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I'd say Texas has done a phenomenal job of containing COVID-19 WITHOUT having to issue to many lockdowns for too long.
The per capita cases there are quite low--impressive for the second most populous state. And boy, they reacted quick! They shut down even most MUSEUMS Saturday, 3/14, likely before many museums in California shut down!
Texas has only administered around 42K tests.
It will probably be at least another month before we have a sense of the scope of this thing.
It boggles the mind what some states aren't doing. The god damn time to slow this thing is before cases get prolific.
What gets me is this-what information do we have now that we didn't have as far back as January? Why did we wait? Even if people didn't take it seriously then, what more of a red flag than a country like Japan closing schools a month ago was needed?
What gets me is this-what information do we have now that we didn't have as far back as January? Why did we wait? Even if people didn't take it seriously then, what more of a red flag than a country like Japan closing schools a month ago was needed?
You have school marms and half-wits running the country. I am not surprised. Science and data always takes a back seat.
What gets me is this-what information do we have now that we didn't have as far back as January? Why did we wait? Even if people didn't take it seriously then, what more of a red flag than a country like Japan closing schools a month ago was needed?
It's not that shocking when you realize that almost everything in this country needs to have a "blue vs red" or "left vs right" element to it. Even now, its still being looked at through that lens.
How we've managed to turn a pandemic into a huge political issue is amazing.
It's not that shocking when you realize that almost everything in this country needs to have a "blue vs red" or "left vs right" element to it. Even now, its still being looked at through that lens.
How we've managed to turn a pandemic into a huge political issue is amazing.
This is really the heart of it. Since almost all major media is 100% centered around national politics, they didn't really pick up on it until political angles presented themselves.
This is incredible. Texas has a smaller population than California but has more tests in raw numbers--which means Texas is testing much more aggressively than California.
And even then, Texas has a lower per-capita positive rate than California. Because Texas acted quick. SXSW, NRG Rodeo were canceled. Dallas' St. Patrick's Day Parade was canceled on March 11--very early on.
I suspect they're way higher. The main statistic source (CDC?) only counted tests by the official state lab or the CDC itself last I checked. In certain states, a large percentage of tests appear to be by third parties such as hospitals.
^^ California seems awfully low if that's accurate. You mean to tell me California has only done 10,000 more tests than Maryland?
More like 20-25k more than Maryland.
Granted, there are many, many pending tests, especially in California, so the numbers may change.
But as for processed tests, Texas has been pretty darn aggressive. Well done!
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