Wed Mar 18, 2020, 03:38 PM

1,900 suspected cases in Texas?

Greg Abbott just said on press conference, there are 80-something cases of CV in Texas (even though the John Hopkins map is saying 134 and updated before the conference). Then he said they are monitoring 1,900 more suspected cases.

What is a suspected case? And if we were supposed to have all these tests available now, why haven't these 1,900 people been tested? Or does suspected mean they were tested and we're are waiting on results?

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1,900 suspected cases in Texas? (Original post)	Shell_Seas	Mar 2020	OP
Trump admitted in his presser he is holding back on tests we could have NOW.	Maru Kitteh	Mar 2020	#1
Asshole Abbott should have taken action like other governors	dalton99a	Mar 2020	#2
Abbot is damn near MIA	TwistedTinkerbelle	Mar 2020	#3
"If you're not actually at death's door, we'll just suspect you might be ill"	struggle4progress	Mar 2020	#4
Beyond 1900 suspected, probably tens of thousands already infected. On average	wiggs	Mar 2020	#5

Response to Shell_Seas (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 03:39 PM

Maru Kitteh (26,321 posts)

1. Trump admitted in his presser he is holding back on tests we could have NOW.

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Wed Mar 18, 2020, 03:41 PM

dalton99a (74,377 posts)

2. Asshole Abbott should have taken action like other governors

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Wed Mar 18, 2020, 04:05 PM

TwistedTinkerbelle (137 posts)

3. Abbot is damn near MIA

His approach has been to let all local governments take the lead. The result is a hodge podge response helping no one. The 1900 is the number of people that have been tested. 1900 for a population of 28.7 million people. So what's happening locally? The majority of people are treating it like it's just media hype. I live in a county that is considered a bedroom community to DFW. Businesses here are open, the CDC recommendation regarding group sizes--- Not happening. Clubs still open, restaurants still open. On a FB community page the general consensus is Rush is right it's just a bad cold. Thank goodness the powers that be in charge of elder care and schools know this is serious and are taking steps to protect those two populations.

So yeah Texas is frickin messed up-----Again

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Wed Mar 18, 2020, 04:12 PM

struggle4progress (114,736 posts)

4. "If you're not actually at death's door, we'll just suspect you might be ill"

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Wed Mar 18, 2020, 04:20 PM

wiggs (7,246 posts)

5. Beyond 1900 suspected, probably tens of thousands already infected. On average

each person will infect 2.5 others, who will in turn each infect 2.5 others. Goes from 1900 to 4,750 to 12,000 very quickly.

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