Posted on 07/11/2020 6:47:39 AM PDT by Kaslin
Despite the mainstream media narrative, Texas leads the nation in coronavirus recoveries, and its coronavirus death rate is .01 percent.
Of a population of roughly 29 million people, there have been 2.6 million tests for the coronavirus. Among them, 230,346 positive cases have been reported, or .79 percent of the population. Roughly 8.85 percent of those who have been tested have tested positive for the virus. And only those who are presenting symptoms are tested, so the number is slightly skewed.
There have been an estimated 118,326 recoveries, and 2,918 reported coronavirus-related deaths as of July 9, according to the Texas Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus database.
Former legislators, Republicans and conservatives have filed multiple law suits against Republican Gov. Greg Abbott for multiple actions hes taken that they argue violate the Texas Constitution, U.S. Constitution and privacy laws.
With a successful recovery rate and significantly low death rate of one tenth of one percent, critics argue there is no reason for the governor to not reopen the state to get people fully back to work. Instead, the governor just extended his emergency order for another 30 days as of July 10.
All the while, he has said his decisions have been made based on the data and science, and the data supports reopeningnot continued closures.
According to the state database, the number of coronavirus-related deaths shows a downward trendand recoveries far outweigh deaths. Infection rates per county population are minusculeroughly one percent and less. Death rates are fractions of one percent.
Consider the data reported by the state: in Dallas County, the number of total coronavirus cases is 29,160, since the state and county began tracking the data. Of them, there have been 16,192 recoveries and 426 deaths. As of July 8, there are 11,529 active cases. Of the countys 2.6 million people, the coronavirus case number/infection rate is 1.1 percent. The death rate is .000037. (Divide 426 by 2.6 million.)
In Harris County, the reported number of total coronavirus cases is 40,012. Of them there have been 12,856 recoveries and 411 deaths. As of July 8, there are 26,048 active cases. Of the countys 4 million people, the case number/infection rate is 1.0 percent. The death rate is .01 percent. (Again, divide the number of cases and deaths by population.)
In Tarrant County, the reported number of total coronavirus cases is 16,180. Of them, there have been 7,018 recoveries and 254 coronavirus-related deaths. As of July 8, there are 8,319 active cases. Of the countys 2 million people, the case number/infection rate is .80 percent. The death rate is .01 percent.
In Travis County, the reported number of total coronavirus cases is 13,161. Of them, there have been 9,837 recoveries and 159 coronavirus-related deaths. As of July 8, there are 2,420 active cases. Of the countys 1.2 million people, the case number/infection rate is 1.0 percent. The death rate is .01 percent.
In Bexar County, the reported number of total coronavirus cases is 16,725. Of them, there have been 6,191 recoveries and 146 coronavirus-related deaths. As of July 8, there are 9,552 active cases. Of the countys 2 million people, the case number/infection rate is .83 percent. The death rate is .0073 percent.
In El Paso County, the reported number of total coronavirus cases is 8,385. Of them, there have been 5,155 recoveries and 145 coronavirus-related deaths. As of July 8, there are 9,552 active cases. Of the countys roughly 840,000 people, the case number/infection rate is .99 percent. The death rate is .01 percent.
Thanks to increased federal funding, deployment of the National Guard, and exceptional medical facilities and staff, Texas is now averaging more than 50,000 COVID-19 tests per day.
With increased testing, increased number of cases is to be expected. However, Texas has the 28th-lowest COVID case rate in the U.S.
In Texas, the COVID-19 positivity rate has also been flat for 10 dayseven over the July 4th holiday weekend.
Of the staffed hospital beds available, 20 percent are open and available specifically for coronavirus patients, and 60.8 percent of Texas ventilators are available.
According to Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) calculations:
- 17 percent of beds and 61 percent of ventilators are available in Dallas County;
- 14 percent of beds and 53 percent of ventilators are available in Harris County;
- 21 percent of beds and 62 percent of ventilators are available in Travis County;
- 14 percent of beds and 52 percent of ventilators are available in Bexar County;
- 17 percent of beds and 61 percent of ventilators are available in Tarrant County.
And these are staffed beds, not licensed beds, meaning there are far more hospital beds available if hospitals were fully staffing their floors. Significant numbers of staff have been let go because of Abbotts executive shut down orders.
Despite media claims to the contrary, the data indicates that there is no hospital crisisfor coronavirus patientsin Texas.
But there appears to be a healthcare crisis for non-coronavirus patients. More than 500 doctors sent a letter to President Donald Trump arguing that the state shutdowns are creating a mass casualty event. Their cry has apparently fallen on deaf ears at the national and state level.
Texas .01 percent death rate is the lowest COVID-19 fatality rate out of the most affected states, and it is tied for the 14th-lowest COVID-19 fatality rate in the U.S., the TPPF notes.
While many seem to suggest that Texas is in bad shape, they arent telling the whole story, David Balat, director of the Right on Healthcare initiative at the TPPF, told me. The fact is Texas is one of the safest places to be during the pandemic. We should all be cautious, but we are not in the desperate crisis and overburdening hospital beds like many in the media and officials claim.
Of the states most populated counties, the case number/infection rate is one percent or less. Of Texas lesser-populated counties, the case number/infection rate is far less than one percent, which is the norm across the country, according to research conducted by the Heritage Foundation.
More than half of all U.S. counties report zero COVID-19 deaths.
States and counties that fail to reopen could cause economic output to fall by $2 trillion, the Heritage Foundation projects.
Consider these statistics:
* 99.0 percent of Travis County residents dont have the coronavirus;
* 99.2 percent of Harris County residents dont have the virus;
* 99.1 percent of Bexar County residents dont have the virus;
* 98.9 percent of Dallas County residents dont have the virus;
* 99.2 percent of Tarrant County residents dont have the virus.
Based on this data, Texas residents are asking why the governor hasnt reopened the state. Gov. Abbott has said the roughly 3 million jobs lost were directly related to businesses shut down as a result of his executive orders, but many of those businesses arent reopening and people wont have jobs to go back to.
JoAnn Fleming, founder of Grassroots America We The People, in a recent email to activists said, Under the cover of unconstitutional Emergency Powers laws on the books, COVID-19 has been used to silence the voice of The People, expand government authority, commit taxpayers to untold debt, destroy businesses/jobs, empower socialist redistribution of wealth, put a government boot on churches, ration health care for non-COVID patients, and torch civil liberties.
The Texas House Freedom Caucus released a letter it sent to Abbott, arguing its case for the need for a special legislative session.
This is not hard or difficult to understand, Fleming said. Gov. Abbott should immediately call a special session of the legislature to allow for public hearings and debate about the appropriate, constitutional response to COVID-19.
"Forget calling the Governors Office, she adds. He did not heed the thousands of calls during the 2019 legislative session, nor those in support of our unity project The Lone Star Agenda, nor calls about the shutdown, [or] contact tracing contract. He and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick have ignored the last several Texas Conservative Grassroots Coalition letters as we attempted to lodge our grievances."
More than 1,800 Texans have now sued Gov. Abbott over the state's contact tracing program, which they argue violates constitutional rights and privacy laws. Roughly 400 others have also sued Abbott for issuing what they argue are unconstitutional executive orders.
Jared Woodfill, the attorney who has filed lawsuits on behalf of the plaintiffs and is a former Harris County Republican chairman, told me in an email, "Governor Abbott continues to act like a king, refusing to convene the Legislature to address his unconstitutional orders. Abbott is unilaterally destroying our economy and trampling on our constitutional rights. Why wont he convene the Legislature and allow our elected representatives to express their constituents' voice?
He seems to forget we live in a Republic, not a monarchy, Woodfill adds. It is time to unmask his unconstitutional orders! It is time for freedom and liberty to be restored in Texas.
Woodfills firm has filed suit at the Texas Supreme Court, the District Courts of Travis and Harris Counties, with the City of Galveston, and another is expected to be filed in federal court soon.
Within days of the latest executive order Abbott issued requiring face covering statewide, several county Republican parties passed censure resolutions against Abbott: Ector County, Harrison County, Montgomery and Llano County, citing abuses of executive authority, among other violations.
The censures will be considered, and possibly sustained, by the delegates of the 2020 Republican Party State Convention. Several other counties are expected to pass similar resolutions, according to the Texas Scorecard.
The question Texans keep asking is why wont Abbott fully reopen a state whose own data reports a .01 percent death rate and 1 percent case/infection rate or less?
Do you, or anyone else on here, know how to assist in these lawsuits?
Same as Lee in Tennessee. I can understand Abbott not having a spine; it was crushed by a tree. Lee has gone into full pnssy hat mode.
I don’t, but if you find out, let me know!
I did contribute the House Freedom Caucus, which is linked in the article.
Absolutely correct analysis, well-stated, and sad. I, too, was a bushie - campaigned for him, paid my own way to the inauguration, stood in rotten weather to cheer his election. I wouldnt shake his hand now if he begged me on bended knee.
We certainly are!
As a Colorado transplant since 1970 to Texas, I respectfully submit you don’t have a clue what we’re doing here. We’ve been melting the phone lines telling the Governor exactly how we feel, as well as the mayor, and county officials. Doesn’t mean they listen, much to their detriment...
“Abbot is either being controlled/compelled or his allegiance has run afoul and common sense thrown out the window under the political pressure from the RINOs that care only for their own political expediency.”
Is it possible that Abbot is shacking up with a liberal bimbo, and she’s got his balls in a vise? Just asking.
I’ve seen this on Indian reservations where warriors turn into weenies.
Great information Kaslin. Abbot is a clown who only runs as a Republican because he knows he couldn’t get elected dog catcher as a Democrat.
I have been completely disregarding all the signs saying "you must wear a mask to enter" and other such garbage. So far no one has said anything at all to me about it. No one cares.
“Curious about Abbotts motivation on this one.”
He doesn’t want Texans to die of the Coronavirus.
Gov. Abbott is strongly pro-life for the born, as well as the unborn. Maybe he’s being too careful, I don’t know, but right or wrong, I hope the citizens of Texas don’t forget what a great governor he has been.
This entire thing hasn't lived up to the hype. The projections were all horribly wrong! It's so bad that the Left is now terrifying citizens with the number of new cases. They don't mention death rate or recovery rate. That wouldn't scare you enough into submission.
Interesting. I didn't think Abbott was like that. I always thought he was a strong Conservative.
Of course, what do I know? I thought 'W' was Conservative enough that I made him my FR screen name........ 😬
“He doesnt want Texans to die of the Coronavirus.”
That’s so very naive and of childish idealism to believe that Abbot doesn’t want Texans to die form Coronavirus. And if that were even remotely true then why doesn’t Abbot close down the highways and roads to prevent automobile accident deaths; outlaw alcohol, cigarettes, and abortions.
If Abbot/government cared so much about saving lives then government MUST outlaw cars, murder(human free will), trains, planes, cigarettes, alcohol, abortions, illicit/most drugs, suicides, obesity, candy, ice-cream, steaks, pizza, carcinogens, sodas, poisons, chemicals, knives, guns, clubs, ropes, hammers, axes, sheets, pillows, piano wire, fishing lines and on-and-on. Yes, anything that can be deemed a means that could risk health/death or be used by individual-agency to cause the same. Indeed, eventually free will, choice, leaving your home and walking would be heavily regulated in the name of health and saving lives. Indeed, just think of all the lives government can save from bad habits and bad choices?
LOL! How much more absurd and ridiculous do you want to get?
I take coronavirus(COVID-19) no more seriously than the 1000’s of pathogens I am exposed to EVERY SINGLE DAY. As well as EVERY risk to my life from the choices I make to the acts of God I cannot control. I am at risk of harm and loss of my life every time I drive my car... every step I take, every moment of every waking hour of every day of my life. It’s called... ‘living’! Yes, that’s life! And the only way I cope with the everyday exposure of life’s risks is to ignore it all and just live.
Contracting COVID-19 is NOT a death sentence. No more a death sentence then any influenza virus contracted each flu season. Over 50,000 die in the US every year from complications caused by influenza, and an annual WORLDWIDE influenza epidemic that results in 3-5 million cases of severe illness and mortality upwards between 350,000 & 500,000 deaths... EVERY YEAR! That’s just from the influenza virus strains alone.
Good grief! We risk death EVERY day when we get behind the wheel of our car, travel on a bus, train, plane or simply by walking. We risk illness/death every day to pathogen exposure when we engage in free-roaming personal movement; social/trade/business commerce; continually exposing ourselves to infection through numerous common contagion venues. Do you think twice about that risk; that you could die!? NO! If you did, you would never leave the house having locked yourself in a sealed bubble!
Be it old age, an accident, by a choice, bad-luck or god... life is full of risks. And one day death will finally find you, and that is 100% inevitable.
Allow your immune system and nature to do its job. A virus will be a virus. It infects/spreads and then fades-away/burns-out. Naturally built immunity along with herd immunity is what causes the virus to lose its virulence... not by wearing stupid porous masks. You can’t hide from or run from COVID. Sooner or later you WILL be infected. If you feel so insecure than STAY HOME! It is YOUR responsibility to be vigilant using personal precautions if you feel at-risk or vulnerable, NOT to have government force everyone else to be a wall of protection built around you for the sake of YOUR safety!
Quarantine is meant for those who are clinically sick with a virulent life-threatening disease ... NOT for those who are asymptomatic and healthy.
So grow up everybody, use common sense and stop being fear-mongering ‘Karen’ control freaks... and leave the mask shaming hysteria at home.
Government isn’t Mommy, and we aren’t children that need protection from life’s choices.
Unless you are clinically-ill with quarantine... it is YOUR choice to wear a mask and YOUR choice to leave your home. It is NOT the responsibility or authority of government to control/impose either in the name of ‘saving lives.’
That’s pure BS!
“.. the Left is now terrifying citizens with the number of new cases. They don’t mention death rate or recovery rate. ..”
I know that, and I don’t like it either, but what does that have to do with Gov. Abbott wanting to do the best for his citizens?
He’s been a great governor, and only hindsight will show if he is right or wrong at this moment in time. He DID open up the State, because of the recent setback, and is just being careful for awhile. He is sincere, and he is brave. In fact, EWTN praised him for his bravery on his fight against abortion.
We still don’t know everything about coronavirus, so Abbott is being prudent. It would be easy for him to just give in to the opposition. Just as he was brave in fighting for unborn babies, he is brave now.
No politican is perfect, but if you look at his overall record, you will see that Gov. Abbott is quite close to perfect.
“..If Abbot/government cared so much about saving lives then government MUST outlaw cars, murder(human free will), trains, planes, cigarettes, alcohol, abortions, illicit/most drugs, suicides, obesity, ..”
We don’t know that much about coronavirus, and it’s still NOT OVER. Governor Abbott is just being careful. He opened up Texas, and is only having a pause because things are getting worse. Maybe he’ll be able to open things up again soon.
Perhaps you SHOULD take the virus more seriously, and I’m glad many governors are.
But to pile on such a fine governor so easily is downright scarry. Some here are acting like the liberals, that if a politician does not agree with them 100%, they are bad.
They ought to have a governor like Andrew Cuomo for awhile, who wont allow physicians to prescribe Hydroxychloroquine, probably the best treatment to fight Coronavirus. AND by Executive Order Cuomo caused the deaths of 6,200 New Yorkers to die from coronavirus by forcing nursing homes to take COVID patients.
Texas has a fantastic governor, but some don’t appreciate him because Gov. Abbott doesn’t agree with them 100%.
BTTT!!!
He and the media are preparing an onslaught nonstop campaign claiming that because he kept the state (and all the other states), under mandates, that it was a success. This all is vs. Trump
In other words, that will use the exact statistics in this article, and sinisterly, use it against Trump. Vile.
In other words, they will use the exact same statistics in this article, and sinisterly, use it against Trump. Vile.
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