Texas governor to residents: "The safest place for you is at your home" due Covid-19 spike

A Hit With The Ladies, BSN, RN · Jul 4, 2020

It's disappointing that Governor Abbott caved. He is pro-liberty though, so I have hope that any fines issued by overzealous county judges (like my own county's little Communist witch Lena Hidalgo) will be promptly overturned by the state government. He ordered a hair salon owner was arrested for just opening up again released. He won't let leftist hi-jinks ruin this state.

allnurses Guide · Jul 4, 2020

51 minutes ago, A Hit With The Ladies said:
It's disappointing that Governor Abbott caved.

You were hoping he'd go down with the ship huh?

Why do you think he caved? I'm willing to bet it was that on the current path by Oct 1, 2020 Texas was due to see 120 deaths/day as opposed to 11 deaths/day with universal mask use and more than 4,000 lives during that period.

A Hit With The Ladies, BSN, RN · Jul 4, 2020

20 minutes ago, BostonFNP said:
You were hoping he'd go down with the ship huh?
Why do you think he caved? I'm willing to bet it was that on the current path by Oct 1, 2020 Texas was due to see 120 deaths/day as opposed to 11 deaths/day with universal mask use and more than 4,000 lives during that period.

Yet as Coronavirus cases keep rising here in Texas, the death rate really hasn't gone up that much. The public health "experts" are saying that this Corona somehow weakened and is less lethal than before.

Home Health Columnist / Guide · Jul 4, 2020

Deaths occur 2-3weeks post exposure in those hospitalized --expect a jump in deaths by 7/15 in Texas.

Texas.gov COVID-19 Data https://www.dshs.texas.gov/coronavirus/additionaldata/

Dashboard where you can easily track fatalities--2,575 by 7/2/20:

https://txdshs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/ed483ecd702b4298ab01e8b9cafc8b83

Guest1142305 · Jul 4, 2020

1 minute ago, NRSKarenRN said:
Deaths occur 2-3weeks post exposure in those hospitalized --expect a jump in deaths by 7/15 in Texas.

Indeed. Though the demographics of the deaths will likely remain the same. Predominantly the elderly and those with co-morbidity. Sad.

allnurses Guide · Jul 4, 2020

9 hours ago, A Hit With The Ladies said:
Yet as Coronavirus cases keep rising here in Texas, the death rate really hasn't gone up that much. The public health "experts" are saying that this Corona somehow weakened and is less lethal than before.

The death rate has nearly doubled in the past two weeks from 22/day to 38/day which corresponds perfectly with the jump in cases from 941 to 1,988 over the two weeks prior to that. Most real experts (not "experts") will look at those numbers and be concerned that Texas is now on track for 120-130 deaths/day two weeks from now, and even with the masks changes, may see 300+/day before the new universal mask usage will begin to taper the curve.

You bring up "experts" and this is an important point to address, because is very dangerous. We live in a age defined by confirmation bias: people have preconceived beliefs and then seek out evidence/support for their belief. This is the antithesis of science. There are no "alternative facts". Misapplication of facts (as we see above) or misapplication of science (such as suggesting that dexamethasone is an effective treatment for early-stage or mild to moderate COVID) is potentially life threatening to people.

allnurses Guide · Jul 4, 2020

4 hours ago, damiorifice said:
Indeed. Though the demographics of the deaths will likely remain the same. Predominantly the elderly and those with co-morbidity. Sad.

Are those lives less valuable to you? If deaths in the hundreds of thousands doesn't scare you, maybe consider that the younger and healthier people that die from this also fit into a demographic: healthcare workers.

A Hit With The Ladies, BSN, RN · Jul 4, 2020

5 hours ago, BostonFNP said:
The death rate has nearly doubled in the past two weeks from 22/day to 38/day which corresponds perfectly with the jump in cases from 941 to 1,988 over the two weeks prior to that.

The people getting Corona here are much younger than than people in New York City were. Hence, why you see the overall U.S. fatality numbers being stuck at around 120k for weeks, whereas when the outbreak was real bad in late March it was climbing by the tens of thousands every day.

5 hours ago, BostonFNP said:
Misapplication of facts (as we see above) or misapplication of science (such as suggesting that dexamethasone is an effective treatment for early-stage or mild to moderate COVID) is potentially life threatening to people.

They are using dexamethasone right here in Houston:

"One morning this past week, Molly Tipps, a registered nurse, brought some medications to an older patient at the Methodist ward outside Houston. “I have the dexamethasone for your lungs,” she told the patient, Dee Morton. Preliminary results of a large study, released last month but not yet peer-reviewed, showed that the drug, a common steroid, saved lives among those who were critically ill with Covid-19 or required oxygen."

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/04/us/coronavirus-houston-new-york.html?action=click&module=Top Stories&pgtype=Homepage

By the way, these "experts" have no solid facts behind universal masking or social distancing. They make assumptions based on micro-level modeling, and hope for the best. Places like Bolivia quarantined early on, and it didn't work. California was by far the most severe in its quarantines in this country, and they are having spikes like the Sunbelt states are. The CDC is talking out of their butts half the time to project the image of authoritativeness. It's an "emperor has no clothes" moment when they are caught lying, such as when they said 'no masks' earlier on just to not cause a PPE shortage among healthcare workers.

A Hit With The Ladies, BSN, RN · Jul 4, 2020

5 hours ago, BostonFNP said:
Are those lives less valuable to you? If deaths in the hundreds of thousands doesn't scare you, maybe consider that the younger and healthier people that die from this also fit into a demographic: healthcare workers.

But there's only so much society can do. I'm in my early 30s, a Houstonian, and a healthcare worker, so that would hypothetically make me a prime candidate for getting this Corona. Suppose that all of the hospital beds in this region are full and I am in dire need of medical care. What exactly is supposed to happen? Am I supposed to cry, whine, and pout in the expectation that society gives me what I need? No. We live in a resource-limited world - that is the cold, hard truth. When there's no more supplies and no more care, then that it is. Time for me to go home.

Home Health Columnist / Guide · Jul 4, 2020

Home Health Columnist / Guide · Jul 4, 2020

7/3/20: TX Covid dashboard -- 50 deaths/day