Covid19/2021-22 OMICRON/ VIRUS "IHU" FRANCE:P13310/NEWEST VIRUS: "NEOCOV" HIGH INFECTION RATE+1 IN 3 DIE !?! P13315

Nobody knows. If you read what I wrote above it seems plausible that 50% of cases reported by Texas in the past two weeks were tested or happened before that. So daily case count is what Texas DHS wants it to be. Yesterdays county tally from worldometers was 10k but that's always shaky. Official numbers in ~30 minutes or whenever Texas feels like it.

Look at the flow of information and all the new people contributing

This is all great information that we need to know on an hourly bases to protect ourselves against this bio weapon.

I still want to know why Florida's numbers today are so different on their site than world meter site.

Until today they were the same, now its gone berserk. Did I miss something earlier today?

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Just want to throw this in there for the thought surrounding the rise in positive cases is due to more testing. I know of at least 3 facitilties that do covid testing that last week had to change to "appt only" because they did not have the staff to keep up with increased testing overall (not just covid). When I asked one of staff in one of these labs why?-- he said, you know.. "everyone thinks they have covid". In this case if they go to appt only they are not testing anymore than they did the day or the week before--actually its less. Just something to keep in mind that there are 2 sides to the story.

Last Edited by MaximusRex on 07/17/2020 04:41 PM

Here's the link to the article talking about 14,700 new cases. 'Cuz why not.

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Some more digging, the article in question:
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States 14780 new cases today (Friday) for a total of 311,043.

Worldometer says 10,243 new cases yesterday (Thursday) for a total of 313,060

John Hopkins says 15k (They round off, don't feel like downloading the raw data) new cases yesterday (Thursday) for a total of 308,611

Texas DHS reported 10290 new cases yesterday (Thursday) reflecting Wednesday for a total of 292656.

So I guess nobody knows what is happening in Texas.

It's infuriating, really.

And probably not a good sign.

Hold your breath.

Texas restaurant offering 'disinfecting portal' for guests to walk through before entering

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TXHHS website says 10,256... updated at 4:15.

Worldometers still tabulating county data, only at ~4000.

Hospitalizations up just a touch at +180.

Oh cool, so it disinfects your lungs, blood, sweat and everything. We're saved, let's all go to the bar.

Jesus Christ... it's summer, put up some tents and eat outside like all the other states are doing.

One of the best times I ever had was in a beer garden in NYC. Just a bunch of picnic tables and like 4 walk up bars, with a stage for bands.

Fuckers need to learn how to pivot.

Cloudfare had a oopsy. Part of the internet was down for a bit =P Using old template for ease of posting, this is the new Texas DSHS data.

17-Jul
Texas
- Total Cases: 307.572 , new: 14.916 ( 10.291 yesterday, 9.637 running 7 day average).
--Total cases changed 5,10 %, vs 3,60 % running 7 day average)
- Tests: 2.767.321 , new: 67.466 ( 11,11% % total postive, 22,11% % positive new)
- Hospitalizations: 10.632 currently, 10.457 yesterday, 10.432 running 7 day average)
- Mortality: 3735 total, 174 today, ( 129 yesterday, 103 running 7 day average).

Interesting to say the least. If the 'official' hospitalizations went down today I was really going to lose my cool

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Might hit near 80,000 cases today

Goddamnit Dutchy, why do you have to go and keep proving that you're the smartest and most useful bastard in this thread?

There was a time where I would have put myself in the running for that position.

But you have yet to master timeline travel... so I still have that going for me. Well, I haven't actually mastered it, but the fact that I can do it still gives me an edge.

And look, to date nobody in this thread has been killed by giant bats or vampire fish... so those setbacks really shouldn't count.

But in all seriousness dude, your mastery of the numbers has been such an asset to this thread... all I can say is keep up the good work, it's greatly appreciated.

Wordsworth, what were you saying yesterday about your avatar image?

But its a lot of cases?

A lot can happen in 6 days, I'm staying the course.

I said Georgia would make it to mid-June without issue, and I was right in that regard. I said I didn't know what would happen after that, and shit I definitely didn't know.

Shit ain't great right now, but I don't know if betting against my dunce cap wager is a great idea either. There's a lot more controls in place right now than the initial New England outbreak.

So... there's gonna be a surge, a peak, and a decline. I think the numbers still support my wager.

But if I'm wrong, well fuck bud I'm a man of my word, the dunce cap will come out.

I'm just messing with you. I hope you are right. But I'm not so sure

What do you mean? Yes it's a lot of cases. It's a record-shattering number for Texas. And also it could be one of the highest daily increases any of the states saw

Keep in mind that I do cheat. I don't release most of the data I look at anymore because I'm afraid people won't see them in the proper context. That whole CDC deaths where I had to explain 3 that their data lags and the Florida testing data where tops 70k missing tests implied massive fraud have only strengthened my resolve in that matter.

Also Florida updates their currently hospitalized every half hour or so now, it's ranged from 8.5k to 9.1k throughout the past 24 hours alone, so it's not a good indicator of peaking out.

But it seems like Texas "cheated" a bit and spread out their peak. Arizona and Florida acted the same but Texas leveled out. I'm afraid of what that will mean for people's behaviour.

Wait...so youre saying texas has peaked? With today's #'s? I don't understand

NY saw a lot more but most were not confirmed, Az still has you beat at % of population confirmed on a day, Al and Georgia will go higher next week....

But I wish Texas would publish a chart with cases per day corrected for Sample taken. I'm afraid most of today's data is from at least a week ago. Which would mean the majority of those that were confirmed today and need to be hospitalized already have.

Let me pre-face with "I think" the fact that the numbers are still confusing me means it's hard compare the current situation to other places. Keep in mind I warned about rural Texas yesterday, there are a lot of factors at play. But for the time being it's not accelerating, even with today's numbers. Expect a few comparable days in regards to absolute numbers though. And lets just say that it's better to not think about deaths for a bit...

I am confused that my GLP peeps are so strongly advocating face covers... many of us were here, on this thread, when it become known (to GLP) that the eyes and ears were also transmission routes.

I am not anti-mask. There is at least a marginal benefit, even if it is quite low considering what passes for a 'mask'.

...but really, if you are pro-mask because you think it reduces transmission or infection, you should be just as pro-goggles and pro ear coverings.

I'm pro mask because I think there's strong evidence that it reduces transmission from infected to non-infected people.

I think masks actually pose a risk to non-infected people, but it's much less than the risk of transmission from asymptomatics.

There's strong evidence that masks provide almost zero protection to the wearer, unless you are clean shaven and wearing an N95.

But it's like the whole bringing back the shopping cart thing, even though it doesn't help me... it helps the guy who's job it is to clean up after me.

It's a probability problem. Not a binary yes/no problem. Goggles and ear coverings will further decrease the chance of becoming infected but do little for counteracting spread. Wearing a mask shields the main avenue of spreading and getting a infection. The gains are a lot bigger overall.

If you want to minimize your risk stay inside a hazmat suit inside a negative pressure room for the next year or so. But if everyone wears a mask you're half if not more as effective at reducing risk of spreading or being exposed.

Study: 35 percent of excess deaths in pandemic's early months tied to causes other than COVID-19

The study, "Excess Deaths from COVID-19 and Other Causes, March-April 2020," showed that only 65% of the excess deaths that occurred in March and April were attributed to COVID-19, meaning more than one-third were linked to other causes.

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Military doctors, nurses headed to 8 California hospitals with staff shortages amid COVID-19 surge

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