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Offline Elderberry

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Texas is behind the curve on releasing timely information on the coronavirus. Here’s why.
« on: April 06, 2020, 01:38:45 pm »
Houston Chronicle by  John Tedesco , Alex Stuckey , Stephanie Lamm , and Matt Dempsey 4/6/2020

Texas is bracing for a pandemic that is projected to kill tens of thousands of people across the U.S., but health officials and state leaders are struggling to provide the public with timely updates on how many people are infected and how many hospital beds and ventilators are available for the critically ill.

Other states across the country have been providing coronavirus hospitalization figures for weeks. On Friday, Gov. Greg Abbott announced that 827 people have been hospitalized in Texas. But the true number of cases is likely far higher than the official tally due to a shortage of reliable tests and delays in delivering results, which can take up to 10 days.

Even with the limited number of confirmed positives, Harris County’s top epidemiologist says it feels like her team is constantly behind.

“It’s become overwhelming,” said Dr. Dana Beckham, director of the county’s Office of Science, Surveillance and Technology, which traces the steps of people who test positive for COVID-19 to determine how they got the disease and who they may have infected. “We’re always behind the eight ball.”

More: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/texas-curve-covid-19-info-coronavirus-abbott-15179104.php
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Re: Texas is behind the curve on releasing timely information on the coronavirus. Here’s why.
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2020, 01:44:45 pm »
I visited a hospital and clinic last week and no one was there other than doctors, nurses and staff.

There is such a paranoia that the healthcare industry is suffering due to lack of patients.

Articles like this are simply fear mongering.
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Re: Texas is behind the curve on releasing timely information on the coronavirus. Here’s why.
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2020, 01:46:47 pm »
Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on April 07, 2020, 01:44:45 pm
I visited a hospital and clinic last week and no one was there other than doctors, nurses and staff.

There is such a paranoia that the healthcare industry is suffering due to lack of patients.

Articles like this are simply fear mongering.

Absolutely!  And, like you, I know that first hand as my daughter is among those suffering.
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Re: Texas is behind the curve on releasing timely information on the coronavirus. Here’s why.
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2020, 02:02:31 pm »
Gee, this story couldn't possibly have appeared because Texas has a Republican governor, could it?
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Re: Texas is behind the curve on releasing timely information on the coronavirus. Here’s why.
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2020, 02:09:29 pm »
Quote from: dfwgator on April 07, 2020, 02:02:31 pm
Gee, this story couldn't possibly have appeared because Texas has a Republican governor, could it?

And because the Houston Chronical is rabidly leftist, as is current leadership in most of the largest cities in Texas.   If anything in Texas is fubared.... it's because of leftists embedded here.
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Re: Texas is behind the curve on releasing timely information on the coronavirus. Here’s why.
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