[AGL] hundreds on the street - no masks

[Michael Eisenstadt]

litigated, not ligitated

On 10/24/2020 7:30 PM, Michael Eisenstadt wrote:
> Jim,
>
> Yes, the deaths from Covid in Travis Co. and elsewhere are a very 
> small number. Some have explained that as improved treatment regimens 
> in the hospitals. Hospitalizations, though, are going up at a fairly 
> steep curve and many midwestern states are running out of ICU beds. We 
> need better statistics on the severity of infection, how many are 
> unsymptomatic for example. If we take Dr. Fauci seriously, he 
> suggested that wearing masks in public should be made mandatory. But 
> AFAIK that is impossible in our system of government in which that 
> sort of decision devolves on the states and cannot be ordered by the 
> Federal government. Only during WW II did the Federal government take 
> over overall direction of the country. That was possible because it 
> reflected the will of the people. Nowadays, any presidential executive 
> order mandating masks would be opposed and ligitated in the courts for 
> god knows how long.
>
> Back to the facts: young people are not wearing masks in public as we 
> saw today and it seems they will be infected in large numbers and will 
> spread it to their families.
>
> Mike
>
> On 10/24/2020 5:07 PM, James Holland wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> What would you say to the rejoinder that although the tested 
>> positivity rate is going up, that number by itself may well be 
>> misleading, in that there's no corresponding spike in deaths, even 
>> allowing for time lag? Ref: 
>> https://txdshs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/ed483ecd702b4298ab01e8b9cafc8b83 
>> <https://txdshs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html%23/ed483ecd702b4298ab01e8b9cafc8b83> 
>>
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:austin-ghetto-list-bounces at pairlist.net] On Behalf Of Michael 
>> Eisenstadt
>> Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2020 4:41 PM
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>> Subject: [AGL] hundreds on the street - no masks
>>
>> We just drove to Whole Foods along 6th street. Lo and behold, all the
>>
>> bars were open and the streets were full of hundered of young drinkers
>>
>> none of them wearing masks. We could see many outdoor tables full of
>>
>> revelers. Bars are allowed to retitle themselves as restaurants - that
>>
>> means having to buy a $5 bag of chips. That arrangement is ridiculous.
>>
>> Abbott cares more about bars open for business than he does for public
>>
>> safety.
>>
>> Mask wearing is not obligatory in Texas - thanks Gov. Abbott - and the
>>
>> rate of infections is increasing mightily, so we will never be free of
>>
>> the pandemic at this rate, not in my abreviated lifetime.
>>
>

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