Texas started lifting lockdown directives and reopening business in May. Why?
What part of this graph shows a downward trend anywhere? Texas went into lockdown before the pandemic really hit the area, and then when the numbers stayed relatively flat (clearly going up, but not the extreme spike we saw in NYC), they opened back up. It’s so frustrating that nobody in government seems to understand what happens when you take a preventative measure. You prevent something from happening. When that thing doesn’t happen, that means the preventative measure is working, not that it was unnecessary just because nothing happened.
So Texas opened back up, they see the spikes we saw in other parts of the world, and now that reopening is on pause.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday morning that he will pause any further phases of reopening businesses in Texas and that he is once again putting a stop to elective surgeries to preserve bed space for coronavirus patients in certain counties that are seeing a surge of COVID-19 cases.
Abbott’s latest action does not reverse any of the reopening phases he’s already allowed — meaning that bars, restaurants, malls, bowling alleys and other businesses can still remain open with some occupancy limitations.
(cont. Texas Tribune)
Notice that was yesterday. Gov. Abbott said that putting a pause on reopening would slow down the virus, but to “go back and close down businesses” was not an option. Today he’s changed his tune. Bars are closing, restaurants are going back to 50% occupancy, river-rafting trips have been put on pause (y’all do that much rafting in Texas?), and outdoor gatherings of +100 people are banned (unless explicitly approved by the local government, so I’m sure big gatherings are still fine in every municipality where the Mayor has a Trump bumper sticker).
I didn’t expect Texas to take this step, but now that they are, I’ll have to readjust my predictions for the next few months of this pandemic. I really thought governments wouldn’t shut down again, because the economy took such a hit the first time, and money matters more than bodies. If Texas of all places is rolling back their reopening, I need to go ahead and get my fill of sunshine because Cuomo will definitely send us back to the house when our spike hits in a month or so.
Oh also:
Coronavirus deaths are way down. Mortality rate is one of the lowest in the World. Our Economy is roaring back and will NOT be shut down. “Embers” or flare ups will be put out, as necessary!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 26, 2020
LOL @ that idiot. Dying embers? The fire is just starting to get hot for most of the country.
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