Houston Weighs Reimposing Lockdown, Sees 'Precipice of Disaster'

[marmar]

(Bloomberg) Houston-area officials are “getting close” to reimposing stay-at-home orders and are prepared to reopen a Covid-19 hospital established but never used at a football stadium as virus cases expand in the fourth-largest U.S. city.

The announcement by Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner on Thursday came a day after the Lone Star state recorded its highest one-day tally of new cases since the pandemic emerged.

The warnings of a worsening outbreak reinforced alarms sounded by national health officials over the risk of a second wave of infections beyond the initial U.S. hot spots led by New York and New Jersey. Texas has been among the states pushing hardest to ease lockdowns imposed during the first wave of a disease that has killed more than 113,000 Americans. ..........(more)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-11/houston-may-reopen-virus-hospital-at-stadium-as-cases-expand?srnd=premium

[Newest Reality]

1. Quelle Surprise?

That wasn't expected?

Let's go over it one more time: COVID-19 is highly infections to the point of spreading exponentially.

When last interviewed is said that it has not changed its mind or decided to give up, in fact, it plans to redouble its efforts with the help of Republicans and eager capitalists. It also said it is a member of Antifa.

[NightWatcher]

2. Wondered which would be the first second wave domino to fall.

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. I read that this isn't the second wave. It's still the

first wave and it's still just getting started.

I see people here in KCMO that seem to think it's all over and it's ok to just ho back to normal. We have very few cases on my county but if people aren't careful it could go crazy.

[GopherGal]

5. I was expecting a post-mother's day boomlet

to come around Memorial Day. I guess either the Mother's Day family gatherings were small enough or that wasn't a big enough surge to be seen above the weekend-to-weekday variation. But now we're coming up on the end of the incubation period for the Memorial weekend infectees, I suppose.

It definitely seems to be surging now in the areas that didn't have it so bad in April and maybe therefore didn't take things too seriously in May.

[relayerbob]

9. It absolutely is the first wave

That wave is just finally washing up into the middle of the country.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. OK so lets learn, shall we...if you are in a blue state where adults are in charge and

you have been sheltering, it is not time to stop doing that yet.

[roamer65]

7. I've continued to follow 95 pct of Gov Whitmer's stay at home orders.

I’m not stopping.

I now think we will see at least 1,000,000 dead from it in the US.

[gab13by13]

6. The infectious rate is still over 1

which means that infections are still going to grow.

[Initech]

8. This is never going to end, is it?

[relayerbob]

10. It will end

These things take a long time, typically 2 or more years without a vaccine, and that assumes permanent immunity. Eventually, treatments and vaccines will come, but with the anti-vaxxers out there, one can assume a fairly high toll. But for most it will end in the next 14-18 months.

[panader0]

11. There may never be a vaccine.

There are other corona viruses and none have vaccines.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/22/why-we-might-not-get-a-coronavirus-vaccine

[benld74]

12. Weighs-That's the word of the day

What is being weighed against the lockdown?
Lives
$$$$

[IronLionZion]

13. I watched some of George Floyd's funeral on TV and am sure that didn't help

way too many people indoors.

Oh well, Trump starts his big rallies next week so breathe deep.

[kairos12]

14. In Arizona we should be thinking the same but

the Drumpt stooge governor has decided to let COVID run wild.