Austin in Phase 2 = investigative
Travis Co. test from yesterday is still pending.
Dr. Epscot (or something) Committee named to evaluate mass gatherings - churches, schools and spring events. They will not be closing SXSW because people will still travel here for it (huh?)and they won’t have the city structure for safety and remind them to.... wash their hands. This disease is bad but not as bad as Ebola. Mortality is .7% including China so is substantially less than that outside China.
Some woman - Do what your mama taught you to wash hands, cover coughs, stay calm and carry on.
Gay city council guy - SXSW will not be cancelled (singing Money, money, money, mon-eeeeeey). Most important thing to do is wash your hands, bow to one another or elbow bump.
Question session:
Holding large events like SXSW won’t increase risk. Wash your hands. Increase person to person distance. As crowds grow, distance decreases (DUH!!!). Even shutting down SXSW people will still come and there won’t be any hand sanitizers available for them. Cancelling large events will lead to job loss.
They may decrease numbers of people at certain venues to help with social distancing.
Infected individuals will be monitored. Dr. issues control order - you may not go out, blah, blah.
DHSH lab will be the lab to run and evaluate CV tests. (and Dr. coughs).
Public announcements can be issued when looking for tracing “if you were in X place at X time please contact us”.
Wash hands. Don’t go to work when sick.
Known prone compromised issues - nursing homes.
They have three sets of guidelines but didn’t explain it. Criteria has been loosened but sometimes travel history before accepting it might be CV.
Encouraging businesses, IT, to consider working at home.
The end.
Folks just aren’t smart enough to get it—my tip for the day is to keep your social distance from idiots. :-)
In summary:
“Some folks might have the sniffles but don’t let that discourage you. Please come to Austin and spend two week’s salary! Please!!!”
Oh, and don’t forget to elbow bump.
I’ve got some ‘investigative’ data for San Antonio.
Mortality in China from one strain of covid is 0.7%
Mortality in the US from all flus and all pneumonias is 0.1%
Thanks for the recap.
Good, grief!!! Could this Austin/Travis Cty TX presser have been more dumbfounding??? Every other sentence contradicts the previous.
It's OBVIOUSLY all about the Benjamins....$$$$. Plebs be darned...and, infected.
This presser sounds like it was as much of a clusterflock as the San Antonio presser of a few weeks ago. The libs can't get their messaging, or their act together, and to heck with the peons...come spend your $$$ in Austin and SA.
SXSW could end up more like this!