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Texas Governor Greg Abbott gave a preview of his new executive order, expected to be released either today or (probably) Monday. Abbott is apparently reopening the state in earnest, following in the footsteps of Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, who signed an order to reopen that state's economy yesterday.
As early as next week, Gov. Greg Abbott said Texans could be allowed to go back to movie theaters, hair salons, dine-in restaurants and church under a new executive order he is working on.
On a Dallas-area radio program, Abbott said he’ll make an announcement on Friday or on Monday that will reopen “massive amounts of businesses” that have been closed since he issued a statewide stay-at-home order March 31. When he makes the announcement, Abbott said he will give businesses a week to do what they need to get ready to reopen.
“You’re going to be able to go dining under safe standards, you’re going to be able to get a haircut, you’re going to be able to go to hair salons, but we’re going to make sure there are safe standards in place,” Abbott said on WBAP in Dallas-Fort Worth.
Abbott said later “it includes churches also.”
The reopening will apparently include movie theaters, hair salons, dine-in restaurants and churches, not to mention office buildings, factories, warehouses, etc.
I live in Texas and this decision will be broadly supported and popular here. There will still be safeguards in place and of course no business is required to reopen if they do not want to.
There will almost certainly will be a 'second wave' of coronavirus infections in Texas, and maybe a third wave after that. But this virus clearly now appears to be nowhere near as deadly as we were initially led to believe by the so-called "experts," and the panic and hysteria promoting mass media.
In fact, the virus is projected to peak on Wednesday in Texas by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a global research organization that provides data to the White House (More "Experts" - uh oh). From the article linked in the OP:
Texas has had over 543 people die from COVID-19, but the state’s demand for hospitals and medical resources was projected to peak Wednesday by Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a global research organization that provides data to the White House. The state has more than 20,000 available hospital beds. The number of those hospitalized for the infection has been level at around 1,400 per day.
So, it is time to start treating this like a more typical viral outbreak and get everyone back to work. Those who are at high risk will be protected as much as possible and those people are advised to take all of the appropriate precautions.
It is nice right now, but it is starting to warm up in Houston, which tends to be humid in the summertime. It is supposed to hit 90 degrees this afternoon. Apparently the virus does not like hot and humid.
This move to reopen the state is consistent with the results of recent antibody testing and also the findings of various studies finding that while the virus is very contagious, it is far less deadly than we were first told. This includes a study done in Los Angeles that was released yesterday by Los Angeles top health care offocial backs this up:
When she announced the startling results of a new COVID-19 study on Monday, Los Angeles County's top public health official emphasized that the number of infections far exceeds the official count of confirmed cases. She underplayed another important implication of the study: COVID-19 seems to be far less deadly than many people feared.
The question is especially pressing in light of the fatality rate implied by the study. In contrast with the current crude case fatality rate of about 4.5 percent, Ferrer said, the study suggests that 0.1 percent to 0.2 percent of people infected by the virus will die, which would make COVID-19 only somewhat more deadly than the seasonal flu.
That finding is consistent with the results of an earlier antibody study in Santa Clara County. "The mortality rate now has dropped a lot," Ferrer conceded.
So the death rate according to this study suggests a death rate about 0.1%-0.2%, which is about the same as the flu.
As a result, there is no justification to continue these lockdowns in the vast majority of the country.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott gave a preview of his new executive order, expected to be released either today or (probably) Monday. Abbott is apparently reopening the state in earnest, following in the footsteps of Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, who signed an order to reopen that state's economy yesterday.
The reopening will apparently include movie theaters, hair salons, dine-in restaurants and churches, not to mention office buildings, factories, warehouses, etc.
I live in Texas and this decision will be broadly supported and popular here. There will still be safeguards in place and of course no business is required to reopen if they do not want to.
Well done, Governor Abbott!
The wife nor I closed our businesses. The vendors we rely on for material sourcing to produce what we do with our labors, is where were both ran into a snag.
The wife nor I closed our businesses. The vendors we rely on for material sourcing to produce what we do with our labors, is where were both ran into a snag.
Well, it sounds like you could possibly be back to it by next Friday, depending on what this executive order looks like.
Well, it sounds like you could possibly be back to it by next Friday, depending on what this executive order looks like.
My wife has been able to source materials, having it direct shipped from Bolivia, Argentina, Peru and some from California & Hawaii. Instead of going through her normal distribution sources. She and other in the area went in on a minimum shipment, cutting out the middleman distributor(that is closed) and they may never go back to using a middleman, but only for rush request with product they don't have.
Me on the other hand, have been spending extra and getting stuff delivered, instead of direct dock pick up from my closed supplier. It is taking longer to get stuff done and having to reorder, way before we run out to get shipments on time has been the hardest struggle. Sitting around with no materials to work with.... Lets go fishing guys! No turn downs yet.
The wife nor I closed our businesses. The vendors we rely on for material sourcing to produce what we do with our labors, is where were both ran into a snag.
how about the buyers of the product?
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