AggieYankee1 said:
That is without an additional 50,000 people and open schools.
Need I remind you - you are not denying that local health care is near 85% capacity right now....
This is no - wait another 2 weeks - this is wait for 10,000's of young irresponsible people coming into a place that does not have the ability to handle the ratio increase.
Meaning - 120,000 people 86%
200,000 - same ratio of beds but increased ratio of population against those bed - with the same group getting sick that fill the bed.
I would like us all to be honest in this conversation. We owe it to the health care system and ourselves to be honest and say ... this might not turn out well if I do not do my part.
You do realize that your 86% is of the capacity of the hospital and not the population of the town, right? Not sure why you're using the 120,000 and 200,000 numbers in relation to the percent capacity at the medical centers?
How many empty beds and floors are there now at the old Med that St Joes purchased? Has it been fully restarted and at 87% capacity as well?
The problem with your "Elephant in the room" is that we haven't been told the truth from the beginning by those in charge. They're decided what information is worthy to be passed along and made the decision that they know better than us plebes, so they withhold information and distort the facts to their own advantage, to strike up fear and loathing among the population.
First it was millions dead in the US within weeks.
Masks don't work and won't help, wait, yes they do, you'll only survive if you wear one at all times, even in your car by yourself on a country road. The WHO says masks aren't effective, US says yes they are. Now the US officials admit they told us they weren't effective so the health professionals could have plenty of PPE. While that's necessary for them to have it, the admission that you lied just adds another strike against you, as to why the public doesn't trust the officials in charge.
Numerous papers support both sides of the argument regarding transmission. And I'd give more weight to those papers published before the hysteria than the ones published now, knowing there's an agenda. Since you can also get it through your eyes, I don't see anyone recommending wearing swimming goggles all the time?! I laugh every press conference I see these stupid politicians in the background, making sure they are seen on camera, with their mask over their mouth and their nose holes wide open and exposed to the world. What idiots!
Asymptomatic people are spreading this like wildfire! Wait, no they aren't, they may not really be spreading it at all. Wait, pay no attention to that statement, they are spreading it, everyone put on a mask! Two if you have them!
We are misled on the numbers locally, not given the full information (not asking for HIPA or patients rights to be violated). Just some simple connection of the dots would go far in informing the public properly, without fear mongering. Most of the local headlines from the media are ridiculous. We get good news on number of cases for a few days, but instead of reporting that in a positive manner, they find another attention grabber to post as "Breaking News"! I get it, fear sells, promotes clicks and gets them their ad money. There's an underlying agenda to how the media reports the news and it's sickening. And frankly, I'm tired of it and no longer trust the media to give unbiased information, whether local news or national. It's all about selling a viewpoint, and making a headline more salacious to get a click.
If, as noted elsewhere, Amarillo and other cities can give better information with more dots connected, why can't we?
I could go on, but what's the point? Arguing and facts don't seem to sway anyone's viewpoint. You have yours and I'll have mine and we can just move on.
Edited for numerous spelling errors!