Coronavirus in DFW - News & Discussion (Dallas, Fort Worth: camps, military)

[biafra4life]

Originally Posted by CREW747

Incoming...

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/...-coming-storm/

yeah apartments are going to get hit pretty bad by this...but it's not as if homeowners are going to be unscathed either. The entire housing market is going to take a beating.

[cordata]

Originally Posted by dallasmomof3

If anyone has tested positive and recovered, please DM me. The Infectious Disease department at Presby Dallas is trying to get people who have recovered (needs to be 2 weeks after symptoms have ended) to donate plasma to give to the very ill hospitalized patients, hoping that the antibodies will help them. I’m probably going to be doing it next week. I don’t know much more about it but can provide the contact info.

Sounds like you had Covid-19? Without giving details that would identify yourself, would you mind sharing what it was like ? Ideas (if any) on how you got it, did you tell neighbors and how did they react, what was it like dealing with doctors, etc ?

[CDContribuitor]

Thank you for your generosity.

Originally Posted by dallasmomof3

If anyone has tested positive and recovered, please DM me. The Infectious Disease department at Presby Dallas is trying to get people who have recovered (needs to be 2 weeks after symptoms have ended) to donate plasma to give to the very ill hospitalized patients, hoping that the antibodies will help them. I’m probably going to be doing it next week. I don’t know much more about it but can provide the contact info.

[CDContribuitor]

Interesting statistical information in this article for DFW:
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/coronavi...esday/2343473/

[RJ312]

Originally Posted by biafra4life

yeah apartments are going to get hit pretty bad by this...but it's not as if homeowners are going to be unscathed either. The entire housing market is going to take a beating.

My apartment complex has informed existing tenants that rent is still due regardless of current circumstances. Cry me a river for the apartment industry.

[CDContribuitor]

Subject: If you know anyone that is inclined to bend the guidelines....please pass along.


Begin forwarded message:
> From Jonathan Smith
> Epidemiologist, Yale U.
>
> Dear everyone. As an infectious disease epidemiologist, at this point feel morally obligated to provide some information on what we are seeing from a transmission dynamic perspective and how they apply to the social distancing measures.
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> Like any good scientist I have noticed two things that are either not articulated or not present in the "literature" of social media.
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> Specifically, I want to make two aspects of these measures very clear and unambiguous.
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> First, we are in the very infancy of this epidemic's trajectory. That means even with these measures we will see cases and deaths continue to rise globally, nationally, and in our own communities in the coming weeks.
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> Our hospitals will be overwhelmed, and people will die that didn't have to.
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> This may lead some people to think that the social distancing
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> measures are not working.
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> They are.
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> They may feel futile.
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> They aren't.
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> You will feel discouraged.
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> You should.
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> This is normal in chaos. But, this is also normal epidemic trajectory.
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> Stay calm.
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> This enemy that we are facing is very good at what it does; we are not failing. We need everyone to hold the line as the epidemic inevitably gets worse.
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> This is not my opinion; this is the unforgiving math of epidemics for which I and my colleagues have dedicated our lives to understanding with great nuance, and this disease is no exception.
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> We know what will happen; I want to help the community brace for this impact.
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> Stay strong and with solidarity knowing with absolute certainty that what you are doing is saving lives, even as people begin getting sick and dying.
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> You may feel like giving in.
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> Don't.
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> Second, although social distancing measures have been (at least temporarily) well-received, there is an obvious-but-overlooked phenomenon when considering groups (i.e. families) in transmission dynamics.
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> While social distancing decreases contact with members of society, it of course increases your contacts with group (i.e. family) members. This small and obvious fact has surprisingly profound implications on disease transmission dynamics.
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> Study after study demonstrates that even if there is only a little bit of connection between groups (i.e. social dinners, playdates/playgrounds, etc.), the epidemic trajectory isn't much different than if there was no measure in place. The same underlying fundamentals of disease transmission apply, and the result is that the community is left with all of the social and economic disruption but very little public health benefit.
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> You should perceive your entire family to function as a single individual unit; if one person puts themselves at risk, everyone in the unit is at risk.
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> Seemingly small social chains get large and complex with alarming speed.
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> If your son visits his girlfriend, and you later sneak over for coffee with a neighbor, your neighbor is now connected to the infected office worker that your son's girlfriend's mother shook hands with.
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> This sounds silly, it's not.
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> This is not a joke or a hypothetical.
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> We as epidemiologists see it borne out in the data time and time again and no one listens.
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> Conversely, any break in that chain breaks disease transmission along that chain.
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> In contrast to hand-washing and other personal measures, social distancing measures are not about individuals, they are about societies working in unison.
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> These measures also take a long time to see the results.
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> It is hard (even for me) to conceptualize how 'one quick little get together' can undermine the entire framework of a public health intervention, but it does.
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> I promise you it does.
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> I promise. I promise. I promise.
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> You can't cheat it. People are already itching to cheat on the social distancing precautions just a "little"- a playdate, a haircut, or picking up a needless item at the store, etc.
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> From a transmission dynamics standpoint, this very quickly recreates a highly connected social network that undermines all of the work the community has done so far.
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> Until we get a viable vaccine this unprecedented outbreak will not be overcome in grand, sweeping gesture, rather only by the collection of individual choices our community makes in the coming months.
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> This virus is unforgiving to unwise choices.
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> My goal in writing this is to prevent communities from getting ‘sucker-punched' by what the epidemiological community knows will happen in the coming weeks.
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> It will be easy to be drawn to the idea that what we are doing isn't working and become paralyzed by fear, or to 'cheat' a little bit in the coming weeks.
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> By knowing what to expect, and knowing the importance of maintaining these measures, my hope is to encourage continued community spirit, strategizing, and action to persevere in this time of uncertainty.
>
> Jonathan Smith
> Epidemiologist, Yale U.

[CDContribuitor]

Begin forwarded message:

From: "Johnson, Eric" <eric.johnson@dallascityhall.com>
Subject: City of Dallas COVID-19 Update: April 1
Date: April 1, 2020 at 10:52:55 PM CDT

Dear City of Dallas Partner:

The following is an update on the City’s planning and preparedness efforts regarding COVID-19 as of April 1, 2020.

Positive cases of COVID-19
731 in Dallas County – 100 are new
160 in Collin County
273 in Tarrant County
206 in Denton County
2 in Kaufman County
4 in Rockwall County
15 in Ellis County
Hospital Reports
Eight hospitals reported ventilator and bed capacity numbers per the new order on Tuesday.
Total beds: 2,868
Beds occupied: 1,542
Total ICU beds: 361
ICU beds occupied: 204
Total ventilators: 342
Ventilators in use: 139
Lab Reports

As of 5:00 p.m. the City of Dallas Office of Emergency Management has received a report from six labs. Below are the numbers for today, Wednesday, April 1, 2020:
289 COVID-19 tests
51 positive
231 negative

Below are testing from labs numbers to date:
Total tests to date by DCHHS
603
Total tests to date private labs*
2,986
Total negative tests to date*
2,967
Total active cases
731
Total deaths
15
Total recovered
2
*Numbers as of March 13, 2020 to date, since the Mayor’s order went into effect

Updates from Dallas County
Attached are two documents showing confirmed COVID-19 cases by zip code.
Today Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) reported 100 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the total case count in Dallas County to 731.
The fourteenth and fifteenth deaths from COVID-19 are reported, including a man in his 50s who was as resident of the city of Mesquite and a woman in her 80s who was a resident of the city of Garland. These individuals had been critically ill in area hospitals.
The numbers of intensive care unit hospitalizations from COVID-19 from this past week have exceeded the peak week of ICU hospitalizations from influenza this past 2019-2020 season in Dallas County.
City Operations
National Guardsmen continued the setup of the Federal Medical Station (FMS) at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center today. Set up is expected to be completed Thursday, April 2.
The timing for activation of operations is currently unknown. A 48-hour notice will be given when the FMS is needed for activation.
It is important to note, the FMS is not a traditional hospital. Please continue to refer to it as a Federal Medical Station (FMS).
The City and the County are currently assessing the resources and opportunity to continue to operate the Community Based Testing Sites (CBTS) beyond April 10 after the federal government informed us they will discontinue support and supplies. More information will be shared as it becomes available.

As always, please contact my office at (214) 670-3301 if you have any questions. Also, visit the City of Dallas COVID-19 website for frequently asked questions and other information that is updated daily: dallascityhall.com/coronavirus.

Best regards,

Eric Johnson
Mayor
City of Dallas
eric.johnson@dallascityhall.com
(214) 670-3301

[biafra4life]

Originally Posted by RJ312

My apartment complex has informed existing tenants that rent is still due regardless of current circumstances. Cry me a river for the apartment industry.

As much as you can say without identifying your apartment complex, would you say that your complex caters mainly to white collar professionals or more blue collar/working class?
I only ask because if it's the latter, I dont see how your apartment complex can take such a hardline when probably 50-80 per cent of the renters might have either lost their jobs completely or taken a big drop in hours worked.

[RJ312]

Originally Posted by RJ312

My apartment complex has informed existing tenants that rent is still due regardless of current circumstances. Cry me a river for the apartment industry.

Originally Posted by biafra4life

As much as you can say without identifying your apartment complex, would you say that your complex caters mainly to white collar professionals or more blue collar/working class?
I only ask because if it's the latter, I dont see how your apartment complex can take such a hardline when probably 50-80 per cent of the renters might have either lost their jobs completely or taken a big drop in hours worked.

My apartment complex is more white collar professionals/office worker types than blue collar/more manual labor types. However, white collar workers have not been immune from layoffs/furloughs/salary reductions, both in DFW and nationally. Nobody is talking about white collar workers getting laid off right now, a fact that both the Miami Herald and Washington Post noted in articles in the last few days.

While my apartment complex sent a notice to tenants about rent payments that was more subdued in tone than this message sent out by a Las Vegas apartment complex, it had the same underlying message.


Here is local coverage about how renters are being treated. Many renters are not feeling the love.

[Stelletti]

Originally Posted by biafra4life

Yeah at this point, May 4 is essentially 95% of the semester. Stick a fork in it and be done with it.

Gonna disagree here. Lets just call this summer vacation for now and resume when we can in June and July. Don't need another 3 months off even if the all clear is sounded of not learning.