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Hoover and the depression vs Trump and covid? What's a bigger failure -having a plan that makes things worse or having no plan at all?
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I can only speak for Texas, but the targeted approach will be the game plan. My good friend is on Abbott’s staff in a fairly high ranking role. While he, and obviously Abbott, are pretty staunch Republicans, there’s been no “it’s a hoax” mentality or denial in their internal ranks. They had difficult balances given the relatively mild spread there early on and the challenges of balancing Houston, Dallas, Austin all in varying places and outlooks, without them factoring in large rural populations. And Frenns is correct. While numbers are concerning, they have significant contingency plans in place.To make matters even more difficult, Texas is one of the few states where the Lt Gov has significant powers and is elected separately, and Dan Patrick is a complete grifter/lunatic that they have to work against. To say the two camps don’t get along is to put it mildly. We butt heads on certain issues, and I certainly have my issues with Abbott and Texas politics, but he and Abbott are in a VERY difficult position with this all, regardless.
What you are saying may be his plan now, but this is not what Abbott did at all. He ignored the fact that Texas has varying places and outlooks, and instead superseded all local governments in mandating that they all open, whether they were ready or not. He declared that no local governments could make their own orders, including about such simple things as masks. It was an unmitigated disaster and led to a significant resurgence in cases. He has now backed off that central leadership and will allow local governments to make rules on masks, but the rules and policies are not targeted, they are blanket across the entire state, and often defy scientific input.
The results in Texas speak to its "leadership" from the governor's office.
Yes, why couldn't they be more like Illinois or Rhode Island. Typical cause it's always red and blue with Jockey
Texas still ranks in the bottom 10 in deaths per capita. There is no catastrophic overrunning of hospitals in the state. There were mistakes made and they have course corrected, but acting like it%u2019s a war zone there just because cases are up is absurd hyperbole. I%u2019m sure you%u2019ll say %u201Cjust wait, they are coming!%u201D But at this point, it%u2019s unnecessary exaggeration. There is a LONG ways to go before their per capita numbers get in line with other states, much less gross.
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Texas is one of the states that has also deliberately undercounted cases and deaths by refusing to follow CDC guidelines on probable/suspected cases/deaths. But I didn't say anything about death rates. I'm equally concerned about increased spread and possible long-term damage to individuals that does not get taken into consideration in simple death numbers (e.g. permanent damage to the heart/lungs/kidneys/brain).And how have they course corrected? They still do not allow local municipalities to set their own rules regarding reopening. It was only a week ago, that Abbott was saying they didn't have a problem and it was just increases in testing, despite that being a provable lie. They may be getting their act together now (who knows, no real evidence of that yet), but applauding their actions/decisions and saying they have taken a targeted approach is inaccurate. Up to now they have taken a blanket and authoritarian approach. You also have Houston having to open Children's hospitals to adults, because of surges of patients. And they will only see increases in cases with nothing changing on the policy side.
EU opening their borders back up on July 1.And may bar travel from the United States.
Excellent comment, all true.One of the under-told tragedies from this pandemic are the number of "survivors" who are suffering severe health issues, especially to their lungs and kidneys. Many of the conditions will plague these poor folks for the rest of their lives. My wife and I know two of them; one is an obese man who nonetheless had a healthy heart at his most recent checkup in 2018 but now has serious heart issues. The other is a 40-year-old woman who works at the hospital with my wife; she had no previous health issues but ended up getting very sick, spent a couple weeks on a ventilator and now has serious lung problems that might end up being permanent.We fixate on the dead, for obvious reasons, and we cheer those whose cases are mild and/or who recover completely, again for obvious reasons. But there are thousands and thousands of Americans who won't really "recover" from this.Changing the subject slightly but sticking with your comment ...I won't ever trust the numbers from Texas or Florida. They cooked the books, they went wide open early, they are now suffering the consequences, and they still won't give accurate data.
To your last contention, I have zero evidence to say whether you are wrong or right (very likely right) but wouldn't that then make it realistic that other states might be cooking the books in the opposite direction?
One of the under-told tragedies from this pandemic are the number of "survivors" who are suffering severe health issues, especially to their lungs and kidneys. Many of the conditions will plague these poor folks for the rest of their lives. My wife and I know two of them; one is an obese man who nonetheless had a healthy heart at his most recent checkup in 2018 but now has serious heart issues. The other is a 40-year-old woman who works at the hospital with my wife; she had no previous health issues but ended up getting very sick, spent a couple weeks on a ventilator and now has serious lung problems that might end up being permanent.We fixate on the dead, for obvious reasons, and we cheer those whose cases are mild and/or who recover completely, again for obvious reasons. But there are thousands and thousands of Americans who won't really "recover" from this.