Texas governor warns coronavirus 'is now spreading at an unacceptable rate' in state

[mystery-ak]

Texas governor warns coronavirus 'is now spreading at an unacceptable rate' in state
by Haley Victory Smith, Breaking News Reporter
 | June 22, 2020 07:40 PM


Cases of the coronavirus are on the rise in Texas, which has Gov. Greg Abbott worried.

"To state the obvious, COVID-19 is now spreading at an unacceptable rate in Texas, and it must be corralled," the governor said in a press conference Monday.

The state has experienced more than 25,000 new coronavirus cases in the last week. On Friday, the state racked up just over 4,600 new cases in one day, making it the worst day for new cases in the state since the start of the pandemic.

The governor has not announced that new restrictions will be taken in the state but encouraged residents to not relax on precautionary measures such as hand washing, mask-wearing, and social distancing.

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[catfish1957]

My last two grocery pickups at Wally-World showed that almost no people were wearing masks, except employees.

And this number included many who were elderly and looked like they weren't in the best of health. 

Let's not shut down the state, but OTOH, show a little common sense too.

[XenaLee]

It ain't rocket science.  Those most at risk should stay home, wear a mask when out of the home, and family members should take precautions not to infect the elderly.   Other than that, it's not as lethal as they pretended it was, and the number of new cases does NOT equal the number of deaths. 

Again, the economic shutdown will cost more lives than this stupid virus.

[skeeter]

It ain't rocket science.  Those most at risk should stay home, wear a mask when out of the home, and family members should take precautions not to infect the elderly.   Other than that, it's not as lethal as they pretended it was, and the number of new cases does NOT equal the number of deaths. 

Again, the economic shutdown will cost more lives than this stupid virus.

The 'vid will be back over & over until enough people have antibodies anyway. Lets get er over with.

[XenaLee]

The 'vid will be back over & over until enough people have antibodies anyway. Lets get er over with.

I still don't know anyone that has it or has had it.... .and I don't know anyone that knows anyone that has had it.   And one friend's son works at Walmart in Houston... so you'd think that wouldn't be the case.  It doesn't add up.   

[Victoria33]

@mystery-ak
@Cyber Liberty

Yes, and Dallas, 30 miles from us, is exploding with more cases.
Our church is letting some people in the church if they wear a mask, but they say anyone 60 or older, should not come to church.  We can watch the Sunday morning service on Facebook and it stays there until the next service.  I don't know when I will be able to actually go inside the church.  The church is in Grapevine, Tarrant County, which blends with Dallas.  Dallas/Tarrant County is continuous city and with the numbers going up, the church may have to shut down as it has before.  They follow the Tarrant county suggestions/rules as to crowd size.  At my age, I can't risk going places even with a mask.  I speak to my children in England twice a week, and they are telling me to stay home so they don't have to worry about me.

When will this be over?  Never?

[Cyber Liberty]

@mystery-ak
@Cyber Liberty

Yes, and Dallas, 30 miles from us, is exploding with more cases.
Our church is letting some people in the church if they wear a mask, but they say anyone 60 or older, should not come to church.  We can watch the Sunday morning service on Facebook and it stays there until the next service.  I don't know when I will be able to actually go inside the church.  The church is in Grapevine, Tarrant County, which blends with Dallas.  Dallas/Tarrant County is continuous city and with the numbers going up, the church may have to shut down as it has before.  They follow the Tarrant county suggestions/rules as to crowd size.  At my age, I can't risk going places even with a mask.  I speak to my children in England twice a week, and they are telling me to stay home so they don't have to worry about me.

When will this be over?  Never?

It should have been over when people realized we've been had with the fear-mongering.  That moment came when Governors declared rioting is an essential activity, while worshiping in a Church or getting a haircut are things to be ground out like a used cigarette butt.

[GrouchoTex]

They haven't put it on the State official Covid site, but Gov. Abbott said we have 5,000 cases today, an all-time single day high.

[GrouchoTex]

I still don't know anyone that has it or has had it.... .and I don't know anyone that knows anyone that has had it.   And one friend's son works at Walmart in Houston... so you'd think that wouldn't be the case.  It doesn't add up.   

I hadn't yet either, until...........

A co-worker's girlfriend was tested Friday.
We are supposed to find out the results some time today.

If the girlfriend comes back as positive................

Well, this could get interesting real fast.
We are in a 6,000 sq. ft. machine shop with about 15 employees.
Missing one of them for a few weeks who was called up on guard duty, but he is at some classified location.
We think either Seattle or Atlanta, but we don't really  know.

[GrouchoTex]

We just heard the word on the COVID test results of the co-worker's girlfriend.
Negative test.

All Clear...

[Cyber Liberty]

We just heard the word on the COVID test results of the co-worker's girlfriend.
Negative test.

All Clear...

 

[austingirl]

They haven't put it on the State official Covid site, but Gov. Abbott said we have 5,000 cases today, an all-time single day high.

There were over 5000 positive tests. The CDC issued a special waiver to allow PCR tests to be used for wuhan tests. PCR was never meant to diagnose disease and does not test for the virus but for a snippet of RNA thought to be from the virus. Amplify the sample enough times, and they do, you get a positive result.

They shouldn't call positive tests "cases." Most of those who tested positive (from a flawed testing model) aren't ill, are not hospitalized, and are not going to die. An increase of positive tests was bound to happen when people who depressed their immune system by staying at home and obsessively disinfecting everything inside ventured out. Those who wear masks and decrease their intake of O2 and rebreathe CO2 and their own flora also depress their immune system. They too be will more susceptible to infection.

The virus cannot be stopped by ineffective masks and voodoo magic six feet social distance and cannot be spread by asymptomatic people.

We know who the vulnerable are. 99.7% survive what is just another respiratory virus.

There won't be a vaccine because there has never been a successful vaccine for a retrovirus. Look at Fauci's failure to make an HIV vaccine for that retrovirus. All of the vaccines in development are cutting corners on the clinical trials and using techniques that have never been used before. Most of these companies have never brought a single product to market. Think about that.

This virus will attenuate. What we are witnessing with the increase in testing numbers is herd immunity that was delayed by the lockdowns.

[Cyber Liberty]

There were over 5000 positive tests. The CDC issued a special waiver to allow PCR tests to be used for wuhan tests. PCR was never meant to diagnose disease and does not test for the virus but for a snippet of RNA thought to be from the virus. Amplify the sample enough times, and they do, you get a positive result.

They shouldn't call positive tests "cases." Most of those who tested positive (from a flawed testing model) aren't ill, are not hospitalized, and are not going to die. An increase of positive tests was bound to happen when people who depressed their immune system by staying at home and obsessively disinfecting everything inside ventured out. Those who wear masks and decrease their intake of O2 and rebreathe CO2 and their own flora also depress their immune system. They too be will more susceptible to infection.

The virus cannot be stopped by ineffective masks and voodoo magic six feet social distance and cannot be spread by asymptomatic people.

We know who the vulnerable are. 99.7% survive what is just another respiratory virus.

There won't be a vaccine because there has never been a successful vaccine for a retrovirus. Look at Fauci's failure to make an HIV vaccine for that retrovirus. All of the vaccines in development are cutting corners on the clinical trials and using techniques that have never been used before. Most of these companies have never brought a single product to market. Think about that.

This virus will attenuate. What we are witnessing with the increase in testing numbers is herd immunity that was delayed by the lockdowns.

The problem I have is they are lying about new cases.  CDC has decided to inflate the positive test results by mixing the infection tests with the antibody tests, so a slew of people are being added as testing positive in the daily hysterics who never had it.

Because of this glaring distortion of the stats I simply cannot believe them at all.

[austingirl]

The problem I have is they are lying about new cases.  CDC has decided to inflate the positive test results by mixing the infection tests with the antibody tests, so a slew of people are being added as testing positive in the daily hysterics who never had it.

Because of this glaring distortion of the stats I simply cannot believe them at all.

@Cyber Liberty

Some states are also counting each positive test of the same person as a new "case." The fraudulent and misleading reporting cannot be believed. Good call.

This is all about fear and control.

[GrouchoTex]

There were over 5000 positive tests. The CDC issued a special waiver to allow PCR tests to be used for wuhan tests. PCR was never meant to diagnose disease and does not test for the virus but for a snippet of RNA thought to be from the virus. Amplify the sample enough times, and they do, you get a positive result.

They shouldn't call positive tests "cases." Most of those who tested positive (from a flawed testing model) aren't ill, are not hospitalized, and are not going to die. An increase of positive tests was bound to happen when people who depressed their immune system by staying at home and obsessively disinfecting everything inside ventured out. Those who wear masks and decrease their intake of O2 and rebreathe CO2 and their own flora also depress their immune system. They too be will more susceptible to infection.

The virus cannot be stopped by ineffective masks and voodoo magic six feet social distance and cannot be spread by asymptomatic people.

We know who the vulnerable are. 99.7% survive what is just another respiratory virus.

There won't be a vaccine because there has never been a successful vaccine for a retrovirus. Look at Fauci's failure to make an HIV vaccine for that retrovirus. All of the vaccines in development are cutting corners on the clinical trials and using techniques that have never been used before. Most of these companies have never brought a single product to market. Think about that.

This virus will attenuate. What we are witnessing with the increase in testing numbers is herd immunity that was delayed by the lockdowns.

True:

The rate of infection represents only 0.38% (3132) of the total population of Fort Bend County,my county where I live,  and only 1.5% (50%) of that .038% has resulted in fatality.
A recovery rate of 37% (1153) which is behind the state average.
50 people out of 811,688 residents have died, which is a very small number.

[catfish1957]

I still don't know anyone that has it or has had it.... .and I don't know anyone that knows anyone that has had it.   And one friend's son works at Walmart in Houston... so you'd think that wouldn't be the case.  It doesn't add up.   

One of my son's high school educators, who happened to be younger than me, caught it and died of it in March.   Outstanding guy, and he is very missed by our small community.  So it is real, and should be a precautionary concern to anyone meeting age / pre-existing condition criteria.  But OTOH, I don't think it is pervasive enough to shut down our economy.  Again, just some common sense would go a long way.

[Idiot]

One of my son's high school educators, who happened to be younger than me, caught it and died of it in March.   Outstanding guy, and he is very missed by our small community.  So it is real, and should be a precautionary concern to anyone meeting age / pre-existing condition criteria.  But OTOH, I don't think it is pervasive enough to shut down our economy.  Again, just some common sense would go a long way.

We had a prison guard in one of our local State Prisons get the virus and was dead in 2 days.  He was in his mid 50's.  It's just soooo weird that everyone here acts like it's all passed and there is nothing to worry about.  Very few wear masks and social distancing is a joke.

[Bigun]

Does anyone else notice how effortlessly the narrative has pivoted from COVID deaths to number of cases?  Why do we allow them to keep moving the goalposts?

[catfish1957]

Does anyone else notice how effortlessly the narrative has pivoted from COVID deaths to number of cases?  Why do we allow them to keep moving the goalposts?

100% of evening news, 100% of late night TV, 100% of print media, and 100% of sunday  politico TV shows are based on the premise of destroying Trump in November at all cost.   That narrartive is carefully crafted by the hour to meet that objective.

Sadly, I figure there are about 25% of the population that is either too stupid or too gullible to realize the brainwashing at hand.  I am not optimistic about Novemeber at all. 

[Cyber Liberty]

Does anyone else notice how effortlessly the narrative has pivoted from COVID deaths to number of cases?  Why do we allow them to keep moving the goalposts?

The problem is we don't get a say about the location of the goalposts, and it's also because people have short to non-existent memories, so the leftists get away with it.  Look how quickly they patched up the phenomenal screw-up of encouraging riots in the middle of all this, and how quickly people got back to trying to use social pressure to slap masks on everybody. 

Even Texas is talking lockdown again!  Do you intend to do that?  It's ultimately up to you and me, and I have yet to strap on a spit mask.

[dfwgator]

Does anyone else notice how effortlessly the narrative has pivoted from COVID deaths to number of cases?  Why do we allow them to keep moving the goalposts?

You can bet if Trump loses in November, COVID will magically "go away".  And the Democrats are pretty much trying to imply such.   If Trump wins, then expect lockdowns to continue.

[skeeter]

You can bet if Trump loses in November, COVID will magically "go away".  And the Democrats are pretty much trying to imply such.   If Trump wins, then expect lockdowns to continue.

People instinctively resent being extorted. At least they used to.

[libertybele]

Does anyone else notice how effortlessly the narrative has pivoted from COVID deaths to number of cases?  Why do we allow them to keep moving the goalposts?

Cases around here are skyrocketing -- however -- recoveries are not being reported.  Asymptomatic cases v. symptomatic cases are not being reported....hospitalizations are being logged, but are those people currently in the hospital or those who have been hospitalized .... so there's a lot of information out there that we're not being given.

[Bigun]

You can bet if Trump loses in November, COVID will magically "go away".  And the Democrats are pretty much trying to imply such.   If Trump wins, then expect lockdowns to continue.

Absolutely!  That has been the sole purpose of this CHICOM/Democrat/Media hoax from day one!

And BTW; as many here told you months ago the overall death rate for CV-19 is no more than that for regular seasonal flu.

[Bigun]

The problem is we don't get a say about the location of the goalposts, and it's also because people have short to non-existent memories, so the leftists get away with it.  Look how quickly they patched up the phenomenal screw-up of encouraging riots in the middle of all this, and how quickly people got back to trying to use social pressure to slap masks on everybody. 

Even Texas is talking lockdown again!  Do you intend to do that?  It's ultimately up to you and me, and I have yet to strap on a spit mask.

Nor have I and I will continue to refuse to do so.