Coronavirus Thread 2



I will not be going back to school this year-Governor Abbott closed EVERYONE down for the rest of the school year. Public, private and college.

State parks in Texas will re-open.

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/04/17/texas-reopening-greg-abbott-coronavirus/

Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday announced initial steps to reopen the Texas economy during the coronavirus pandemic, including those that in the next week will loosen surgery restrictions at medical facilities, allow all retail stores to provide product pickups and reopen state parks.

Abbott also named a "statewide strike force" devoted to getting the economy going again. Austin banker James Huffines will chair the task force, while veteran lobbyist Mike Toomey will lead its staff. The group will oversee what Abbott described as a phased reopening, starting Friday with additional announcements set for April 27 and sometime in May.

At the same time, Abbott announced all Texas schools will stay closed through the rest of the academic year. He had previously shuttered them until May 4.

Abbott said the task force will include fellow state leaders such as Patrick and Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen, as well as top medical experts including state health commissioner John Hellerstedt and Mark McClellan, former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The medical advisers will focus on developing a strategy to "comprehensively test and trace COVID-19 that will enable Texas to gradually and safely" begin returning to normal, Abbott said.

Another order, which goes into effect 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, will allow a limited amount of nonessential surgeries at hospitals, as long as those surgeries don't deplete the hospitals' supplies of personal protective equipment and allow the facilities to keep at least 25% of their capacity available for the treatment of patients with COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus.

reviewing that date, Abbott said "one of the things that we will consider is the elimination of the stay-at-home policy," which Abbott announced late last month and expires April 30.
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Trump campaign vows 'never fear' rallies will return; experts warn large events should return 'later part of 2021'
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I am so excited and happy with this news.!!!
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https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...id=clicksource_4380645_4_three_posts_card_hed

President Donald Trump's reelection campaign says it's still planning to hold rallies leading up to November's election, despite public health experts warning large gatherings should be put on hold until as late as next year.

Since freezing campaign rallies in March amid the growing coronavirus pandemic, the Trump campaign has repeatedly pledged that the centerpiece events of the president's reelection effort will return.

"This coronavirus will pass and the president is looking forward to getting back out on the campaign trail and holding rallies," Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh told ABC News.

During a digital campaign event earlier this week, which have replaced campaign events for the time being, Murtaugh told supporter to "never fear" and that the president was "certain" rallies would return.

"We will get back to those rallies. Never fear, the president is certain that we're going to be back out there speaking directly to the American people," Murtaugh said.
 
On a side note:
Every time I pass the gun range near me the parking has quite a few cars in it if not full.
Just saying.
 

That video is from India, they have been beating people for weeks, the policy has changed - the are now arresting and fining people who leave their areas.
 
Beautiful pictures - the ones with masks are cowards!
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God bless america and their right to protest- please keep this up - we need more of these without masks and social distancing!g
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MORE OF THESE PLEASE!!!
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https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/18/cor...ntry-demanding-states-reopen-the-economy.html

This past week saw a number of protests spring up around the country demanding the reopening of the U.S. economy as cases of coronavirus now surpass 700,000.

As cases continue to rise, several states have extended stay-at-home measures and social distancing orders into May. This comes after another 5.2 million people filed for unemployment last week, bringing the total jobless claims to more than 22 million.

Protesters in Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Michigan, Minnesota, Idaho and California gathered in cities and outside their state legislatures to demand the reopening of the economy.

President Donald Trump seemingly tweeted his support for the protesters to “LIBERATE” Michigan, Minnesota and Virginia, whose Democratic governors are still grappling with a rise of coronavirus cases.
 
The problem with clearing this virus up is that white folks think this virus is only killing minorities. Young black people think they are invincible. Then you have a idiot on top leadership of the country. When the country opens up April 30 the cases and illness will triple in two weeks. I give it by middle May and folks who are so supportive of a quick opening will be somewhere crying over their love ones...
 
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