TX leads the way!

[Taichiliberal]

Yep, just as soon as people get their water, heat and electricity going again....until the next storm.

[Poor Richard Saunders]

Perhaps you can explain how we can have so many excess deaths when nearly 50% of 2020 COVID deaths occurred in a population [nursing homes] where the average ‘life expectancy’ is 13 months.

Something doesn’t add up?

Of course it doesn't add up when you simply make up your statistics. Perhaps you should find some actual facts we could discuss.

Or maybe you are claiming a whopping 31 people died in nursing homes based on your 61 deaths from Covid claim.

[LV426]

Perhaps you can explain how we can have so many excess deaths when nearly 50% of 2020 COVID deaths occurred in a population [nursing homes] where the average ‘life expectancy’ is 13 months.

Something doesn’t add up?

So you're going with the explanation that those people would have died in 2020 anyway, so their deaths shouldn't be counted in the total?

[Geeko Sportivo]

There’s no way around it: This decision is fueled by ignorance, short-sightedness, and a brazen disregard for the well-being of Texans. By opening up the state less than two months after its vital shelter-in-place policy was implemented—and at a time when, save for places like Alabama and Georgia, the majority of the country is continuing to abide by the guidance of health officials—Abbott is pursuing momentary gains and cowering under the pressure of conservative protesters who’ve surrounded the Governor’s Mansion over the past two weeks and demanded he #openupTexas. Yes, he can point to the sputtering economy, but his administration’s response (which ranks in the bottom five of all states) has failed to put workers in a position to safely return to work. To that point, 92 total Texans have died from COVID-19 over the past 48 hours alone, by far the highest two-day total since the disease arrived here.

To be clear, this isn’t an admonishment of the many Texans demanding to go back to work. This pandemic has placed an immense amount of pressure on our city’s services and left countless people jobless. People’s desire to put food on the table for their families and provide for their communities is admirable. But the fact is, we’re being offered a false choice: Nobody should be put in the position where they have to choose between going hungry and placing their life (and their loved ones’ lives) in grave danger. It’s our government’s job to step up and take care of its people in times of crisis.

In addition to adopting a series of crucial ordinances (including shelter-in-place and face mask requirements in public), the Mayors of Texas largest cities, have remained in close communication with its citizens, celebrating the way the communities have embraced key social distancing practices. Unfortunately, because Abbott’s order trumps all municipal policies, The Mayor's will be forced to cede almost all control to the state moving forward. Despite these developments, the mayors are holding out hope that Texans will continue to hunker down and exercise patience.

While it’s too early to tell what exactly will come of Abbott’s decision, the data is clear: Texas hasn’t done enough to safely and confidently move forward. At least not yet. There’s no evidence that COVID-19 has reached its peak in the state, and with many experts warning that the virus could come back even stronger this fall, the last thing we need to do is stoke the flames of the worst pandemic in more than a century. So while some people will undoubtedly revel in the freedom afforded by today’s new policy, I’m holding out hope that business leaders and officials will continue to advise caution. How many Texans follow their lead, however, remains to be seen.

[Althea]

Why not refuse entrance of illegal aliens into TX lol? What’s wrong with that idea?

There’s always been the question of just how effective/non-effective some of these mitigation strategies have been, anyway. Finally, someone takes a step to answer that question.

Nope. There was never a question. Texas didn't learn from the Memorial Day/July 4 debacle.

It wasn't that long ago that there were 61 cases in this country.

[Althea]

Yeup, we here in Texas are going to pay a price for this stupidity. Testing is way down so they really have no grasp on how many are walking around it it, with the new variants spreading fast the hospitals will start to overflow again and the front line works will be back in the thick of it. The entire medical community down here is appalled, and many county judges are extremely unhappy that Abbott has basically thrown their counties back into the fire. Give it a few weeks and everyone will see what opening up during a pandemic gets you. Thankfully for myself I get my first shot tomorrow and the second in the first week of April, I wonder how many of my fellow Texas will be dead or dying by then. Abbott better hope like hell this works out well, when it doesn't his job as Governor will be over.

They saw back in the summer, when they were stacking dead bodies like cord wood due to lack of space.

What's worse, is Abbot made it illegal for Mayors to come up with their own local regulations re. masks.

[Darth Omar]

Please feel free to do just that, Science, the Medical Community and Common Sense all support my prediction.

You mean the medical bureaucracy lol. The medical community is a different animal.

They haven’t exactly had a stellar year.

[Darth Omar]

They saw back in the summer, when they were stacking dead bodies like cord wood due to lack of space.

What's worse, is Abbot made it illegal for Mayors to come up with their own local regulations re. masks.

What’s wrong with allowing people to decide whether to mask or not or whether to eat in restaurants or not?

IOW, what’s wrong with freedom?

[Althea]

What’s wrong with allowing people to decide whether to mask or not or whether to eat in restaurants or not?

IOW, what’s wrong with freedom?

If you want to be turned away at the hospital, I suppose something could be worked out. Same for your parents/grandparents.

[Into the Night]

"In the 11 months since Darth Omar was giggling about only 61 deaths, over 524,000 Americans have died."

https://www.justplainpolitics.com/sh...38#post4272138

https://www.justplainpolitics.com/sh...36#post3817436

Still chanting, eh? Guess what? Those people weren't all in Texas or Florida.

[Into the Night]

I wonder how many false positives are in there.

That was a year ago but this is a *current event*. You think this is good news or just another reason to hate TX?

Unknown.

[Into the Night]

shhhhh.......another right wing circle jerk in progress!! they get quite excited when a republican governor or president or elected official gives into popular pressure of Trump goons, and blows off science. how many extra will die? who cares? they are more likely to win election now!! Abbott is just trying to pander to the many repub stooges here who are pissed off about how he and all the other repubs in charge of this state allowed a freaking cold snap to fuck this state and its people to hell and back out of sheer incompetence.

No science here....move along...move along...

[Into the Night]

Like how you had it in 2020?

500,000 dead because "you got this".

How can you "get this" when you think COVID is a hoax?????

500,000 dead despite required masks, required distancing, and the shutdown of businesses as 'non-essential'.
You're digging your own hole, dude.

[Into the Night]

They saw back in the summer, when they were stacking dead bodies like cord wood due to lack of space.

What's worse, is Abbot made it illegal for Mayors to come up with their own local regulations re. masks.

No dead bodies were being stacked in Texas at any time.
Abbot is right to make it illegal for mayors to override State law here.

[Into the Night]

Please feel free to do just that, Science, the Medical Community and Common Sense all support my prediction.

No science here...move along...move along...

You don't get to speak for every doctor, nurse, or hospital. You can only speak for yourself.
Put away your Holy Entrails. Your prediction is meaningless.