THEMA: Corona Virus und die Folgen

Jetzt hat auch der Denali NP in Alaska seine Strasse für jeden Verkehr total geschlossen:

www.nps.gov/dena/learn/news/closure-of-denali-park-road.htm

Die Schulen in Chicaco sollten bis ende Schuljahr geschlossen bleiben Hier geht es zum Artikel


Auch in Texas bleiben die Schulen für dieses Schuljahr geschlossen

Dafür will Florida diese Wochenende die Beach wieder öffnen
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Re-opening in Texas

Was soll man DAVON halten? Bei nach wie vor täglich fast 1000 Neuerkrankungen und ca. 50 Toten jeden Tag`?

www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

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United will ab 5. Juni wieder anfliegen

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Wer soll denn Fliegen wenn bis dann die Einreisesperre nicht abgehoben wurde?

Las Vegas hofft, am 4. Juni die Casinos wieder eröffnen zu können

Hier geht es zum Artikel

Nachdem die neu Infektionszahlen wieder gestiegen sind will Austin wieder strengere Auflagen machen

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Austin moves to stricter Stage 4 guidelines after surge in COVID-19 cases

Austin leaders announced Monday afternoon that Austin/Travis County is moving to Stage 4 (out of 5) risk-based guidelines for COVID-19. In addition, Austin's "Stay Home" order was extended to August 15. The changes are based on a surge in the number of new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations.

“This is not about shocking people. We don't want people to live in fear. We want them to be smart,” said Dr. Mark Escott, Interim Health Authority with Austin Public Health.

Dr. Escott says it's critical that the public wear masks and keep their distance whenever and wherever they go out.

“Last week we had 799 new cases diagnosed in the Sunday to Saturday period. This represents a 90-percent increase as compared to the week prior,” said Dr. Escott.

Another key indicator of a surge in COVID-19 is how long it takes for the number of new coronavirus cases to double. In Travis County that doubling time has dropped from 44 days to 25.

Austin also saw a record number of hospital admissions on Sunday, moving the seven-day rolling average to above 20 admissions. For weeks, Austin Public Health (APH) has been calculating a seven-day rolling average of new COVID-19 hospitalizations. APH established 20 as the trigger that would prompt a change from Stage 3 to the stricter Stage 4. Travis County hit a 20.6 average on Sunday.

Dr. Escott says hospital capacity is at around 70 percent right now with a small percentage of those patients diagnosed with COVID-19. The move to stricter guidelines (Stage 4) is to prevent an overload in the upcoming weeks at Austin area hospitals.

According to Dr. Escott, if the number of COVID patients in hospitals exceeds 1100, there would be a need to implement the area’s surge plan. However, that gets more difficult if neighboring cities like Dallas, Houston and San Antonio are experiencing surges at the exact same time.

Stage 4 Risk-Based Guidelines recommend those with a lower risk for contracting coronavirus avoid social gatherings with more than 10 people and non-essential travel, shopping and dining.

High-risk individuals, which includes people over 65 and those with underlying health conditions, should limit social gatherings to no more than two people.

“It is no longer really safe for people over 65 to be going out,” said Mayor Adler. ""On our current path more people are going to get sick and die than what would happen if we maintain social distancing and wear masks."

Austin Public Health says it's critical that we act to keep the strain on hospitals from forcing recently reopened businesses to shut down.

“We don't have to choose one or the other, we have to choose both. Those simple things, the masking, the social distancing, the personal hygiene is how we achieve both. So, I really do not understand as a public health official, as a physician, why we can’t all get behind those simple things,” said Dr. Escott.

Mayor Adler and Austin Public Health say data shows COVID-19 is disproportionately impacting communities of color in Austin. Adler says the virus is coming at us "more quickly than we ever imagined." He says our actions over the next few weeks are critical to protecting seniors and people of color who have been hit hardest by the coronavirus.

Former Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt said Governor Greg Abbott has stripped the power of cities to enforce "stay at home" orders and require people to wear masks.

“The Governor has shown every intention of getting back to business as usual irrespective of the facts you've just heard from Dr. Escott,” said Sarah Eckhardt, former Travis County Judge. “The Governor would not provide local authority to enforce face masking, although he did agree it was a good adaptation. So, that was disheartening,” said Eckhardt. When asked where new cases are coming from, Dr. Escott said, "the truth is it's everywhere."

The city is encouraging people to get checkups and other procedures now while hospitals have space.

Governor Greg Abbott is expected to give an update to state hospital capacity numbers on Tuesday.

Ist doch eigenartig. Lt. der Aufstellung
www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa/texas/

hat Austin insgesamt nur 33 Fälle, 19 davon noch aktiv. Also scheint Austin oder auch Texas nicht alle Fälle zu melden?

Also gestern hat es in Texas 1.254 Neuerkrankungen die in Spitalpflege mussten, gegeben.
Die Anzahl jener die zu Hause sind weis niemand.

Dies soll ja die höchste Zahl Neuansteckungen sein, seit Beginn
So lese ich dies jedenfalls

Hier geht es zum Artikel von KHOU

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TEXAS, USA — As Texas continues to see historic high COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, Gov. Greg Abbott announced he will address the issue at a news conference Tuesday.

Texas has shattered a number of coronavirus records over the past two weeks. The latest one was set on Monday as the state marked the highest hospitalizations linked to COVID-19 since the pandemic began. It also marked the fourth straight day a new record was set.

Texas health officials reported 2,326 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 and 1,254 new cases Monday. On June 12, the state saw 2,166 people in the hospital. That number rose to 2,242 on June 13 and 2,287 on June 14.

The troubling trend of hospitalizations and increased positive cases has been seen in the state's largest cities as well as some of the smaller areas like Beaumont. Houston is considered on the country's 'hot spots' for COVID-19 cases.

Gov. Abbott has been under scrutiny for not discussing the rise in cases even though the state continues to reopen some areas and expand opening others.

Gov. Abbott is expected to be joined by Dr. John Zerwas, the executive vice chancellor for health affairs for the University of Texas System. Dr. John Hellerstedt, the commissioner of the Texas Dept. of State Health Services, is also expected to join the governor






Achtung: Austin befindet sich im Travis County
Der Austin County ist bei Houston

Travis County meldete gestern 119 neue