Wow, it’s getting really scary in Texas - and everywhere else!

[ls99]

Am not in Texas .
The county next door which includes Pittsburgh PA, has a steadily increasing diagnosed virus problem 109 today,. The county is banning on site booze consumption. Westmoreland county where I am is now some days in double digits, today just 6. No deaths recently attributable to Covid.
Per the Guv. persons entering businnesses must wear the M... device.
Still, I spend lots of time at my camp or kayaking, last count I had more than 3 risk factors starting with being male, over 70, blood type A, etc.
Good luck to Texans!

[Chuckanut]

I have been in contact with a school chum in So. Cal (sorry, it's not Texas). We both agree that his area and my area (Seattle) are just about back to mid April in terms of new cases per day. Not so good. The one difference is in April CV was spiking due to convalescent centers. It pretty much ravaged them, killing over 30 at one in my area. This time the spike seems to be caused by the 20-40 year old group who are not as vulnerable. Deaths seem to be holding steady at a low level. (The local hospital had 80+ CV patients in April, as of yesterday, they had 6.) So there may be some hope. OTOH, when a person that young dies or gets permanently disabled by the disease, that's even more lifetime lost. Not good either way.

[Olbidness]

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Originally Posted by Rianne As the grim reaper whispers in your ear.

Don’t fear the reaper.

[Dtail]

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Originally Posted by Olbidness Don’t fear the reaper.

Good tune.

[stepford]

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Originally Posted by Olbidness Don’t fear the reaper.

Just as apt from BOC for the current thread...

"History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of men"

[Gulfbeach]

Here in our smallish county in South Texas we had a record number of new cases today. This is definitely going the wrong way, as available ICU beds are way down also.
Stay safe everyone.

[Car-Guy]

I haven't been keeping track on a daily basis but our county (in Texas) has more than doubled the number of cases since mid June. Of course we only had about 12 cases in mid June.

[audreyh1]

Wow, at this rate Texas will pass New Jersey in number of cases very soon. Only question is if Florida will bypass Texas first! It’s closed the gap somewhat over the past week.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

[Dtail]

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Originally Posted by audreyh1 Wow, at this rate Texas will pass New Jersey in number of cases very soon. Only question is if Florida will bypass Texas first! It’s closed the gap over the past week. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

They will both pass New Jersey.
Texas will probably stay ahead of Florida. Race of losers.

[Car-Guy]

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Originally Posted by Dtail They will both pass New Jersey. Texas will probably stay ahead of Florida. Race of losers.

Someone needs to tell Texas this is not a race they want to win. This is a case where bigger is not better.

[audreyh1]

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Originally Posted by Car-Guy Someone needs to tell Texas this is not a race they want to win. This is a case where bigger is not better.

Too late!

[Dtail]

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Originally Posted by Car-Guy Someone needs to tell Texas this is not a race they want to win. This is a case where bigger is not better.

Amen.
As an aside, never been to Texas. On the bucket list, so let's get this virus cleaned up.

[Alectoris]

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Originally Posted by garyt HaHa Jobbie Nooner where you can catch covid and an STD at the same time! Metro Detroiter here, too.

Lord, another Detois'm that I didn't know.

Only there for two years...

[rodi]

Not in Texas - but in a state that beats Texas on at least one metric....

Most deaths in one day - California - 105.

But Texas beats us by 53 in most new cases

(Worldometer data)

California Governor is supposed to announce rolling back some of the reopening tomorrow. I thought some of the reopening was happening too fast. I predict statewide restrictions on bars, indoor dining, gyms, and beaches. I'm hoping walking on the beach will still be allowed - but am not optimistic.... Making sure to get my beach dog walk in tomorrow, just in case.

[brewer12345]

I don't know what to think here is Colorado. Cases have gone from the 1xx to 2xx range in the last couple weeks, which isn't hugely alarming. Otoh, we seem to struggle to do more than 5000 tests a day. The governor just ordered all the bars closed, so may well be worse than the positives indicate.

[PatrickA5]

Not in Texas, but close (Oklahoma). Another record day for cases. Based on what I've seen lately, we evidently don't believe in at least 2 of the 3 steps to control the virus. I'm not sure about the 3rd one (handwashing), but we probably don't do that either.

[samm]

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Originally Posted by copyright1997reloaded It doesn't. Somewhere in the past I posted a study showing the variability due to temperature. However, temperature is only a minor factor in terms of spread.

+1 Correct.

It is +100 degrees every day in Las Vegas but cases are rising...because we have 150,000 hotel rooms that the companies want to earn profit on.

Please do not come to Vegas. The WORST place is in a casino where people are NOT distancing at all.

[JoeWras]

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Originally Posted by Chuckanut This time the spike seems to be caused by the 20-40 year old group who are not as vulnerable.

Same here, and just about everywhere. Part of the blame can be on social behavior we see with the bars and alcohol. Those hormones need feeding! But much of it is simply because these are the people keeping us going, stocking shelves, flipping burgers, cutting meat, building houses, running machines, serving tables, etc.

I mentioned on the cabin fever thread that last week I finally got out in the real world, doing disaster relief. Part of that time a professional joined us. Young man. His skill was much appreciated, but I was not happy, as I saw him as a possible infection vector. The rest of us were 60+.

Disease is currently running heavily through the construction industry. Part is because many of the immigrants working the biz live together in tight housing. But part is the nature of the work, even outside.

Let me tell you about m---s and working outside, in the sun, with a dewpoint of 78 and a temperature of 92. The m*sk became soaked with sweat and stopped working, i.e., no air would come through. It had to come off, or risk passing out on the ladder. It is all fine when the theoretical experts or reporters talk about masks in their air-conditioned comfort (or doing the heavy lifting of holding a microphone), but let me tell you about the real world and burning calories in horrific heat, carrying 4x8 sheets of drywall and plywood. It isn't easy.

Don't get me wrong. I wear one as much as possible and want to see them worn in stores and other public areas. But I can see one case (construction) why the request to wear them is falling on deaf ears. I still wore mine as much as possible during this period, until it completely failed. The irony is that construction workers are m*sk wearing experts, but usually only in certain situations where dust, silica or other contaminants are present, such as a sawing station.

Oh, and social distancing 6' while lifting a heavy 4' piece is mathematically impossible. But I digress...

[JoeWras]

The surge has caused delays in testing, with looming restrictions.

This affects me and DW since DW got a recent test on Saturday. She thinks she jumped the gun. I was out of town and she freaked at some symptoms and had nobody to bounce them off of. Her symptoms are gone now, and we await test results while isolating.

Doc thought the test would be back Mon or Tues. Nope. Not even today. Looks like we ran into the delay.

One reason I left the forum for a few months was because of the drone of whining over lack of tests. Now I come back and whine myself.

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/quest-...ry?id=71555595

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"with the recent increase in demand, results on average may take 1-2 days longer."

[audreyh1]

Yes, I read recently that the testing labs are overwhelmed and thus causing major delays.