Ft Worth now mandates wearing a mask

Some of us passively accept whatever we're told we must do, i.e., wear an ineffective mask, stay 6 away from each other, etc.

Some of us resist, 'not' because we think the orders will slow or even stop the virus, 'not' because we just like to rock the boat, but because we don't think masks, SD-ing, and lockdowns won't work, ah wait, lockdowns are utterly destructive, that's how THAT does work.....

It's all anti-Constitutional smoke and mirrors to unseat President Trump.

Politics trumping common sense and science. {no pun intended}

I've heard some folks blithely accepting the 'emergency powers' guff that replaces the Constitution as something we should all just grin and bear as the emergency powers are temporary...

Temporary meaning permanent.

toddnjoyce said:

Everyone going to the hospital is screened for symptoms, and some are tested for either/both anti-bodies or active disease. If someone is positive (for whatever that means) for any of the above, they are counted as a COVID hospitalization.

Ex: momma has a planned C-section. Hospital policy says all maternity patients have to be screened and tested for both. Momma comes back positive for the anti-bodies, which means at some point in the past, she had the virus (or one of the other four coronavirus’, because not all AB tests can differentiate). Momma never showed any symptoms, may have just had a common cold,
Is at the hospital for a planned C-section, and is advertised to the public as a COVID hospitalization.

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Be careful. I’m well aware that some people are hospitalized because of COVID and some are hospitalized with their COVID infection. We have both, and more of each.

Your implication is that we have the same or fewer actual infections, we are just categorizing more. This is false.

And with only a few exceptions, antibody tests really shouldn’t be used for acute infection. PCR from nasopharyngeal swab or tracheal aspirate.

Texas42 said:

Be careful. I’m well aware that some people are hospitalized because of COVID and some are hospitalized with their COVID infection. We have both, and more of each.

Your implication is that we have the same or fewer actual infections, we are just categorizing more. This is false.

And with only a few exceptions, antibody tests really shouldn’t be used for acute infection. PCR from nasopharyngeal swab or tracheal aspirate.

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The only thing I’m implying is that if you read the CDC guidance and the disclaimers on nearly every dashboard, it’s nearly impossible for John Q Public to to identify whether the hospitalization count is directly due to active COVID complications or not.

The only place I’ve been able to find some clarity is buried in a link on the TX DSHS dashboard.

Trauma Service Area P, which is my location, clearly states there are 5,455 staffed beds, with 1,271 available. Of those 5,455 staffed beds, there are 935 lab-confirmed COVID patients currently in hospital, yet el Jefe, mayor of the largest metro area, clearly tells the public that only 25% of staffed beds are available, which is true, but not a correct representation of the COVID load on the hospital.

I’m not good at math in public, but assuming every single COVID hospitalization Trauma Service Area P is in a San Antonio hospital tells me 17% or less of bed capacity is in use for some reason related to COVID, not necessarily due to COVID; the other 3,049 beds in use are completely unrelated to COVID.

Why obfuscate that information, then try to incite fear in the general public?

Texas42 said:

We have a lot more cases than we did just a couple months ago.

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Up 400% from 2 to 8!

I had to google obfuscate

sidebite252 said:

I had to google obfuscate

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I had to do that with the word mephitic the other day.

sidebite252 said:

I had to google obfuscate

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I mostly knew the word because of this album:

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The first time I heard Pink Floyd was an album MEDDLE back in the early 70s.

One of These Days was one weird song. Then Dark Side of the Moon came out and the rest is history.

Aren't mephitics some kinda girl shoes?