COVID-19 2nd wave - Texas only - Stats and such

[Bevo 13,579]

I rode my bike by the Twin Lakes YMCA this evening. I guess they are still doing summer camp. Lots of kids running all over the place.

[BrazilHorn 6,612]

Who the fuck was that rando actress offering her congrats? What a joke. 
 

oh and fuck Scott Drew

[mycox 582]

4 hours ago, Hate said:

Shouldn’t this mean that it also burns itself out fairly quickly?

If you believe in European models, yes. This wave will plateau in a month.

[Superhero 8,830]

To the family of any unvaccinated idiot who gets hospitalized.

[Superhero 8,830]

Breakthrough infections are real. My neighbor and her family are fully vaccinated, went to Vegas for a basketball tournament where no one wore masks. All 4 of them came down with Covid and are quarantining.

 

LA County is recommending people wear masks if they are indoors. It's < 25 miles away, so I'm back to wearing masks. I hate it, but will do it for my kids who can't get vaccinated yet.

[GreenspointTexas 9,645]

Man I wish we could have seen this coming

[Muy Frio 182]

2 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Man I wish we could have seen this coming

You mean with Delta? What would you have done differently?

[GreenspointTexas 9,645]

2 hours ago, Muy Frio said:

You mean with Delta? What would you have done differently?

The royal “we”… the editorial… you know?

 

 

I mean we as mankind

[South Austin 52,519]

14 hours ago, Superhero said:

Breakthrough infections are real. My neighbor and her family are fully vaccinated, went to Vegas for a basketball tournament where no one wore masks. All 4 of them came down with Covid and are quarantining.

Can you offer some context for their breakthrough infections?  Asymptomatic, mild symptoms, flu-like symptoms, bleeding genitalia? 

[UnivTex34 1,763]

59 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Can you offer some context for their breakthrough infections?  Asymptomatic, mild symptoms, flu-like symptoms, bleeding genitalia? 

Can’t answer for him, but my grandmother, in a long term care facility in LBK, just finished her 14 day quarantine because she had a breakthrough infection. Luckily she was first round of Pfizer back in January, so she was just tired and loss of appetite. Which is really luck as she is in her mid 80’s, and had a stroke this time last year, hence why she is in a LTC facility. 

 

Also, fuck LBK. Cesspool of a city, with cesspool residents who can’t get their shit together. 

[smoky 840]

1 hour ago, South Austin said:

Can you offer some context for their breakthrough infections?  Asymptomatic, mild symptoms, flu-like symptoms, bleeding genitalia? 

Family friends' kids got it and gave it to their Dad, who had Pfizer shots.  He said it was one bad, achy night of sleep.  Mom, who got Moderna did not get it.  Those are just two data points out of a billion though, but I'm always curious what flavor vaccine the breakthrough cases got.

Edited July 30, 2021 by smoky

[Hpara759 1,780]

On 7/29/2021 at 3:59 PM, &#x27;stache said:

I'm trying to buy masks to protect against this new wave but I can't make heads or tails of what masks on Amazon are actually effective. Many look like shady foreign manufacturers. Anyone have any suggestions of masks to buy off Amazon or elsewhere?

Make sure they are made in America

[InkaUtexas 25,972]

I hear these are the masks to get. 

Edited July 30, 2021 by InkaUtexas

[Liquor and Poker 3,659]

19 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

I hear these are the masks to get. 

Cool.  I've got a few of those

[DDD Dad 14,339]

17 hours ago, mycox said:

If you believe in European models, yes. This wave will plateau in a month.

So if the wave rises exponentially for a month and then plateaus that's good?

Edited July 30, 2021 by DDD Dad

[BrazilHorn 6,612]

Big case day in Travis County with 546 cases today. Heavily driven by younger age groups. I know my 11 year old had to get a test for camp (he's negative in case you were worried) so I wonder if we are seeing a spike for back to school prep/camp attendance etc out of that group.

We are back in Feb with a 500+ case day so clock has been reset 6 months. 338 hospitalized and 54 admits. We have had 243 people admitted to hospitals the past 4 days, only 14 have been added to ICU over that period of time (there are 117 in ICU currently), so the ~90 or so that are in ICU look to make up bulk of folks that were already hospitalized prior to this weeks big spike in cases/admits.

Age Bracket	<1	1 to 9	10 to 19	20 to 29	30 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 69	70 to 79	>80	Total
Cases 7/30 vs 7/29	3	32	73	157	124	75	37	26	13	6	546
% of Daily Change	0.55%	5.86%	13.37%	28.75%	22.71%	13.74%	6.78%	4.76%	2.38%	1.10%
% of Total Cases	0.64%	4.41%	10.64%	26.02%	20.73%	14.87%	11.06%	6.47%	3.14%	2.02%

[Brisketexan 105,154]

If you believe in European models, yes. This wave will plateau in a month.

I believe in European models.

[SarkAfterDark 1,689]

Breakthrough infection here. Got the J&J in March. Was in Costa Mujeres 7/18-21 tested negative the day before leaving and came home for a sec and left for Cabo 7/25, tested positive 7/26 and I’m currently “stuck” here while quarantining. Only possible symptom was a cough.

[ChuckNorrisActionJeans 2,678]

Pretty sure my 11 year-old has Covid. From summer camp. We just got him tested so will see. 

And gonna find out if my Pfizer shots and spouse's gimp J&J shot hold up.

[Captainant 27,680]

46 minutes ago, ChuckNorrisActionJeans said:

Pretty sure my 11 year-old has Covid. From summer camp. We just got him tested so will see. 

And gonna find out if my Pfizer shots and spouse's gimp J&J shot hold up.

Betcha none of y'all will get seriously sick. For the most part it seems like breakthrough infections have people feeling like they did after their second shot - crummy for a day or two and then fine. 

Granted, there's always gonna be outliers but to at least three or four 9's you're pretty safe

[mycox 582]

1 hour ago, DDD Dad said:

So if the wave rises exponentially for a month and then plateaus that's good?

 

I'm not saying it's good. I'm saying the US generally is a month behind Europe. The UK has plateaued.

[bschoolprof 6,263]

All of the personal anecdotes of "breakthrough" infections (here and elsewhere) makes them seem much more common than I read in the press. Seems like a lot of breaking through.  Like full on penetration.  

[bschoolprof 6,263]

10 minutes ago, mycox said:

I'm not saying it's good. I'm saying the US generally is a month behind Europe. The UK has plateaued.

I think you mean "peaked."  

[atomheartbevo 89,725]

3 hours ago, Hpara759 said:

Make sure they are made in America

Buy the Austin-made masks:

https://www.armbrustusa.com/collections/medical-face-masks-made-in-austin-tx

Remember, these are not medical-grade

https://www.kendrascott.com/products/face-mask.html

 

[mycox 582]

1 hour ago, bschoolprof said:

I think you mean "peaked."  

Yeah more likely peaked

[Captainant 27,680]

1 hour ago, bschoolprof said:

All of the personal anecdotes of "breakthrough" infections (here and elsewhere) makes them seem much more common than I read in the press. Seems like a lot of breaking through.  Like full on penetration.  

The key difference now that we are vaccinated is that (by and large) it's just the flu. It's still incredibly contagious, but (if you're vaccinated) just a nuisance. That said, it's still helpful to use every mechanism from social distancing to facemasks to vaccines to minimize the impact of such an infectious respiratory virus

[atomheartbevo 89,725]

On 7/29/2021 at 12:13 PM, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Beaumont, Killeen and College Station are basically out of ICU beds. Not a good time to have a major medical problem in those areas. And as others have pointed out, the problems in these cities can quickly become the problem of Austin or Houston when patients are sent there.

• San Saba
• Llano
• Burnet
• Blanco
• Williamson
• Travis
• Hays
• Caldwell
• Bastrop
• Lee
• Fayette

https://dshs.texas.gov/emstraumasystems/Trauma/pdf/TSAMap-RACNames.pdf

 

[XYZ 2,154]

3 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

• San Saba
• Llano
• Burnet
• Blanco
• Williamson
• Travis
• Hays
• Caldwell
• Bastrop
• Lee
• Fayette

https://dshs.texas.gov/emstraumasystems/Trauma/pdf/TSAMap-RACNames.pdf

 

Also worth mentioning that 19% of ICU beds have covid patients.

[Superhero 8,830]

8 hours ago, South Austin said:

Can you offer some context for their breakthrough infections?  Asymptomatic, mild symptoms, flu-like symptoms, bleeding genitalia? 

Hemorrhaging eyeballs, intense tinnitus, anal warts and breath that smells like Limberger cheese…

I texted to ask and they have itchy throats, are coughing and have night fevers. Nothing life threatening but uncomfortable 

[Superhero 8,830]

4 hours ago, bschoolprof said:

All of the personal anecdotes of "breakthrough" infections (here and elsewhere) makes them seem much more common than I read in the press. Seems like a lot of breaking through.  Like full on penetration.  

But doctors say it’s not really full penetration, more like just the tip. 

[atomheartbevo 89,725]

33 minutes ago, XYZ said:

Also worth mentioning that 19% of ICU beds have covid patients.

That's a shitload of infrastructure for dealing with covid.

I don't mean that the covid patients are the ones pushing the region to the brink, although they are.

I mean logistically speaking, that's a helluva lot of PPE, ventilation equipment, etc., not to mention medical staff.

Edited July 31, 2021 by atomheartbevo

[Judge Roybeanbag 11,819]

8 hours ago, bschoolprof said:

All of the personal anecdotes of "breakthrough" infections (here and elsewhere) makes them seem much more common than I read in the press. Seems like a lot of breaking through.  Like full on penetration.  

[GreenspointTexas 9,645]

God Austins healthcare systems fucking blow

[StruggleBus 3,922]

On 7/29/2021 at 7:45 PM, Bevo said:

I rode my bike by the Twin Lakes YMCA this evening. I guess they are still doing summer camp. Lots of kids running all over the place.

Yes. Of course they are. Hopefully you aren’t suggesting that kids activities should be cancelled.

[Bevo 13,579]

19 minutes ago, StruggleBus said:

Yes. Of course they are. Hopefully you aren’t suggesting that kids activities should be cancelled.

I would expect a bunch of unvaccinated kids to spread COVID rapidly. So, if you want kids to have fun then have them go to camp. If you want them to spread COVID, have them go to camp. If you want to slow the spread, then keep them home. Your mileage may vary.

[StruggleBus 3,922]

1 minute ago, Bevo said:

I would expect a bunch of unvaccinated kids to spread COVID rapidly. So, if you want kids to have fun then have them go to camp. If you want them to spread COVID, have them go to camp. If you want to slow the spread, then keep them home. Your mileage may vary.

Yeah, keeping the kids locked up at home definitely isn’t happening (or warranted)

[GreenspointTexas 9,645]

Cross posted

 

Had a reservation  for tomorrow at 630 at Tortugas. They just called me. They are closing their entire restaurant for a week because “2/3rds of their staff has COVID.”

[GreenspointTexas 9,645]

Just now, GreenspointTexas said:

Cross posted

 

Had a reservation  for tomorrow at 630 at Tortugas. They just called me. They are closing their entire restaurant for a week because “2/3rds of their staff has COVID.”

*Tortugas in Port Aransas

[Bevo 13,579]

14 minutes ago, StruggleBus said:

Yeah, keeping the kids locked up at home definitely isn’t happening (or warranted)

Well, then the last 10 pages or so are BS. There is no way to control the new spread without vaccination or protective measures. Half-ass protective measures like wearing a mask without covering your nose, limiting restaurant and bar and airplane and religious service capacity while the unvaccinated go to daycare and camp, and other such stuff does nothing - and perhaps less than nothing as people get a false sense of protection.

 

[atomheartbevo 89,725]

1 hour ago, GreenspointTexas said:

God Austins healthcare systems fucking blow

We are at our lowest number of available ICU beds for the whole of the pandemic.  Fucking July of 2021 with multiple vaccines available.  

[atomheartbevo 89,725]

12 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Cross posted

Had a reservation  for tomorrow at 630 at Tortugas. They just called me. They are closing their entire restaurant for a week because “2/3rds of their staff has COVID.”

You should probably just cancel. If 2/3 are sharing covid, that’s not the only thing they are sharing.  

[StruggleBus 3,922]

7 minutes ago, Bevo said:

Well, then the last 10 pages or so are BS. There is no way to control the new spread without vaccination or protective measures. Half-ass protective measures like wearing a mask without covering your nose, limiting restaurant and bar and airplane and religious service capacity while the unvaccinated go to daycare and camp, and other such stuff does nothing - and perhaps less than nothing as people get a false sense of protection.

 

Vaccinated people aren’t dying in mass. Neither are children. The best way to prevent spread is for the unvaccinated morons to get vaccinated. There’s almost zero risk if you’re vaxed or a child. I’m not going to continue to make sacrifices to help those too stupid to get the vaccine.

[Guest Lobo]

But if the unvaccinated morons get vaccinated, they're almost guaranteed not to die from Covid.  You may not be fully grasping our plan.  

We are sorry for the temporary strain this is putting on the myriad Texas health care systems, but it is in service to a greater good.  

[atomheartbevo 89,725]

[Judge Roybeanbag 11,819]

Over 500 cases and climbing, way to go.  Keep it up and we can redistrict with white crosses. The dumbassedness prevails!

[fattyflattie 4,639]

3 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

*Tortugas in Port Aransas

Lol. I was about to ask.  Damn Tugas must have stepped up their game in last few years. 

Edited July 31, 2021 by fattyflattie

[Muy Frio 182]

3 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Cross posted

 

Had a reservation  for tomorrow at 630 at Tortugas. They just called me. They are closing their entire restaurant for a week because “2/3rds of their staff has COVID.”

Had the same at tapas place In Florida this week. 

[Judge Roybeanbag 11,819]

2 minutes ago, Muy Frio said:

Had the same at tapas place In Florida this week. 

Chiropractic convention?  

[Muy Frio 182]

5 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

Chiropractic convention?  

Holistic veterinary medicine 

[SarkAfterDark 1,689]

19 hours ago, bschoolprof said:

All of the personal anecdotes of "breakthrough" infections (here and elsewhere) makes them seem much more common than I read in the press. Seems like a lot of breaking through.  Like full on penetration.  

Ugh yeah this. I know someone that works at an Urgent Care in Houston and she says this is the most positive test results she has seen since the pandemic started. I’m sure a lot of people have it stuck in their heads this wave won’t be as bad because half the people or so are vaccinated but this shit is obviously spreading through the vaccinated as well. And we know deaths lag and while I hope they stay low we won’t fully know for weeks. And this wave doesn’t seem to be discriminating against kids this time, so shit might come to a head when school starts.