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deminks

(11,006 posts)
Wed May 6, 2020, 06:30 AM May 2020

Texas governater on open mic: The plan was never to get C-19 tranmission to zero.

https://www.newsweek.com/texas-governor-abbott-caught-recording-saying-reopening-will-escalate-coronavirus-spread-same-day-1502159

Let that sink in. His plan? GOP plan? #orangeface's plan? That would explain a lot of things. All of these murderers want us dead. They have already said we can be sacrificed on the altar of Wall Street. PPE shortages, testing shortages, hiding numbers, etc. are all deliberate. Vaccine and drugs I fear are more empty promises.

BTW, there are still no masks, gowns, eye protection, tests. Jared has hoarded them somewhere for his 'friends' (people to whom he owes money)

/rant off.
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Texas governater on open mic: The plan was never to get C-19 tranmission to zero. (Original Post) deminks May 2020 OP
Nobody Said That Was The Goal ProfessorGAC May 2020 #1
The TX governor is correct in this case. mwooldri May 2020 #2
I agree! duforsure May 2020 #3
They are not that sophisticated. They are talking simply cases. They have already said many groups deminks May 2020 #4
Correct... Takket May 2020 #5
+1 n/t Laelth May 2020 #7
Exactly! Well said! nt WePurrsevere May 2020 #8
no one with commonsense would ever think "zero" would ever be possible, EVER beachbumbob May 2020 #6
The goal has been mitigation until there's a treatment or a cure. Yavin4 May 2020 #9

ProfessorGAC

(64,425 posts)
1. Nobody Said That Was The Goal
Wed May 6, 2020, 06:37 AM
May 2020

Zero is perfection. Only a fool sets a goal of perfect.
So, he's just babbling. Arguing against a point nobody made.

mwooldri

(10,291 posts)
2. The TX governor is correct in this case.
Wed May 6, 2020, 06:51 AM
May 2020

The idea though is to get the "r value" below 1. i.e. to get the retransmission rate to the point that for every one person who has Covid-19 it is passed on to less than one person at a time.

The Republicans are gambling on keeping this "r value" below 1 while still reopening parts of the economy.

duforsure

(11,882 posts)
3. I agree!
Wed May 6, 2020, 07:04 AM
May 2020

But I think they will corrupt the RO number also , to falsely claim their greatness, and along with refusing to report deaths soon from trump suggesting they stop doing that. A very public cover up is now going on from trump, and will only get worse. His threats towards those not obeying will get much worse also. That's his plan, abuse his position of power to hide the truth, and just like he's been doing. He could care less who dies, even his supporters. It's all just collateral damage for him, while he pilfers the stimulus funds from the Treasury.

deminks

(11,006 posts)
4. They are not that sophisticated. They are talking simply cases. They have already said many groups
Wed May 6, 2020, 07:04 AM
May 2020

can be sacrificed. Children to open the schools. Old people because we are old (think of the money they could save if all the old people died).

Who would you sacrifice in the 0-1 r value? The goal in healthcare is always zero - zero infections, zero transmissions, zero mistakes, zero bad events. Many other industries as well. Zero airplane crashes, etc. Is there a below 1 r factor in the airline industry? How many airplane crashes should be acceptable?

Bye now.

Takket

(21,425 posts)
5. Correct...
Wed May 6, 2020, 07:13 AM
May 2020

No one is trying the eliminate the virus because that simply isn’t possible. The goal is to keep hospitals below capacity, buy time to build up ventilator supplies, establish phased opening plans, and hopefully come up with a treatment regime and a vaccine.

 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
6. no one with commonsense would ever think "zero" would ever be possible, EVER
Wed May 6, 2020, 08:35 AM
May 2020

what we have is a new paradigm on "normal" that we will have to live by from now on until a workable vaccine is in place and all have been tested for anti-bodies

Yavin4

(35,357 posts)
9. The goal has been mitigation until there's a treatment or a cure.
Wed May 6, 2020, 10:21 AM
May 2020

The quarantine was a mitigation strategy that has worked in NY because that lowered deaths and reduced the burden on hospitals.

Mass daily testing/tracing is another mitigation strategy that reduces the rate of transmission.

The whole point is to deploy mitigation strategies while we develop a treatment that will keep the infected alive.

The economy is going to be negatively affected by the disease. There is no going back to normal.

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