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brooklynite

(93,843 posts)
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 09:47 AM Jul 2020

2 Texas counties urge residents to shelter in place as hospitals reach capacity

Source: CNN

Hospitals in at least two Texas counties are at full capacity heading into the Fourth of July holiday weekend, with county judges urging residents to shelter in place.

Judges in Starr and Hidalgo counties sent out emergency alerts Friday, warning residents that local hospitals in the Rio Grande Valley were at capacity.

Judge Eloy Vera said there have been 18 deaths in Starr County due to Covid-19 and two severely ill patients had to be flown out of the area for treatment. One of the patients was taken to San Antonio and the other to Dallas, the judge said in the post on Facebook.

Hospitals face 'an explosion of Covid' and signs of another surge as coronavirus case numbers climb
"The local and valley hospitals are at full capacity and have no more beds available. I urge all of our residents to please shelter-in-place, wear face coverings, practice social distancing and AVOID GATHERINGS," he wrote.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/04/us/texas-hospitals-coronavirus/index.html

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2 Texas counties urge residents to shelter in place as hospitals reach capacity (Original Post) brooklynite Jul 2020 OP
In other news... genxlib Jul 2020 #1
Trump and the GOP are on it! Newest Reality Jul 2020 #2
I seem to remember, that warm weather would make the virus *disappear* bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #3
Message received last night CountAllVotes Jul 2020 #4
Both are border counties. Grins Jul 2020 #5
The poor communities are being hit the hardest ... aggiesal Jul 2020 #6
+1. Starr and Hidalgo counties are Blue. dalton99a Jul 2020 #8
Next stop.... paleotn Jul 2020 #7
Thanks Trump The Jungle 1 Jul 2020 #9
2 Texas counties urge residents to DIE in place as hospitals reach capacity getagrip_already Jul 2020 #10
It is kind of late for the stay in place orders eilen Jul 2020 #11

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
2. Trump and the GOP are on it!
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 09:59 AM
Jul 2020

The, new and official response:

"You'll have to get used to it."

Supportive words:

"There are more important things than living."

Got unemployment?

"Human capital stock needs incentives in order to benefit from the dignity of work."

CountAllVotes

(20,854 posts)
4. Message received last night
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 11:11 AM
Jul 2020

From someone that fell and is in an assisted living center:

>>Dallas County currently has something like 7.6K active COVID cases and around 220 in the hospitals at any given time these days.

Very old and the 3rd fall in a short time. Last time around was bad, real bad and now this. Seems she cannot receive care if she wanted any.



aggiesal

(8,864 posts)
6. The poor communities are being hit the hardest ...
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 12:31 PM
Jul 2020

and yes, along the border there are poor communities.

I live in San Diego County.
The 5 zipcodes with the HIGHEST coronavirus cases are the 5 closest to the border.
And with the 7 day trend, the top 4 are the zipcodes closest to the border.

dalton99a

(81,065 posts)
8. +1. Starr and Hidalgo counties are Blue.
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 01:50 PM
Jul 2020

For months Abbott prevented Texas cities and counties from enforcing their mask orders

paleotn

(17,778 posts)
7. Next stop....
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 01:30 PM
Jul 2020

mobile hospital units and refrigerated trailers. Stupidity has a price. Very high sometimes.

eilen

(4,950 posts)
11. It is kind of late for the stay in place orders
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 10:26 PM
Jul 2020

to prevent anything. The healthcare facilities are already overwhelmed.
I will pray very hard for Texans tonight. I am in NY. I thought we were the cautionary tale for the nation. It was just horrible.

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