how are you feeling now?
sts7049 said:
wtf are you talking about, patch?
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"Judge Wolff's order is not inconsistent with the Governor's executive order," said John Wittman, a spokesman for Abbott. "Our office urges officials and the public to adopt and follow the health protocols for businesses established by doctors" that are available online.
In an interview Wednesday with KWTX, Abbott said that local officials just needed to read the plan issued by the state to see the orders they could issue in compliance with state directives.
Wolff "finally read what we had written and what they now realize they are capable of doing is that we want to make sure individual liberty is not infringed upon by government, and hence government cannot require individuals to wear masks," Abbott said.
"Local governments can require stores and business to require masks. That's what was authorized in my plan," Abbott added. "Businesses they've always had the opportunity and the ability, just like they can require people to wear shoes and shirts, these businesses can require people to wear face masks if they come into their businesses. Now local officials are just now realizing that that was authorized."
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"I'm pleased that the Governor has changed his mind. I'm asking our county lawyers and business leaders to look at this and plan to make a proposal for the Commissioner's Court to look at very soon," Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said in a statement, who said he's already looking into whether he'll follow suit.
A spokesperson for Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said they are checking with the county attorney's office on Wolff's order, adding that "we're not any safer today than we were in March. There is no vaccine. No cure. We remain very concerned about the trajectory of hospital admissions."
Looks like the masks vs no masks debate is going to be decided for us. RIP aTm2004Fitch said:
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/17/bexar-county-mask-order-coronavirus/*ducks for cover*Quote:
"Judge Wolff's order is not inconsistent with the Governor's executive order," said John Wittman, a spokesman for Abbott. "Our office urges officials and the public to adopt and follow the health protocols for businesses established by doctors" that are available online.
In an interview Wednesday with KWTX, Abbott said that local officials just needed to read the plan issued by the state to see the orders they could issue in compliance with state directives.
Wolff "finally read what we had written and what they now realize they are capable of doing is that we want to make sure individual liberty is not infringed upon by government, and hence government cannot require individuals to wear masks," Abbott said.
"Local governments can require stores and business to require masks. That's what was authorized in my plan," Abbott added. "Businesses they've always had the opportunity and the ability, just like they can require people to wear shoes and shirts, these businesses can require people to wear face masks if they come into their businesses. Now local officials are just now realizing that that was authorized."
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"I'm pleased that the Governor has changed his mind. I'm asking our county lawyers and business leaders to look at this and plan to make a proposal for the Commissioner's Court to look at very soon," Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said in a statement, who said he's already looking into whether he'll follow suit.
A spokesperson for Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said they are checking with the county attorney's office on Wolff's order, adding that "we're not any safer today than we were in March. There is no vaccine. No cure. We remain very concerned about the trajectory of hospital admissions."
txags92 said:
So basically one death in the last week, the rest two weeks or longer ago?
Understood. But basically when the news is saying "there were six new deaths yesterday", what they are really saying is that there were 3 deaths from early May, one death from late May, one death from two weeks ago, and one death from 2 days ago reported yesterday. Using those "daily" numbers to try to discern any kind of actual change in current trends is 100% useless.htxag09 said:txags92 said:
So basically one death in the last week, the rest two weeks or longer ago?
Yes, but pretty obvious you simply can't say there was only one death in the last week. The deaths from last week will probably be counted weeks and months from now. So data is meaningless
50 is old now?aTm2004 said:
And don't forget the details of those who died...all 50+ and all but 1 had other medical conditions.
Not much comfort since I just turned 50 and have at least one of the conditions indicated.aTm2004 said:
And don't forget the details of those who died...all 50+ and all but 1 had other medical conditions.
Friendly fire bud, you and I are on the same side in this argument. I am not complaining about any of this at all, just pointing out that his comment means different things to different people. I wear a mask and don't hang out in bars or go to protests, but otherwise I am living my life. Even for my age demographic, the risk is still pretty small. I don't expect anybody to go out of their way to protect me. I am more upset that the media keeps hyping the "spike in new cases" without similarly talking about the "spike in testing" that is going with it. They keep talking about the "spike in hospitalizations" without talking about the fact that we have plenty of hospital and ICU bed capacity to handle the increase. The data on this whole outbreak has always been really sketchy, and nobody is doing a good job in the media of pointing out the limitations of the numbers they are presenting to the public on a daily basis. Instead, they are typically drawing big sweeping conclusions from small changes in the data, that are not generally supported well by the dataset they are using.aTm2004 said:
Then you should be taking precautions. You shouldn't expect others to do it for you.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Harris-County-to-close-17M-medical-shelter-at-15224560.phpChipotlemonger said:
Is that huge ICU tent just sitting in the parking lot outside of Reliant still?
I saw the county had plans to build a 150 bed temporary hospital in NRG Arena back back in late May rather than another tent facility.MAROON said:https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Harris-County-to-close-17M-medical-shelter-at-15224560.phpChipotlemonger said:
Is that huge ICU tent just sitting in the parking lot outside of Reliant still?
No - they closed it. So now the contractor (no doubt a good buddy of Sly Turner) can double double dip the county for another $17mil if they need to build it again.
https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/dining/more-local-restaurants-temporarily-close-after-15340618CowtownAg06 said:
Coltivare closed until further notice. Says employee had close contact with a positive test, not even that they were positive.