COVID-19 (coronavirus disease)/SARS-CoV-2 virus

4 states combine numbers from two tests possibly providing misleading numbers. Texas was one of those states.

https://apple.news/ABXeJAN6AQdSEbVHz7-
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I agree with you to a point. There is obviously lots of technology that can (and is used) to spread information. I also agree with your earlier point that the CCP does not have absolute control over every waking minute of the lives of 1.5 billion Chinese people. They want everyone to assume that they do, and the media spreads that narrative.

Still, there is a difference between hiding a pandemic and hiding the degree of damage from a pandemic. Even in the USA where everyone believes laws are only suggestions and not enforceable, we are seeing states lying and being deceptive about the impact of the pandemic. If it can be done here where the federal government is a joke, it can certainly happen in China.

 

It wasn't all bad.

First off Cal McNair, owner of the Texans was there scoping out some honeys.






They also had Baywatch 2020 tryouts as well, and the new cast was chosen...,

 

Bro almost everyone got an "F"....

 

That's Hector with a mask

 

The scoreboard offers data on counties across the nation that generates an overall social distancing grade based on three metrics: change in average distance traveled compared to a pre-COVID-19 period; change in visitation to non-essential venues compared to the pre-pandemic period and change in human encounters. The metrics are compiled using anonymous smartphone location service data from millions of cell phone users.

The "F" grade is a significant drop from Harris County's previous "A" rating back it had received in late March.

 

I hate that the top reported measure is distanced traveled now as a percent of average pre-Covid. Crockett county scores a C overall with an F distanced traveled reduction. However, the human encounters was an A because there aren't many people there. New York has done a great job according to distance and non-essential travel reduction, but are still an F in human encounters and people still died a lot. Human encounters should be the main measure of how well social distancing is working..though it is influenced mostly by pre-existing conditions. Cities score an F in human encounters....but that is reality. There are more people per square foot. New York may have the greatest reduction in human encounters, but is still the worst versus national average.

Here's the measure for Harris County. Basically, ~2000% more likely to come across a person in Harris County than national average.

 

So they basically added the antibody tests to the total test number, right? To make it look like they are testing more than they are? The problem still exists in most parts of Texas...not enough sick people to do enough tests. Probably about time to start testing non-symptomatic people, perhaps randomly.

 

So...While I believe the economy needs to get started, I still think it's too soon to open things back up again...I've been out a few times the past week and it's like there is not pandemic...No masks, packed bars in midtown, etc. I feel we'll have a spike / second wave in Houston later this summer...Plus the more we test the more data we'll have to truly reflect how bad it is in our area...#staysafe

 

I'm sure the numbers they are publicly reporting aren't actually what's happening. I'm convinced that the numbers worldwide are likely underreported. My point is that we shouldn't completely dismiss the numbers out of the PRC as useless. As we're seeing with them revising numbers upwards and with them enacting new lockdowns is that it is nearly impossible for them to hide. If their numbers were many times what they are reporting it would become pretty obvious.

Regarding how low their numbers seem to be we also have to consider that the steps they've taken of strictly enforced lockdowns should lead to lower cases while our steps are mild compared to those. On top of that our social distancing measures haven't been followed since we haven't enforced them like the PRC. How we are approaching this disease versus how the PRC is is very different and it makes sense that those are reflected in the numbers.

 

Meanwhile Zoom positions for world domination. Nobody cares. Not even the Flash?

 

At least two employees at the hospital my wife works at have covid. My wife works directly with one of the employees' mother. The mother had direct contact with her daughter days before she tested positive. My wife then worked all day with her.

The mother is being quarantined, but they're refusing to test her because she's asymptomatic.

My wife is pregnant, so she's at risk. She hasn't declared at work.


I told my wife to have the mother test through Rite Aid and then we'll write into the paper how Rite Aid would test her but not her hospital she is employed at.

Her answer?


She wouldn't get paid for her time off if she tested through Rite Aid.


How are we still this stingy on testing??!?

 

I think it’s important to remember it wasn't obvious to us for months when we had 30k or so excess unknown deaths.

 

@mikol13 posted this above, and of course, Texas has to be one :

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/21/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html

 

Got laid off today unexpectedly. I thought I had pretty good job security but never say never in unprecedented times

 

Sorry to hear that

 

Sorry to hear that. This situation sucks.