***⛑ Coronavirus Thread***

[UTfish]

Thanks guys. This is mostly precautionary. My symptoms are a mild cold right now.

Safest procedure I've heard so far...treat EVERYONE like they have the virus, because they might. Don't discriminate. They'll understand and hopefully follow your example. 

 

[tejasrulz]

Yea, the protesters/rioters have no blame in the latest raise of cases. ?

https://www.kxan.com/news/coronavirus/officers-testing-positive-for-coronavirus-at-alarming-rate-austin-police-association-says/

 

[MBHORNSFAN]

Mike, how did it effect you?  Did it knock you on your ass?  Glad to hear you are doing ok now.  

Severe fatigue for about a week. Body aches, felt like bronchitis in the lungs. Could not taste or smell food.  Took several weeks to recover... It was not fun.

 

[UTfish]

Severe fatigue for about a week. Body aches, felt like bronchitis in the lungs. Could not taste or smell food.  Took several weeks to recover... It was not fun.

Sounds just like old age. Recovery is different though. 

 

[HornEsch]

Wife had it, back in March. We were actually in Paris, after coming from Spain, right when the shit hit the fan over there. Once the travel bad kicked. We stayed a few days after the travel ban, since we had an AirBNB versus Hotel. This way we isolated and missed the craziness of the first 2 days of the travel ban. Still, the plane was pretty crowded which made us more vulnerable. 

Wife pretty much felt the same as @mbhornsfan said. A month later her aunt got it, she is up in Maryland. She, being older (68), got hit really hard by it. She had to be put on a ventilator in ICU. She did recover, but she still has some major issues with her lungs almost 2 months later.

 

[Aaron Carrara]

Wife had it, back in March. We were actually in Paris, after coming from Spain, right when the shit hit the fan over there. Once the travel bad kicked. We stayed a few days after the travel ban, since we had an AirBNB versus Hotel. This way we isolated and missed the craziness of the first 2 days of the travel ban. Still, the plane was pretty crowded which made us more vulnerable. 

Wife pretty much felt the same as @mbhornsfan said. A month later her aunt got it, she is up in Maryland. She, being older (68), got hit really hard by it. She had to be put on a ventilator in ICU. She did recover, but she still has some major issues with her lungs almost 2 months later.

Dang dude, sorry to hear but glad your wife and her aunt are well.  We play it all pretty safe and don't dine out and don't take any trips outside the home that we don't have to.  This stuff is really nasty and I don't want my 8 month old or my other kiddos to get it.  

 

[Bear19]

Every time they list a new risk factor, I’ve got it.

 

[HornEsch]

Every time they list a new risk factor, I’ve got it.

Stay safe. I had a Kidney Transplant so on immunosuppressants myself. It was amazing that I did not catch it when my wife did. Granted I spent those few weeks in a different room and she quarantined within the house, but still.

 

[doc longhorn]

And most of you have heard by now, but Texas is in pretty bad shape with respect to hospital beds.  Houston is supposed to reach capacity at the end of this week, and Dallas is slightly behind.  Stay safe and wear a mask if you go out.  

This is not true.

 

[doc longhorn]

Remove politics from virus reporting and see what you have.

 

[Bear19]

This is not true.

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[Captain Hookem]

This is not true.

Serious question: Is there any place that tracks hospitalization capacity overall? Preferably a system that existed prior to covid and the politics around it (theoretically providing a trustworthy baseline).

 

[Baron]

Serious question: Is there any place that tracks hospitalization capacity overall? Preferably a system that existed prior to covid and the politics around it (theoretically providing a trustworthy baseline).

The Texas Tribune has some articles about this subject

 

[Baron]

https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2020/texas-coronavirus-cases-map/?_ga=2.173459552.210459524.1593732149-462918449.1593732149

 

[Baron]

BTW I tested negative. Hell of a time to catch a summer cold.

 

[63_Texas_1]

BTW I tested negative. Hell of a time to catch a summer cold.

Good news on testing negative. 

 

[doc longhorn]

Colleague told me the Herman Memorial system in Houston is at 71% capacity.  considering the average turnaround is 3 - 7 days, Houston has no problem.

 

[Aaron Carrara]

This is not true.

My wife works for a medical school and gets updates almost hourly.  She works in politics too.  I love ya doc, but Houston is in bad shape.  San Antonio and the Valley are increasing.  Dallas is not currently as bad as any of those areas. Austin is in trouble too.

Abbott put out 3 Executive Orders today - one of which mandates statewide face covering requirement. This should have happened at least two months ago.... And we find ourselves in the position we are in.  As you mentioned before, there is a lot of politics in play, but the COVID numbers are what they are.  

 

[Aaron Carrara]

Serious question: Is there any place that tracks hospitalization capacity overall? Preferably a system that existed prior to covid and the politics around it (theoretically providing a trustworthy baseline).

For some reason the state won't release that data, despite the state having that data (via hospitals sending daily reports to the state).  Politics?

 

[Baron]

For some reason the state won't release that data, despite the state having that data (via hospitals sending daily reports to the state).  Politics?

The link I posted earlier has a chart/map that shows the % of hospital beds in use for each region.