Covid - 19 - Louisiana Edition

[dawg80]

I don't have to drive to BR, and endure that parking lot referred to as I-10, to recognize BS when I see it.

[TYLERTECHSAS]

That number so far has not equated to deaths, only cases thankfully, and anyone with a brain can see that data is being manipulated.

Yes the data seems to be manipulated on the side of the regressive leftist that love panic and taking advantage of all potential and or real crisis. They want chaos and death in the streets, mail in voting to steal the Nov. election, cancelling church gatherings, spreading hate against our men and women in uniform, and they absolutely love stirring up their voting base by playing the race card.
It’s evil and satanic to the core!

[dawg80]

July 22

99,354 cases 3,558 deaths

1,581 in hosp 188 on vents

July 23

101,650 cases 3,574 deaths

1,585 in hosp 197 on vents

[Guisslapp]

Texas breaking its daily COVID death record.

[PawDawg]

Texas breaking its daily COVID death record.

I can tell you’re excited to say I told you so. Should’ve done what Taiwan did.

[turbodawg]

I don't have to drive to BR, and endure that parking lot referred to as I-10, to recognize BS when I see it.

You have phone and email?

Call Billioux, ask him. OPH is responsive.

[dawg80]

You have phone and email?

Call Billioux, ask him. OPH is responsive.

Phone, email, by carrier pigeon, none of that matters. I don't trust the answer.

[Guisslapp]

It could very well be the case but I would like to get into what is real and what is not. If that is true then it certainly would imply that people and businesses are much more capable of making decisions for what is best for them and their employees than government. It could also be the case that some of the mitigating attempts are not really effective at all and that the virus is just behaving like any other virus. I'm sure there will be plenty of studies to see what has been effective and what has not since it's obvious that viruses are not going away and we may need to deal with this or even worse in the future.

Gov Abbott was on Squawk Box this morning and he is now making the point I have been making since the beginning of May - he had to issue a mask mandate so that he didn’t have to issue another lockdown.

At the end of the day, mask mandates are the least restrictive thing our government can do to avoid having to implement restrictions that will be much worse and destroy the economy.

[dawg80]

Around here I'm guessing mask-wearing is running about 90% or so. That's just a rough estimate based on casual observation. I can say the % has gone up.

[dawg80]

July 23

101,650 cases 3,574 deaths

1,585 in hosp 197 on vents

July 24

103,734 cases 3,603 deaths

1,600 in hosp 197 on vents

Have reached 1.2 million tests conducted.

[GonzoDawg]

Gov Abbott was on Squawk Box this morning and he is now making the point I have been making since the beginning of May - he had to issue a mask mandate so that he didn’t have to issue another lockdown.

At the end of the day, mask mandates are the least restrictive thing our government can do to avoid having to implement restrictions that will be much worse and destroy the economy.

Looks like the Rt is down to .97 in Texas. I'm assuming that a corresponding drop in cases and hospitalizations will follow? It looks like the has been at least a slight drop in the number of cases over the last few days.

[dawg80]

July 24

103,734 cases 3,603 deaths

1,600 in hosp 197 on vents

Have reached 1.2 million tests conducted.

July 27

109,917 cases 3,674 deaths

1,600 in hosp 208 on vents

[PawDawg]

Has anybody seen recent numbers on false negatives/positives? It would be interesting to see those numbers in red states/cities vs blue state/cities.

[Guisslapp]

Has anybody seen recent numbers on false negatives/positives? It would be interesting to see those numbers in red states/cities vs blue state/cities.

False positives are tied to the Becton Dickinson test (approx 3%).

False negatives are often tied to testing earlier in the infection (up to 20%). This is more of a function of the sensitivity of the test and it’s ability to detect smaller amounts of the virus.

For controlling the virus, the false negatives are more concerning.

For understanding the epidemiology, test positivity rates and hospitalizations are more informative as the number of tests given per week is always changing.

[dawg80]

July 27

109,917 cases 3,674 deaths

1,600 in hosp 208 on vents

July 28

111,038 cases 3,700 deaths

1,583 in hosp 214 on vents