Posted on 07/16/2020 11:46:23 AM PDT by BeauBo
Evidence continues to mount that spikes in Covid cases in U.S. border states are due to successive waves of infected people fleeing Mexico's dysfunctional and overwhelmed hospitals to get American medical care at least as much, if not more than, to the re-opening of those states' economies. This matters because officials in border states are beginning to base policy decisions for partial lock-downs on grounds that lifting them is what caused the spikes...
Earlier, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal all reported a crush of infected people from Mexico coming over the Arizona and California borders, although the publications say all appear to be American expatriates, dual citizenship holders, and Mexican legal permanent residents.
States appear to be transporting many to interior facilities to keep bed space free on the border as the influx continues, adding to the impression that these imported patients were infected inside the United States due to lifting lock-downs rather than in Mexico, where few social distancing measures were implemented.
The Times and now Reuters have reported that California, for instance, has been airlifting Covid patients from "saturated" border clinics to hospitals in the state's interior. (They might get double reported, as a result)
(Excerpt) Read more at cis.org ...
And that genius Gavin Newsom prefers closing his economy to closing his border. Brilliant!
Unfortunately they add to our statewide CV cases/hospitalization/ death numbers
I think they are heavily testing that population. More tests mean more cases. Anecdotally, that population doesn’t seem to be down with social distancing and has a very high obesity rate, but I think it’s due to the increased testing.
I’d be much more worried about the TB they’re probably carrying along with a host of other diseases more than I’d worry about covid they’re bringing over here.
Bookmark
Houston had a 60,000 person lovefest for king Floyd. The mayor was all in on that. Also is is a major drug distribution center for product coming from Mexico and south. And it is a major sex trafficking hub.
Democrat Mayor and Democrat County Judge (CEO of the county)
And these people lock down honest businesses to slow the spread and the mayor publicly shames businesses who try to open up.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.