Still pretty steady since April. Around 30 per day. Given where cases have gone, the relationship isn't following so far. Cases have gone "exponential" while deaths are pretty flat. Hope it stays that way.
We were at about 22 a day, now about 30, so a 36% increase. I believe the median hospitalization age has decreased during this time and of course we have better protocols. Just don't like the trend, even if it is less than the hospitalization rate increase.AeroAg2003 said:
Still pretty steady since April. Around 30 per day. Given where cases have gone, the relationship isn't following so far. Cases have gone "exponential" while deaths are pretty flat. Hope it stays that way.
That's a fair question. I don't have the data. Anecdotally it was younger people who started the uptick. My guess is it is spreading more uniformly now.Keegan99 said:
Demographics must also be considered.
What ages are getting sick?
65% of Hospitalizations in Travis county for Hispanics now. They represent 28% of county population.Keegan99 said:
Demographics must also be considered.
What ages are getting sick?
goodAg80 said:That's a fair question. I don't have the data. Anecdotally it was younger people who started the uptick. My guess is it is spreading more uniformly now.Keegan99 said:
Demographics must also be considered.
What ages are getting sick?
Cyp0111 said:
I think the goal was more similar to Japan , Korea or Europe
Cyp0111 said:
That is one way to frame our current failure as a republic to answer the call to protect our citizens
Spaulding said:Hope you are right but my understanding is those places that had spikes and then imposed very strict lockdowns followed by mask mandates, widespread testing and contact tracing.GAC06 said:
Looking at Italy, Spain, UK, and others it looks like the virus took roughly three months to mostly burn out. Why do you think that won't happen here by region when a real spike occurs?
Squadron7 said:Cyp0111 said:
I think the goal was more similar to Japan , Korea or Europe
A hypothetical: What if we discovered somehow that a vaccine wasn't possible, ever? The only way out of COVID-19 given the demographics of who it kills is to try and infect as much of the population as you can beginning at age 0 and moving up from there at some regulated rate that would not overwhelm the hospitals.
Fitch said:
I disagree (slightly) with that interpretation. The border counties did a better job at containment in the early days. Per capita they're less severely impacted than the other metros, but agree they're getting whacked all the same. All relative to where you're starting from.
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...the inference is that there are non-citizens crossing the border for medical service that feels a little dubious.
Why are we separating them out for unique tracking from the rest of Texas? Is there an action to take? I think Abbott already stopped elective surgeries in some south texas counties.cone said:
are those not filled with Americans?