Coronavirus in DFW - News & Discussion (Dallas, Abilene: buyers, office)

[CDContribuitor]

Well said and totally agree with this post.

Originally Posted by yjc281

Let me get back to the original scope of DFW slightly but still cover the out of topic discussion a bit.

On DFW situation:

I found Collin County provides slightly more details than Dallas.
I'm not saying who is right or wrong just want to show the differences:
Also Dallas City and County present the data in different ways.

Collin County:
https://www.collincountytx.gov/healt...ages/news.aspx

Dallas County:
https://www.dallascounty.org/departm...oronavirus.php
(Less details, but they do attach a PDF file with statistics for more info)

Dallas City:
https://dallascityhall.com/Pages/Corona-Virus.aspx

Personally, I would like to see governments provide more details and do like what the Taiwan government is doing:

Provide daily Wu-virus updates 7 days a week. (seems to me the Fed is copying this one to some extent, but not anywhere close to the level of details) Report new cases daily, including source of infection, travel history, and number of people that might have been in contact with them and potentially impacted areas.

Track down the source of infection as much as possible and try to quarantine potentially infected for 14 days

Perform tests on all cases tested negative for flu but with flu-like symptoms, and do it retrospectively
(this may be hard to do due to HIPAA...)

There is no massive shutdown in Taiwan other than banning flights to/from certain affected regions.

Recommend everyone to wear a mask but only when going out to highly populated areas.
(This helps reduce the spreading, since no one can be 100% certain given the 2 weeks incubation)

So far the strategy seems to have been working for Taiwan though they start to have more imported cases due to people traveling or returning from international travels.

Nevertheless the Taiwan approach seems to have kept the situation under control and avoided complete shutdowns. The daily briefings also help calm down the panic to some extent and restore confidence.

I do not think the economy can survive if we keep the shutdown for more than 2 months. There has to be a balance between protecting the old and weak and protecting the economy. If the economy tanks deaths from other causes may go up....offsetting the benefit of lower number of mostly elderly deaths from the virus...

[biafra4life]

Originally Posted by biafra4life

March 20th, Collin County reports 18 confirmed positive cases, 79 people under observation, 1 confirmed death.
Of the 18 positives, 4 have successfully recovered, 2 are hospitalized and 11 are in home isolation.

March 21, Collin County reports 27 confirmed positive cases

[PriscillaVanilla]

Originally Posted by biafra4life

March 21, Collin County reports 27 confirmed positive cases

Considering all the people who were still dining out in restaurants the other day, it's probably going to explode here in Collin County.

[calgirlinnc]

All "non-essential" businesses in Tarrant County were closed today at 6 pm for a minimum of 7 days.

Make this state wide or it is worthless.

At this point, I'd rather shut down the whole stinking world for 2 weeks. Rip the band-aid off, jump in the deep end, whatever. But this drop drop stuff is crap.

[Angie682]

Originally Posted by calgirlinnc

Yes, and as I wrote last night, I'm extremely frustrated that although Tarrant County has closed all non essential businesses, this has not yet been done state wide. It's pointless if someone can just drive to the next county over.

It needs to be done statewide. Hard to believe that people don't take this seriously....

[calgirlinnc]

We're all in this together:

"In these uncertain times, we all need somebody to lean on.

Or so felt the residents of South Side on Lamar, an apartment building in Dallas, Texas, where a group of residents stuck their heads out of windows in a chorus of quarantined voices.

Building resident and soulful tenor Danzel Barber led an apartment quarantine singalong to the popular Bill Withers song "Lean on Me."

Little by little, other residents began to join Barber in his refrain, some adding harmonies, some just peering out their windows or filming on phones. Others came in a bit off-beat or off-key — the perils of cross-apartment singing."

Link has the video:

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronav...rtment-windows

[PriscillaVanilla]

Originally Posted by Angie682

It needs to be done statewide. Hard to believe that people don't take this seriously....

If we all wrote the Governor, it might achieve something, who knows. I'm going to write today.

https://gov.texas.gov/contact

[biafra4life]

Originally Posted by biafra4life

March 21, Collin County reports 27 confirmed positive cases

March 22, Collin County reports 31 confirmed positive cases, 75 people under monitoring.

[Angie682]

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There are numerous stories in the local media here of people who CANNOT get tested even though they are ill and numerous stories in the media that Texas is way behind in terms of testing.

I have someone in my home who is over age 65, immunosuppressed who has been sick for a week that cannot get tested here in DFW.

I've lived all over this state in the last 25 years. This isn't a hurricane or a tornado that hits a county or two. It's a pandemic which we have never seen and we could be in real trouble. Each county cannot set their own rules.

[Acntx]

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