This is why other countries reopened schools with just elementary kids first. It won’t happen here though because our president feels the need to withhold federal funding from schools who want to protect their students and faculty.
My gosh, here is the governor of Missouri basically changing the "well, let the old people die" to children. And completely ignoring the fact that some children do die, and also ignoring the risk those infected kids to other family members. Just to make trump happy...
That is absolutely disgusting. Shame on DHR for doing that, and they deserve to be exposed for putting patients in deplorable conditions. The people responsible for putting patients in those conditions should be fired, and I hope the families affected sue the hospital.
The list of deplorable Republican governors that deserve to enjoy a lengthy stay in prison gets longer by the day, sadly. All of them sicken me, and I feel sorry for all of us residing in states where they are doing a terrible job of governing during this crisis.
Way to stand with stupidity, Winn-Dixie. I would love nothing more than for the company to be forced out of business because of this reckless disregard for the health and safety of its customers.
MN just saw it's largest daily spike with 922 new infections reported. Also the first death in MN of a child 5 years old or younger. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/07/20/latest-on-covid19-in-mn
It's a wonder Ireland hasn't banned all Americans from entry there. The selfish Americans make a mockery of safety precautions to stop the spread both here and abroad. Ireland Has a New Coronavirus Fear: Americans Who Flout Quarantine https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/world/europe/Ireland-americans-break-quarantine.html No wonder it has gotten to this. TEXAS COUNTY ORDERS RESIDENTS EXPOSED TO COVID-19 TO SELF-QUARANTINE OR FACE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION https://www.khou.com/amp/article/ne...tion/285-f19c1a3c-5a98-43a9-a0fd-0ac29b675351
Where are all the people here months ago mocking Judge Hidalgo and Mayor Turner setting up a field hospital in Houston? Kind of would make sense now to have an additional Covid hospital unit right about now. ... with AC of course.
Just like Houston, the cases start rising after lockdowns lifted. This is why we need a lockdown again to get this under control. Our Texas death rate went from 22 a day weekly average May 30th to 119 a day weekly average as of today. That's over 5 times as many deaths a day. Spain's coronavirus rate triples in three weeks after lockdown easing https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain-idUSKCN24L2BE
If only teachers' lives mattered as much to their employers as athletes. NFL teams get their own Covid-19 testing site at each facility and daily testing for all during training camp.
So much #winning. Alabama reports record COVID hospitalizations for five straight days While Monday was the fifth-straight day of record hospitalizations, it comes amid a month of accelerating hospitalization numbers. https://www.alreporter.com/2020/07/...d-19-hospitalizations-for-five-straight-days/
Been a few days since bigtexx posted...should we call in a welfare check? The news clips include news stories, editorials and opinion columns about health and human services from major state and national media outlets. They do not necessarily represent the views or policies of the agency and may contain inaccuracies. Coronavirus kills another 1,000 in Texas in just 10 days Texas Tribune After the first COVID-19 death in Texas — a 97-year-old man who died March 15 — it took 53 days before the state reached 1,000 deaths. On Monday, Texas reached 4,020 deaths only 10 days after crossing the 3,000 threshold. Over the last week, COVID-19 has killed an average of 112 people each day in Texas — nearly three times more than two weeks ago. On July 6, the seven-day average was 36 deaths per day. Texas hits 4,000 coronavirus deaths Austin American-Statesman Texas surpassed 4,000 coronavirus-related deaths Monday, just 10 days after crossing the 3,000 threshold. State health officials reported 62 new fatalities Monday, bringing the statewide virus death toll to 4,020. Gov. Greg Abbott and health experts predicted the spike in coronavirus-related deaths would continue through July, after the state saw surging new cases and hospitalizations in late June. Texas Passes 4,000 Deaths, But Houston Sees Rates Steady Associated Press Texas surpassed 4,000 deaths in the coronavirus pandemic Monday but officials in Houston say they are cautiously optimistic about recent trends following weeks of alarming surges at hospitals. Dr. David Persse, Houston's health authority, said the positivity rate for COVID-19 testing has slightly dipped in recent days and the number of people requiring hospitalization "seems to have tapered off a bit." Dallas County reports at least 1,000 coronavirus cases for 18th straight day, adds 1 death Dallas Morning News Dallas County reported at least 1,000 new coronavirus cases for the 18th consecutive day Monday, as well as one additional death. The county has reported 526 total deaths from COVID-19. With 1,026 new cases Monday, the county’s total has risen to 42,292 confirmed cases — about 16 for every 1,000 residents. Dallas County does not report recoveries. Texas Medical Center: Despite declining hospitalizations, COVID-19 ICU use continues to rise Community Impact Newspaper Despite a slight dip in the number of COVID-19 patients getting hospitalized across Texas Medical Center, the number of those patients occupying ICUs increased week over week. There were 2,327 COVID-19 patients in TMC hospitals July 19, a 5% decline compared to a week ago. Of those, 664 patients were in an ICU, a 3% increase since July 9. Nearly half of all ICU beds in use in TMC institutions were occupied by patients with the viral disease. Rare outbreak of COVID-19 among infants has South Texas health officials concerned KVUE-TV Austin According to health officials in the Corpus Christi area, 60 infants have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the beginning of July. There have been 85 infants diagnosed with the virus in the area since March and one baby has died. Officials said the cases were not from a single day care center or church, but are from different parts of Nueces County. Most children recover within one to two weeks, though some cases can be more severe. North Texas Counties Report at Least 433 Babies Test Positive for COVID-19 Since March KXAS-TV - Dallas/Fort Worth NBC 5 found more than 430 babies have tested positive for the virus in the four largest counties in North Texas even though DSHS is currently only reporting 125 cases in children ages 1 and younger. In Collin County, the county health department reports 42 cases, Denton County reports 38 cases, Tarrant County has had 113 and in Dallas, they reported 240 cases. Experts warn against ‘false sense of security’ as the number of children with COVID-19 increases in Dallas County Dallas Morning News Since the pandemic began in Dallas County, 3,821 children under 18 have tested positive for the virus. That accounts for nearly 10% of all the cases reported between March 24 and July 17. The number of children with the virus more than tripled between March and May, jumping from 2% to 11% of cases for those months, respectivel. Not much is known about what role children play in the transmission of the disease. Children, teenagers account for 1 in 10 coronavirus cases in San Antonio San Antonio Express-News As schools debate how and when to fully re-open in person, children and teenagers under 18 now account for one in every 10 novel coronavirus infections in Bexar County, health officials reported Monday. In late May, children and teenagers accounted for 5 percent of cases in Bexar County. By mid-July, that had more than doubled to 11 percent. Two children between the ages of 10 and 17 have died of the virus. COVID's impact on child care centers KFDM Beaumont Texas HHS says there are 65 newly reported positive cases of COVID-19 at 57 child care facilities. The majority, 40 of them, are staff members while 25 of the cases are children. Since March, there have been a total of nearly 2,400 positive cases of the virus at more than 1,400 child care operations. That includes more than 1,600 staff members and 777 children. Nearly 30 percent of child care facilities operating in Texas last year are now closed. A San Antonio Hospital Is The World’s Largest Study Site For A COVID-19 Drug In High Demand KUT News In the search for answers during the COVID-19 pandemic, San Antonio’s University Hospital has become the largest study site for phase two of Remdesivir clinical trials. The FDA approved emergency use of the antiviral drug. The first phase of the study determined that Remdesivir significantly reduced recovery time for patients with COVID-19. However, there is not enough of the drug to go around.
Lina had NRG Arena retrofitted with proper ventilation equipment to serve as an overflow to surging hospitals. It won't be as many beds as the large outside facility, but she was prepared. This was reported sometime in May I believe. I was listening to NPR this morning and apparently TMC is still in Phase 2 of their ICU capacity, which is really good considering that cases have increased over the last few weeks. They were in Phase 2 over 2 weeks ago, I would of expected them to be in Phase 3 by now. It's probably the reason why you haven't heard of the NRG Arena being used yet. I'm guessing it's on stand-by, but no reason to have it staffed yet. I just read a good article on NYT this morning and how the state spent millions of dollars on mostly unused facilities. All due to some bureaucratic red tape bullshit. That's tragic if you ask me and a gross misuse of our tax money. Government needs to not be incompetent during times like these. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/nyregion/coronavirus-hospital-usta-queens.html
