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Good thread below digging into hospital census “issue” down in Texas. On the surface it seems real bad but when you dig in 80-90% of folks hospitalized right now are non-Covid.Even here in Wisconsin where we are doing a great job it seems in protecting the most vulnerable hospitals are back to be jam packed with non-Covid patients. Hospitals are always operating at near 100% census so seems a bit intellectually dishonest not to give proper context to the type of patients being seen in these hot spots.https://mobile.twitter.com/aginnt/status/1275868742287634435
I will give you that the number of unfilled beds in Texas stat is a bit misleading since the beds are not all occupied with covid patients... but those beds are still occupied. You can't just throw people out of them today so that people with covid can have them tomorrow. Surely, you see the problem with that, aina?And with cases rising, its inevitable that hospital beds will need to be filled with covid patients shortly. Guess the folks who have elective procedures are on the back burner again because people can't be responsible.
And its official, Texas has suspended elective surgeries to free up space for covid patients.
18 North Texas relatives test positive for COVID-19 after surprise birthday party. Three are hospitalized so far including two elderly and a third with breast cancer:https://www.wfaa.com/amp/article/news/north-texas-family-shaken-after-18-relatives-test-positive-for-covid-19-following-surprise-birthday-party/287-ea8960ea-4c3c-40c1-b75e-f4437fe6f836?__twitter_impression=true
The worst is yet to come people. The monsters in charge can deny it - or say it is basically over, but we know what is coming.Our leaders are literally killing people by refusing to tell them to wear masks. Trump, Pence, and many republican governors letting people die. Making daily choices to kill even more.
I have to locate the article. My mom said she saw on the news a study conducted on masks revealed the following:1 person has COVID-19 and both people wearing a mask the transmission rate is 1.5%. 1 person has COVID-19 and 1 person wears a mask the transmission rate is 5% 1 person has COVID-19 and no one wears a mask the transmission rate is 70%.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Avik/status/1276490546471677952Another good thread this time digging into Florida numbers. Interesting to see all the rabble rousing on here about Florida and there crappy data reporting and this guy who seems fairly down the middle says it’s the best detailed data you can find from any state.
I think this is what you're looking for:https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/covid-19-mask-efficacy-chart/But Snopes says the information is "Mostly False" because "no scientific consensus exists on the efficacy of homemade masks in stopping the spread of COVID-19."However, there have been studies showing that wearing masks does offer a fairly significant degree of protection, though certainly not at the level that chart claims.It's interesting that many of the same people who supported taking hydroxycloroquine -- an unvetted drug with proven adverse side effects -- because "what the hell do you have to lose?" refuse to consider a "what the hell do you have to lose?" argument for wearing masks, which have some evidence of success and absolutely no adverse side effects.
Yessir, I remember reading that we needed to rush the reopening and that places like Florida, Texas, and Sweden were going to show the rest of us how it is done.
And we should all be wearing masks