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

[NRSKarenRN]

Heard on broadcast news + CNN:

6/23/20 -Texas Reports All-Time Daily High: 5,489 New COVID-19 Cases. Houston hospital ICU's full.. Texas Chrildrens hospital will now admit adults. Change in tone from Governor Abbott --who's high risk for catching virus himself

Texas governor to residents: "The safest place for you is at your home"

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As Texas sees its highest numbers of positive tests and hospitalizations, Gov. Greg Abbott advised residents of the state to stay at home.

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-06-23-20-intl/index.html

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"The hospitalization rate is at an all-time high," he said. "The coronavirus is serious. It's spreading in Brazos County, across the entire state of Texas."

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/23/882504575/5-489-new-covid-19-cases-texas-reports-new-all-time-daily-high

Hope my Texas colleagues have enough PPE!

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Refrigerated trailers obtained by several hospitals as morgue full.

Houston Chronicle -registration required

7/8/20

'Code blue': Texas COVID deaths higher than publicly reported - and spiking

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/As-COVID-19-continues-to-slam-Houston-the-death-15400462.php

[A Hit With The Ladies, BSN, RN]

It's a "novel" disease so we'll have herd immunity when a community of freedom-loving people elect to be the first to not live in fear and paranoia over this Corona anymore, decide to return to normalcy, and tell Corona-obsessed people to take a hike.

[lifelearningrn, BSN, RN]

16 hours ago, A Hit With The Ladies said:

It's more of a "super-flu", only unlike the flu it gets FAR more media attention despite both being essentially respiratory diseases with less than a 2% death rate if you get it.

Reference back to my shoe statement.

[ladycody, BSN, RN]

I can't explain the mentality...but have come to the conclusion that it is wasted time to try and get reasoned thought from those who are determined to believe that Covid is a farce. They are completely unreachable and will only be swayed when they are either in the middle of a bad surge or are personally impacted because of their own fabricated thought processes. Am determined not to play the game with the "it's all a hoax/exaggeration" crowd anymore.... They're not worth the energy folks... just an embarrassment to the field. ?

[Nurse SMS, MSN, RN]

6 hours ago, ladycody said:

I can't explain the mentality...but have come to the conclusion that it is wasted time to try and get reasoned thought from those who are determined to believe that Covid is a farce. They are completely unreachable and will only be swayed when they are either in the middle of a bad surge or are personally impacted because of their own fabricated thought processes. Am determined not to play the game with the "it's all a hoax/exaggeration" crowd anymore.... They're not worth the energy folks... just an embarrassment to the field. ?

I asked and was told how to block. I encourage anyone who is struggling with politicizing posts to consider doing the same. It helps.

[BostonFNP, APRN]

4 hours ago, A Hit With The Ladies said:

It's a "novel" disease so we'll have herd immunity when a community of freedom-loving people elect to be the first to not live in fear and paranoia over this Corona anymore, decide to return to normalcy, and tell Corona-obsessed people to take a hike.

It's these same "freedom-loving people" that are 1. spreading the disease, 2. taking up hospital beds, 3. costing the rest of the sane population billions of dollars, and 4. prolonging phased reopening. That isn't "freedom-loving" it is self-righteousness.

[HandsOffMySteth]

2 hours ago, BostonFNP said:

It's these same "freedom-loving people" that are 1. spreading the disease, 2. taking up hospital beds, 3. costing the rest of the sane population billions of dollars, and 4. prolonging phased reopening. That isn't "freedom-loving" it is self-righteousness.

I assume you group the BLM protesters into that as well.

[BostonFNP, APRN]

57 minutes ago, juniper222 said:

I assume you group the BLM protesters into that as well.

I would group anyone that has brazen disregard for recommended infection control into that category whether they be BLM protestors, BLM counter-protestors, mask protestors, college kids packing bars, people flocking to beaches, people pushing/participating in skipping over phased reopening, etc.

[pixierose, BSN, RN]

45 minutes ago, juniper222 said:

I assume you group the BLM protesters into that as well.

Sure, whatever. Does it matter to Boston’s response?

It’s truly, truly simple. Easy, really. Wear a mask. Apparently that causes one to question ones freedom. A fight from tyranny!

We are better than this. Why, WHY at this point people are *still* arguing about masks, about it being “like the flu,” or “a super flu,” or equating it to other morbidities ... I am sad for us as a country.

The lack of social responsibility and critical thinking is beyond the pale.

True freedom isn’t doing whatever you want without any consequence. Such a perverted definition of freedom, such people hold.

[HandsOffMySteth]

18 minutes ago, pixierose said:

Sure, whatever. Does it matter to Boston’s response?

It’s truly, truly simple. Easy, really. Wear a mask. Apparently that causes one to question ones freedom. A fight from tyranny!

We are better than this. Why, WHY at this point people are *still* arguing about masks, about it being “like the flu,” or “a super flu,” or equating it to other morbidities ... I am sad for us as a country.

The lack of social responsibility and critical thinking is beyond the pale.

True freedom isn’t doing whatever you want without any consequence. Such a perverted definition of freedom, such people hold.

Just a standard hypocrisy check, Boston passed.

I don't get the mask thing either. It is really not a big deal to wear one, and I think one should if going into public. Whether one believes masks do any good or not one should wear it to respect the rights of those who do not wish to be exposed.

My neighbors have a strange notion of freedom. They think they can make noise any time of the night because "It's a free country". Their freedom ends where mine begins.

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Texas has issued Mandatory Mask wearing, along with California, Kansas,Kentucky, Louisiana, New Mexico, North Carolina and Northeast + Northwest US States.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/19/us/states-face-mask-coronavirus-trnd/index.html

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Another easy to understand Mask sign.