Texas governor says coronavirus spreading at 'unacceptable rate;' experts warn of Fourth of July

[marble falls]

Source: WaPo

Texas governor says coronavirus spreading at 'unacceptable rate;' experts warn of Fourth of July holiday
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src&w691
New coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Texas are increasing at an accelerated and "unacceptable" rate, yet shutting down the state again remains a last resort, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said Monday.



Speaking at a news conference, Abbott said Texas is now averaging about 3,500 new cases a day, compared to only 1,500 new cases in the last half of May. Additionally, the rate of positive tests has gone up to more than 9 percent.

Abbott reiterated Monday that masks are still not required statewide and said forcing Texas to shut down again "will always be the last option."



The number of positive cases has been spiking across multiple cities and counties in Texas. A group of experts at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center are forecasting a 20 percent rise in cases in North Texas by early July, as a growing number of young people contract the virus.



"The recent growth appears to be primarily due to increased cases in younger age groups, especially those aged 21-40," the experts said in the analysis shared Monday. "In June, 50 percent of hospitalized COVID-19 patients and 30 percent of ICU patients have been under 50 years old."



Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/22/coronavirus-live-updates-us/#link-3KMDNOPYBZGQZLPEZGOIG7BEV4

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Very serious, but not serious enough to do anything substantive about it - says lemming in chief.

[Shell_Seas]

1. His number one goal is to keep businesses open. We're up another 3K+ today.

[Igel]

19. Texas is big.

I live in Harris County. As of today, masks are required in businesses. Can't fine the individual--which probably makes Hidalgo happy, to be honest--but the businesses can be fined $1000 per violation.

Hidalgo wouldn't be able to enforce a fine on people. First off, Abbott nixed the idea. Second, she'd run into a legal buzz saw. She wouldn't want to fine some classes of people. Meaning there'd be a strong ethnic/class and even age skew to those she would fine. However, those are the groups that usually suffer the least from the virus.

Houston's one of the hotspots driving the TX caseload/hospitalizations. It's the other cities like Dallas/FTW, San Antonio, Austin doing most of the rest. With the occasional factory or processing plant.

[Stallion]

22. Texas is Up Over 5,000 Today

[beachbumbob]

2. geeze, who could have predicted?

[Thomas Hurt]

3. Conservatism at its finest...

we don't need birth control and abortion if only people wouldn't have imprudent sex.

we don't need to have restrictions during a pandemic if only people would impose restrictions on themselves.

If only the peasants would follow Big Brother's moral imperatives and do as they say not as they do, the world would be perfect!

[Bleacher Creature]

4. A stern talking-to should get that virus to stop. Should Susan Collins deliver it??

She's a pro at delivering statements of concern.

[ArizonaLib]

12. Don't leave the decision up to Murkowski

She takes too long to make simple decisions, and winds up making bad ones.

[sop]

5. How many more people will have to die before Abbott, DeSantis and other governors admit

they were wrong?

[Newest Reality]

6. Anybody fed up with this yet?

I am fed up with my life and the lives of my fellow citizens being considered as expendable while billions for the billionaires are deemed sacred and essential.

How many times have we heard references by Republicans to that? You are not paranoid when somebody keeps telling you that your life is not important, but you may be rather passive to just sit and take it knowing full well that you and yours are being deliberately put in harms way and that your illness and death are quite alright with the Status Quo.

We are rapidly being marginalized by capitalism, corporations and Neo-Liberalism and none of the consumerism propaganda can cover up the message because we are facing the likelihood that we won't be around to do it.

The economy has been and is in contraction here. Our multi-national corporations are focused on other emerging markets, so it makes sense that we are no longer what we imagined we were. The mask is off. If we don't change this at all, then their market mentality will continue to render a large swath of Americans as a nuisance, obsolete or vulture pickings on our way down into abject poverty and social decay.

I wouldn't assume the messages are just joking.

[cayugafalls]

14. Very well said.

Not much to add, except I am fed up as well.

[area51]

15. This. n/t

[intrepidity]

7. Then stop testing!!!

Sheesh

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Especially With A Positivity Rate Of 9!

There's a lot of sick people! Too much testing for sick people!

[AKing]

8. When something is deemed "unacceptable" there usually is a plan to address. Instead it's...

Damn the torpedos...Full speed ahead!

[Skittles]

10. you were WARNED, you Trump-humping piece of SHIT

FUCK YOU!

[NCjack]

11. Ignorant sack of shit -- you did nothing to stop it!

[LiberalArkie]

13. Wait til school opens and the virus breeders start bringing home different strains

They tend to forget why they close schools, it isn't for the little kids, it is for the adults

[Bengus81]

16. That settle's it!!! Texas is the next place for Trumps 2020 Coronapalloza tour!!

[riversedge]

17. Local leaders warn Texas is heading down a dangerous path as coronavirus cases and hospitalization

Local leaders warn Texas is heading down a dangerous path as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations surge in big cities




When Gov. Greg Abbott let businesses start reopening, he pointed to two metrics as encouraging signs: the hospitalization rate and the infection rate. Both of those metrics are on the rise in Texas.

by Reese Oxner, Sarah R. Champagne, Shannon Najmabadi and Emma Platoff June 22, 20204 hours ago

[riversedge]

18. just last week Abbot said Schools in tx will OPEN next fall.

[marble falls]

21. Not only is granma expendable, so is Junior and Sissy.

[Javaman]

20. Asshole abbott does his best impersonation

Of a human with integrity but fails miserably

[keithbvadu2]

23. Not long ago, Abbot said Texas has plenty of hospital beds for Trumpvirus patients/victims.

Not long ago, Abbot said Texas has plenty of hospital beds for Trumpvirus patients/victims.

https://www.google.com/search?q=abbott+enough+hospital+beds&sxsrf=ALeKk03ncU_SWJpefnwaAISu1mDND1-Atw:1592871680252&ei=AEvxXuPlDvKyggfmxKugBw&start=0&sa=N&ved=2ahUKEwjj5bG11ZbqAhVymeAKHWbiCnQ4ChDx0wN6BAgLECs&biw=885&bih=404

[louzke9]

24. Shutting down Texas is not a "last resort"....

Its an INEVITABLE resort!

[truthisfreedom]

25. 100F in arctic Siberia today. I wonder what we're really in store for in a month.

What a wild year.

[marble falls]

27. How About me!?!?

[marble falls]

29. I'm about 50 west of Austin, we've tripled our cases in the last week and had a second death ...

Mon thru Thurs you see masks. Fri thru Sun the weekenders are here and no masks.


Y'all stay safe, too!