https://abc13.com/marvin-zindler-action-13-eyewitness-news-children's-stories/6070898

A true tine legend to entertain the kids.

~egon

wessimo said:

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48 new cases today. Big improvement from 81 yesterday.

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Houston and Texas in general have fared pretty well so far. Although browning r/Houston they keep waiting for us to become Italy or NYC because zOMG nO oNe Is TaKinG soCiAl DIsTaNcInG SerIOuS

That's the risk in situations with exponential growth characteristics. You go from "everything is fine" to "we're ****ed" fairly quickly.

Houston won't be another NYC because we don't have such a high density population.

Houston won't be another NYC in terms of the rate of infections because of the density difference, but there's nothing saying the overall number of people won't be affected albeit over a longer duration.

Now I don't think that will happen because we've adopted social distancing policies, but if they hadn't called off the rodeo or if we went back to business as usual before there's a mitigation strategy then we could absolutely see the same overall numbers that NYC is seeing.

They also do more tests in a day than Houston has done to date...

That means we're flattening the curve better.

And Houston is one of the best cities in the country in terms of healthcare. Lots of it is specialized (MD Anderson) but I would imagine our rate of people/ hospital beds is very high compared to others.

Yes, it could get bad in Houston, but our "worst case scenario" is nowhere near as bad as NYC or most other urban centers.

Ugh, let's not get into a pissing contest on this thread. Go over to the politics board if you want to do that. There's at least 10 threads on the front page you can debate it all.

Agasaurus Tex said:

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Houston won't be another NYC because we don't have such a high density population.

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Somebody hasn't been to some of the lower income neighborhoods in a while. Some of those areas are pretty crowded. And don't give a damn about social distancing.

HouAggie2007 said:

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You think.

You have nothing backing up that statement other than feel good opinions

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The simple fact that Houston hasn't spiked like NYC yet means that the outcome is likely better than NYC. The passage of time means that more overflow plans have been devised, possible treatments are further along, and shortages of equipment will have had more time to be addressed.

That is not "feel good opinion". Time is an advantage.

third coast.. said:

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if anyone was watching the corona virus task force presser today they talked at length about pushing back on the cartels right now. that is why my ship is headed down there. So basically Trump talked about me on national television.

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I was told this is a huge conspiracy theory that it has to do with 330 chinese people crossing the border and that we are preparing for war with China and that the drug cartel bit is just a smoke screen and that the Corona Virus was manufactured by the Democrats to take down Trump (and Bill Gates) and the Chinese to take down the United States.

swimmerbabe11 said:

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third coast.. said:

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if anyone was watching the corona virus task force presser today they talked at length about pushing back on the cartels right now. that is why my ship is headed down there. So basically Trump talked about me on national television.

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I was told this is a huge conspiracy theory that it has to do with 330 chinese people crossing the border and that we are preparing for war with China and that the drug cartel bit is just a smoke screen and that the Corona Virus was manufactured by the Democrats to take down Trump (and Bill Gates) and the Chinese to take down the United States.

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HouAggie2007 said:

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You think.

You have nothing backing up that statement other than feel good opinions

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Don't want to start a pissing contest, but looking at basic hospital numbers:

NY:
Hospital beds- 13, 010
ICU beds- 718

Texas:
Hospital beds- 28,633
ICU beds- 2,259

https://covid19.healthdata.org/projections

Those six cities populations don't equal the population of NYC and people per sq/mile. We do not come into contact with people the way that NYC does. We don't have the public transportation. We don't all live in condos/apts. The living conditions of Texas vs. NYC is night and day

That's not even including the NYC lite ****hole of Jersey

HouAggie2007 said:

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Texas has 50% more population than NY so by high-level math that makes up look better but we have 6 cities in the top 25 largest US cities vs 1 for NY so that doesn't mean that we necessarily are in a better spot

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You're right. We're screwed. Let's just get it over with.

(Quit picking a fight just to pick a fight)

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FNG said:

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IrishTxAggie said:

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Those six cities populations don't equal the population of NYC and people per sq/mile. We do not come into contact with people the way that NYC does. We don't have the public transportation. We don't all live in condos/apts. The living conditions of Texas vs. NYC is night and day

That's not even including the NYC lite ****hole of Jersey

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What is Houston's Jersey? Cypress? Sugarland? Alief? South Houston and the Gulfgate and Almeda areas?

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Obviously Baytown.

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Pasadena

Manhattan has a density of 70k per square mile.
Brooklyn has a density of 36k per square mile.
Bronx has a density of 33k per square mile.
Queens has a density of 21k per square mile.
Staten Island has a density of 8k per square mile.


Houston proper has a density of 3.5k per square mile. Even less in the burbs. Pearland, for example, is about 2.2k per square mile.

Comparing the two is nonsensical.

HouAggie2007 said:

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Texas has 50% more population than NY so by high-level math that makes up look better but we have 6 cities in the top 25 largest US cities vs 1 for NY so that doesn't mean that we necessarily are in a better spot

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Say it with me now

Population density and reliance on public transportation

The virus couldn't survive in Pasadena.

Texaggie7nine said:

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Sip campus disagrees.