Harris County Covid Threat Level

[Viper 12109]

It remains at red which is the highest level. 

more info about it here: https://covid-harriscounty.hub.arcgis.com/

basically there's 5 measures they're using and we're under on all of them except for test positivity rate. We've actually never been low enough on test positivity rate to move down to a lower level. We have to get to 5% and are currently at 9.4% on our 14 day avg. They'll have to lower the level eventually but I don't see how we'll get to a less than 5% test positivity rate any time soon. Does the testing metric makes sense now that everyone who wants a vaccine can get a vaccine? Who else is taking a test now but unvaccinated sick people? Or is there something I'm missing? Do all us vaccinated need to go out and start taking daily tests that come back negative for it to go down?

If we're at the same level now as in the winter I'm just not sure the levels are very useful.

[Incredulity 11675]

Midnight?

[CycleTex87 2972]

There was one?

[Newdoc 3448]

1 hour ago, Viper said:

Do all us vaccinated need to go out and start taking daily tests that come back negative for it to go down?

You’re asking for large city governments to use logic. Yada, yada monkeys flying out of butts, something, something.....

[smoky 840]

I wouldn't hold out much hope for the tape deck, or the Creedence

[SarkAfterDark 1691]

Does the threat level even matter at this point? When was the last time you went outside?

[Rip76 4943]

So corny

[KaiserSoze 998]

Whatever dude, you still can't live within 500ft of a school, so let it go already.

[NaTeWHO 852]

Edited May 8, 2021 by NaTeWHO

[Pato del Muerto 52529]

Pretty stupid metric to be hung up on considering you can affect both the numerator and denominator. Make testing mandatory to leave your home and, other than the civil unrest that would follow, your positivity rate would plummet and then metric goes green. 

[BrazilHorn 6619]

Pos rate is my covid fatwa. 
such a bad measure. So easily influenced by messaging etc. Also now as vaccine rate increases your pool of people getting tested shrinks to where more and more of those getting tested are those with covid. 
 

To me what’s crazy is that 90+ % of people that get tested don’t have it. Bunch of milksop hypochondriacs in America. 

[phdhorn 6224]

Why is it so high?  Well, duh!

[Johnny Sack 8397]

[Hanrahan 1306]

You’re asking for large city governments to use logic. Yada, yada monkeys flying out of butts, something, something.....

Point of order - turns out Harris County is, in fact, not a city government. It’s a county, chief.

[jkates 316]

Lina is regarded about this. Don't expect it to change anytime soon.


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[HouTex 1885]

Lina is regarded about this. Don't expect it to change anytime soon.


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This. No one in Harris County takes the red level seriously.

[Enchubben 5510]

3 hours ago, jkates said:

Lina is regarded about this. Don't expect it to change anytime soon.


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Lina is regarded, period.  But she has monster jugs underneath those lesbian button up shirts and I’m on board.

[Murfdogg21 4413]

How Lina sees herself in the eyes of her constituents after Covid

[texasjacket 289]

It is funny that you think any of these measures where ever based on science or logic. 60% of time it works every time!

[Cajun 11720]

Yup.  All of it based on fear and feels.

Idiotic.

[billfromlaketravis 11519]

10 hours ago, Murfdogg21 said:

How Lina sees herself in the eyes of her constituents after Covid

Andy's shitty barkeep accent is probably the highlight of Ed Helm's run on the office. 

[billfromlaketravis 11519]

12 hours ago, Enchubben said:

Lina is regarded, period.  But she has monster jugs underneath those lesbian button up shirts and I’m on board.

(Quickly checks Dora's Instagram page) Confirmed.