fear, anxiety, distrust and anger among Americans just long enough to get the Democrat/Left Party to the 2020 election.
Good. I have a strong feeling the rise is due to increased testing. I also believe that people being admitted to a hospital for other reasons are being tested for Covid. If they show a positive result that is counted as a Covid diagnosis sans the actual reason for admission.
You’re right. Who gives a rip if someone gets sick for a couple days, or how many.
99.5% will recover
“How many new hospitalizations?”
The huge increase in cases was recent, so it won’t show up right away. But I agree, hospitalizations are the best indicator - we’ll see here!
He has been rock solid on COVID-19, doing things like overturning onerous regs promulgated by counties etc UNTIL THIS WEEK.
Out of the blue he said he will lock the state down if he has to, then starts talking up concerns about positive tests, etc.
Abbot is now whipping up the COVID-19 frenzy.
TLI wrote:
“Hospitals are testing all admissions.
A positive goes on the books as the cause for admission.
People are going in for elective procedures and the staff is listing them as CV.
Of course the numbers are going up.”
Hospitals gaming the system, in order to get more money.
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