This is a blue state bug (for now at least)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Major cities in Texas have full ICUs at this point, Florida cases are increasing rapidly, and NC is starting a statewide.mask rule on Friday. But you know a significant number of people won't follow it.

Texas has 7500 ICU beds. 1200 are being used.

And, much of the capacity at the hospitals is because of non-Covid patients.

Do you have a real source for that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Major cities in Texas have full ICUs at this point, Florida cases are increasing rapidly, and NC is starting a statewide.mask rule on Friday. But you know a significant number of people won't follow it.

Texas has 7500 ICU beds. 1200 are being used.

And, much of the capacity at the hospitals is because of non-Covid patients.

Texas is 800 miles long and 750 miles wide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Major cities in Texas have full ICUs at this point, Florida cases are increasing rapidly, and NC is starting a statewide.mask rule on Friday. But you know a significant number of people won't follow it.

Texas has 7500 ICU beds. 1200 are being used.

And, much of the capacity at the hospitals is because of non-Covid patients.

Do you have a real source for that?

The Lt. Gov's actual statement.
Watch it.

[Anonymous]

I trust the Lt Gov about as far as I can throw him.

Texas is only counting 39% of its excess deaths as Covid. Why?

[Anonymous]

Houston is at capacity according to Houston. That is the 4th largest metro area in the United States. it doesn't matter if there are open beds in Midland or Waco.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Major cities in Texas have full ICUs at this point, Florida cases are increasing rapidly, and NC is starting a statewide.mask rule on Friday. But you know a significant number of people won't follow it.

Texas has 7500 ICU beds. 1200 are being used.

And, much of the capacity at the hospitals is because of non-Covid patients.

Do you have a real source for that?

The Lt. Gov's actual statement.
Watch it.

Another actual statement from Patrick:
“No one reached out to me and said, 'As a senior citizen, are you willing to take a chance on your survival in exchange for keeping the America that America loves for its children and grandchildren?' And if that is the exchange, I'm all in,” Patrick said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-lt-gov-dan-patrick-suggests-he-other-seniors-willing-n1167341

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Houston is at capacity according to Houston. That is the 4th largest metro area in the United States. it doesn't matter if there are open beds in Midland or Waco.

That is not true.
An article from yesterday......

Healthcare CEOs of the Texas Medical Center said Thursday that a letter that was sent out to the community Wednesday regarding the hospital system's "increasingly stretched" ICU capacity level was "misinterpreted" and stressed the pandemic is not eclipsing hospital capabilities to care for COVID-19 positive patients as well as other patients.
Following reports that TMC had reached 97 percent capacity, Dr. Marc Boom, Houston Methodist president and CEO, said ICU capacity percentages in the 80s or 90s is "completely normal."

"We have the ability to go far higher than that in terms of the ICU beds we can utilize for COVID-19 patients," Boom said during a press conference. "...We have PPE (personal protection equipment) we have the capability, (and) we have learned enormous amounts about caring for people with COVID-19."
Dr. Doug Lawson, St. Luke’s Health CEO, said hospitals are actively planning for anticipated increases over the coming months, which includes bringing in contract nurses and clinicians from other parts of the country to help with surges and doubling critical care capacity.

"The reality is all of us have the ability to significantly expand capacity on a day to day, week to week, month to month basis," Lawson said.
Boom said overall, hospitals are seeing younger COVID-19 patients, who stay for a shorter period of time, and fewer deaths. Thanks to active surveillance programs and quick turnaround testing times, Boom and Mark Wallace, Texas Children’s Hospital president and CEO, said a "relatively low number" of hospital employees have tested positive for the virus. Texas Children's started accepting adult COVID-19 positive patients this week and is currently operating at a 74 percent ICU occupancy, Wallace said.

https://www.chron.com/houston/article/TMC-leaders-Despite-rising-COVID-19-cases-15366132.php

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Houston is at capacity according to Houston. That is the 4th largest metro area in the United States. it doesn't matter if there are open beds in Midland or Waco.

That is not true.
An article from yesterday......

Healthcare CEOs of the Texas Medical Center said Thursday that a letter that was sent out to the community Wednesday regarding the hospital system's "increasingly stretched" ICU capacity level was "misinterpreted" and stressed the pandemic is not eclipsing hospital capabilities to care for COVID-19 positive patients as well as other patients.
Following reports that TMC had reached 97 percent capacity, Dr. Marc Boom, Houston Methodist president and CEO, said ICU capacity percentages in the 80s or 90s is "completely normal."

"We have the ability to go far higher than that in terms of the ICU beds we can utilize for COVID-19 patients," Boom said during a press conference. "...We have PPE (personal protection equipment) we have the capability, (and) we have learned enormous amounts about caring for people with COVID-19."
Dr. Doug Lawson, St. Luke’s Health CEO, said hospitals are actively planning for anticipated increases over the coming months, which includes bringing in contract nurses and clinicians from other parts of the country to help with surges and doubling critical care capacity.

"The reality is all of us have the ability to significantly expand capacity on a day to day, week to week, month to month basis," Lawson said.
Boom said overall, hospitals are seeing younger COVID-19 patients, who stay for a shorter period of time, and fewer deaths. Thanks to active surveillance programs and quick turnaround testing times, Boom and Mark Wallace, Texas Children’s Hospital president and CEO, said a "relatively low number" of hospital employees have tested positive for the virus. Texas Children's started accepting adult COVID-19 positive patients this week and is currently operating at a 74 percent ICU occupancy, Wallace said.

https://www.chron.com/houston/article/TMC-leaders-Despite-rising-COVID-19-cases-15366132.php

As you were saying?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Houston is at capacity according to Houston. That is the 4th largest metro area in the United States. it doesn't matter if there are open beds in Midland or Waco.

That is not true.
An article from yesterday......

Healthcare CEOs of the Texas Medical Center said Thursday that a letter that was sent out to the community Wednesday regarding the hospital system's "increasingly stretched" ICU capacity level was "misinterpreted" and stressed the pandemic is not eclipsing hospital capabilities to care for COVID-19 positive patients as well as other patients.
Following reports that TMC had reached 97 percent capacity, Dr. Marc Boom, Houston Methodist president and CEO, said ICU capacity percentages in the 80s or 90s is "completely normal."

"We have the ability to go far higher than that in terms of the ICU beds we can utilize for COVID-19 patients," Boom said during a press conference. "...We have PPE (personal protection equipment) we have the capability, (and) we have learned enormous amounts about caring for people with COVID-19."
Dr. Doug Lawson, St. Luke’s Health CEO, said hospitals are actively planning for anticipated increases over the coming months, which includes bringing in contract nurses and clinicians from other parts of the country to help with surges and doubling critical care capacity.

"The reality is all of us have the ability to significantly expand capacity on a day to day, week to week, month to month basis," Lawson said.
Boom said overall, hospitals are seeing younger COVID-19 patients, who stay for a shorter period of time, and fewer deaths. Thanks to active surveillance programs and quick turnaround testing times, Boom and Mark Wallace, Texas Children’s Hospital president and CEO, said a "relatively low number" of hospital employees have tested positive for the virus. Texas Children's started accepting adult COVID-19 positive patients this week and is currently operating at a 74 percent ICU occupancy, Wallace said.

https://www.chron.com/houston/article/TMC-leaders-Despite-rising-COVID-19-cases-15366132.php

As you were saying?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Houston is at capacity according to Houston. That is the 4th largest metro area in the United States. it doesn't matter if there are open beds in Midland or Waco.

That is not true.
An article from yesterday......

Healthcare CEOs of the Texas Medical Center said Thursday that a letter that was sent out to the community Wednesday regarding the hospital system's "increasingly stretched" ICU capacity level was "misinterpreted" and stressed the pandemic is not eclipsing hospital capabilities to care for COVID-19 positive patients as well as other patients.
Following reports that TMC had reached 97 percent capacity, Dr. Marc Boom, Houston Methodist president and CEO, said ICU capacity percentages in the 80s or 90s is "completely normal."

"We have the ability to go far higher than that in terms of the ICU beds we can utilize for COVID-19 patients," Boom said during a press conference. "...We have PPE (personal protection equipment) we have the capability, (and) we have learned enormous amounts about caring for people with COVID-19."
Dr. Doug Lawson, St. Luke’s Health CEO, said hospitals are actively planning for anticipated increases over the coming months, which includes bringing in contract nurses and clinicians from other parts of the country to help with surges and doubling critical care capacity.

"The reality is all of us have the ability to significantly expand capacity on a day to day, week to week, month to month basis," Lawson said.
Boom said overall, hospitals are seeing younger COVID-19 patients, who stay for a shorter period of time, and fewer deaths. Thanks to active surveillance programs and quick turnaround testing times, Boom and Mark Wallace, Texas Children’s Hospital president and CEO, said a "relatively low number" of hospital employees have tested positive for the virus. Texas Children's started accepting adult COVID-19 positive patients this week and is currently operating at a 74 percent ICU occupancy, Wallace said.

https://www.chron.com/houston/article/TMC-leaders-Despite-rising-COVID-19-cases-15366132.php

As you were saying?

Please don't even try to reason with the Faux news crowd that is quibbling with what's happening in Texas, Florida, Arizona, etc. It's an unmitigated disaster that could have been prevented with basic social distancing and mask wearing. Too bad our president and Republicans have politicized both of these. But then again, the virus doesn't really care what kind of magical thinking your President or governor believe in.

[Anonymous]

Fox News website barely even mentions Covid- only to discuss hypocrisy of blue states and restrictions on religious services. We live in a broken country.

[Anonymous]

Nothing fishy about this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nothing fishy about this

Problem solved!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Problem solved!

[Anonymous]

Coronavirus first spread in the United States as a mostly coastal and big-city scourge, sparing many rural areas, small towns and even small cities. Translated into U.S. political geography: The virus hit Democratic areas first.

No more. An Associated Press analysis of coronavirus case data shows the virus has moved — and is spreading quickly — into Republican areas, a new path with broad potential political ramifications.

States that President Donald Trump won in the 2016 election account for about 75% of the new cases, a trend that has accelerated since the end of May. Counties that voted for Trump in 2016 have seen cases and deaths rising — now seeing an impact nearly even with counties that voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton.
https://apnews.com/7aa2fcf7955333834e01a7f9217c77d2