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  1. landman
    Per a conference call with Adler and some contractors this morning, the City of Austin is going to direct inspectors to quit inspecting job sites starting Friday, unless they meet affordability. Public works (most subdivisions) though exempted in the order, will also be put on hold, per Adler. There were police at office building sites in downtown Austin this morning stopping workers and giving warnings as well. Group of builders and contractors apparently have the Governor's attention and he is going to address in some fashion so that all cities follow the same guidelines for construction/development/housing. Austin is the only city effectively shutting it down.
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    No, they dont.
  3. landman
    Chicken pox party. Get it over with.
  4. landman
    He had COPD and diabetes.
  5. landman
    But the death toll rate is falling. Italy was over 10% and is dropping, and we are now below 1.5% after being over 3% last week.
  6. landman
    We are already well beyond 50,000 cases. The vast majority are people that either never knew they had it, or just figured it was the flu and recovered. This thing has been going on for a few months here, not weeks. We will never have an accurate number, or even close to one.
  7. landman
    That would be flu level. Nothing hollow about that.
  8. landman
    That would be flu level. Nothing hollow about that.
  9. landman
    And time to release names of those infected and where they've been. That will help give people an idea if they've potentially been exposed and need to quarantine. All tools need to be made available.
  10. landman
    The overall death rate has fallen this week in US. It was around 3% last week and now down to 1.7% today. Step in the right direction.
  11. landman
    A doctor friend says a report circulating in the medical community shows the virus has synthetic properties to it, FWIW.
  12. landman
    No it's not. Its based on estimates. It just hasn't been adjusted yet for this. 15 million are not tested for the flu each year. That's the estimate. The deaths are known. Right now this is only killing 2% of those tested. When they factor in estimated cases, the number drops significantly.
  13. landman
    Exactly. And to say it's a 3% mortality rate is wrong as well, yet we've about collapsed the economy and have everyone in a panic. But the data suggests it will be more flu like levels. Not everyone gets tested for the flu, so they estimate how many get it. This thing has been here for weeks, not days. And thousands are estimated to have already had it and recovered.
  14. landman
    Which puts the mortality rate where? 50,000 with 40 deaths is approaching flu mortality. 500,000 is below it.
  15. landman
    Why is it assumed hospitals are going to get overwhelmed? The percentage of those that have been diagnosed and sent to the hospital is infantile. Unless there's an underlying condition, they are sent home to self quarantine. If people want to take the chance going out, they have that right. If people dont want to, then dont. I'm not going to stop living. The typical Friday hour long wait at Matt's was only 15 minutes last night. Very nice.
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    Coburn Allen.
  17. landman
    The head of infectious diseases at Dell Medical has interviewed with every news station in town at their request. They aren't airing the interviews because he is saying it's overblown and the numbers dont add up. But no, let's just cancel everything because the government says to. Does anyone actually use their brain anymore, or just follow the crowd? The doctors at Dell thinks this is wrong. Are any of the local stations airing interviews with them?
  18. landman
    Well, other than to be the one group that didn't panic and react. They could have tried that.
  19. landman
    The board voted to keep in on last night. Commissioner's Court is meeting this afternoon, with the rodeo one of the agenda items. Based on everything else happening, it would be a surprise if they didn't cancel it.
  20. landman
    Good fucking grief.
  21. landman
    2% is world wide, not the states. Estimated to be similar to the flu here. There are tens of thousands that have had it and didn't know it per the head of infectious diseases at Dell medical. Who also told the city that cancelling SXSW's was unnecessary. The panic is unreal and unwarranted. And as numbers continue to come out, the mortality rate continues to drop.
  22. landman
    That's why it's overblown. No one knows anything about it, but everything is being cancelled. The measles - we know what that can do. It hasn't been in this country for decades. Yet people are electing not to get vaccinated, and now it's back. Polio - we know what that can do. Yet people are electing not to get vaccinated. Wait and see what happens when this comes back. The flu - vaccination is optional, so people catch it every year, partly by choice if they don't get the vaccination. (and I get the vaccination doesn't always work). But now, we can't decide for ourselves whether or not we want to take a risk of exposure by attending events, etc. It's being decided for us in a panic.
  23. landman
    Emergency meeting tonight with the board of Rodeo Austin. So likely heading down the same path. I thought AISD was really stupid for cancelling school last year for bad weather that never happened. But this coronavirus panic takes the cake.
  24. landman
    Houston Rodeo just cancelled apparently.
  25. landman
    Travis County Commissioner may join them. They are discussing today what to do about the Rodeo, Luck, etc. The lunatics are running the asylum.

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