This is for Texas
From: Covid Trends
We will know within two weeks.
Some are pushing hard to close gyms and that is an analogy to what we do.
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By that you mean Most people join but Don’t show up regularly? 
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“A vast majority”
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You know, Governor Abbott is flipping out over “positivity.”
What is positivity? Until very recently, it meant the opposite of negativity.
Now it means the number of COVID-19 tests indicating an infection.
If healthy people go out of their way to get tested, positivity can be flattened.
So how about it? Feel like doing some “Civic Hacking” to keep DMS open?
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This is a politcal disaster for every politician that wanted to open up. it may have been inevitable though.
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Only if hospitals get overwhelmed. We’ll see in about two weeks.
We’re getting there… I think 2 weeks is optimistic
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We are hovering around 75% occupancy on ER beds and 70% on Total beds. So it ain’t looking great here.
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Healthy people being tested helps the numbers. People usually only get tested when they feel ill. Or were in contact with someone who tested positive. My work is currently printing the next round of treasury checks aka stimulus checks so we get tested twice a week.
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Tests are becoming scarce again in some parts of the state, making it harder to get a test unless you’re showing symptoms.
I believe the governor will try very hard to avoid another shutdown since state government finances depend on sales taxes a large degree. I suspect they are already having issues although I haven’t seen a lot of discussions about it. Occupancy limitations, face masks other social distancing could be strictly enforced, I can see that happening. Let’s face it, it’s our behavior that will determine what measures will be necessary. Let’s all try to be prudent, so we don’t have to be panicked.
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Needs a mask on it.
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There are so many people wearing masks that don’t cover their noses. It’s almost worse than not wearing a mask, because it looks like they’re complying, but they’re not protecting anyone.
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I just figure most of them are mouth breathers anyhow
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My personal experience:
When I have mask on and am not talking, it stays mostly/relatively dry. When I am talking, it gets noticeably damp (I can prove this to anyone next time I am around and you can feel for yourself).
Tentative conclusion: it’s the droplets from the mouth hole that aerosolize (word?) when one is talking that create the main issue.
Anyway, honestly, If I felt a sneeze coming, I’d run in a direction that had no people nearby (like those guys in the movies with a bomb and they are trying to save everyone) and then take my mask off so it didn’t get all spooged…
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They already are in Houston.
Ran into grocery store and was very irritated with checkout clerk who was talking loudly about complete bullshit (just senseless chatter nobody cared about) three feet from customer. People are stupid.
While I believe covering the mouth only probably has some benefit, I agree that there are a tremendous amount of unwise people out there. (I was raised to not call people stupid.)
Sometimes stupid or an exact synonym is the only word that describes things accurately.
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