re: Texas surge in Covid cases.....lies and deceit

There should be a distinction between positive cases and new cases. People who test positive more than once shouldn't be counted as a new case as the CDC and media convey with their reporting.

Harris County has had overcrowded hospitals for about a month and yet deaths have hovered around 340-400 for that entire time.

It’s obvious they were backlogged with elective procedures and were likely admitting Covid patients they probably should have not admitted.

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It’s because there’s a highly contagious, potentially deadly virus going around.

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600 beds Covid related 762 non-Covid.

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That’s not a complete picture, IMO. But it does definitely indicate that Covid cases are affecting hospital census.

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She said if you check into a hospital for a scheduled event like a c-section and test positive, then you are counted as a covid patient.

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My friend’s daughter works in maternity at a big hospital in St. Louis. She said around 10% of expectant moms are testing positive during their pregnancy and almost all are asymptomatic. When they come in to deliver, they’ll be counted as Covid patients.

well my denton county sheriff has said he will not enforce wheelchair hitler's mask mandate.

I think he’s a New Orleans based cuck

But economy must shut down because Orange Man Bad

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She said if you check into a hospital for a scheduled event like a c-section and test positive, then you are counted as a covid patient.

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If you test positive are you not a Corona patient?

Hospitals are testing near everyone admitted. They are pre screening people before elective procedures (which are now held). Anyone admitted for anything is getting a nasal swab. Corona is new but swabbing is not. MRSA, Influenza have been swabbed for for some time now.

They are testing for Corona to wear PPE and try to isolate those patients. The LAST thing a hospital wants is the bad press of a nursing home like Corona outbreak within the hospital.

The reality slaps you in the face if you work in it. This is summer. Every year I have ever worked, summer is the lull period for a hospital. A packed hospiatl and ER with 40+ hour wait times for a bed is not the normal during the summer. It is during flu season and winter. I can only speak to the Houston area. It is not a normal summer by any means.

It’s not remotely the danger Houston politicians are trying to paint. And not one media outlet is taking Hidalgo to task for shutting down the triage hospital she put eight figure towards.

It isn’t politicians trying to paint a picture. This a public health crisis because the state didn’t manage to control the spread when it had the chance. The Governor has admitted as much.

So no - there is no need to politicize this issue when hospitals are reaching capacity. The curve is not flattened now, and at some locations the inflow is too great, and patients are waiting 24 hours to get a bed somewhere.

Can’t hide the facts and try to manipulate the numbers when everyone already knows that the cases have skyrocketed - and the evidence is plain to see in the hospitalizations.