Coronavirus in DFW - News & Discussion (Dallas, Graham: Home Depot, purchasing)

[mSooner]

I'm unclear if the stay-at-home order was revised back to April 20 or if it was just initially misreported as the Dallas County Disaster Declaration goes til May 20, but the Stay at Home order is actually til April 20. Clay Jenkins still does have the authority to extend it to May 20, though.

Honestly, that seems much more reasonable.

[Capitalprophets]

Originally Posted by mSooner

I'm unclear if the stay-at-home order was revised back to April 20 or if it was just initially misreported as the Dallas County Disaster Declaration goes til May 20, but the Stay at Home order is actually til April 20. Clay Jenkins still does have the authority to extend it to May 20, though.

Honestly, that seems much more reasonable.

Those dates are all tentative. If we don't flatten the curve, I can see those dates pushed further than May 20th.

[hbdwihdh378y9]

Originally Posted by Capitalprophets

Those dates are all tentative. If we don't flatten the curve, I can see those dates pushed further than May 20th.

The curve will be flattened within a week.

[Ralph_Kirk]

Originally Posted by hbdwihdh378y9

The curve will be flattened within a week.

It can't be flattened in one place. If it's not flattened everyplace, it's not flattened anyplace...for long. That's why significant danger is not gone until there is a vaccine.

[numbersguy100]

Originally Posted by Ralph_Kirk

It can't be flattened in one place. If it's not flattened everyplace, it's not flattened anyplace...for long. That's why significant danger is not gone until there is a vaccine.

I am not one of these “get the economy back, who cares who dies” types. But realistically we cannot keep the metroplex (and the world) on lock down until we have a vaccine. That will simply be too far off.

[Katana49]

Originally Posted by numbersguy100

I am not one of these “get the economy back, who cares who dies” types. But realistically we cannot keep the metroplex (and the world) on lock down until we have a vaccine. That will simply be too far off.

Of course not. The hope is that we have a balance of asymptomatic people that do not need hospitalization or special treatment but who develop antibodies nonetheless so they won't pass it on. The people who have it but have symptoms but recover from them, same thing.



All of this is just to minimize the number of people that need medical care at any one time while the population as a whole builds some immunity to this so we won't be seeing mass outbreaks as more of the population recovers.

[RJ312]

D Magazine and the Stay at Home Order

Apparently, it is only April 30th right now. It is likely to get extended beyond April 30. We're probably staying at home in Dallas County deep into May.

[Ralph_Kirk]

Originally Posted by Katana49

Of course not. The hope is that we have a balance of asymptomatic people that do not need hospitalization or special treatment but who develop antibodies nonetheless so they won't pass it on. The people who have it but have symptoms but recover from them, same thing.



All of this is just to minimize the number of people that need medical care at any one time while the population as a whole builds some immunity to this so we won't be seeing mass outbreaks as more of the population recovers.

The "herd immunity" effect normally takes one to two years.

[CDContribuitor]

I would recommend everybody to see this information in the link below in detail. For eg: the hospitalizations number/percentages and known sources of transmission on page 2 of the document are important information.

https://www.dallascounty.org/Assets/...040320_fin.pdf

[Capitalprophets]

Originally Posted by hbdwihdh378y9

The curve will be flattened within a week.

Not sure about that. Flattening can only occur if the spread of the virus is controlled. There are people that haven't been taking the social distancing seriously till very recently. You can walk into any grocery store and see people walking around not taking any PPE precautions. What about the 44 spring breakers returning to Texas that tested positive in Cabo? There are many people who think are fine walking around in the same stores as you but are asymptomatic. I mean this is some of the stuff that we know which is probably fraction of what we don't.

China has it under controlled, don't care what the speculations say about their numbers. Chinese social distancing was much more effective because Chinese are much more disciplined people in general. We have the worst of the bunch who have the don't give a **** mentality which will impact us all.

Study done by imperial college of london showed the best prevention against this disease is social distancing. It is not PPE or anything else, it can help but social distancing is what brings the numbers down.

https://www.businessinsider.com/coro...postive-2020-3