My point is these numbers look manipulated. I'm seeing that they've change the way they've counted deaths. From another website:
As of July 27, 2020, DSHS is reporting COVID-19 fatality data based on death certificates. A fatality is counted as a COVID-19 fatality when the medical certifier attests on the death certificate that COVID-19 is a cause of death.
This change means fatalities may be counted sooner and demographic data will be more comprehensive. Also, fatalities can now be displayed by date of death, presenting a more complete view of deaths over time. Fatalities are reported by county of residence.
Yesterday Mayor Turner said that a death would be counted as a Covid19 if it was a comorbidity which means a positive test.
Here's something else:
texastribune.org/2020/07/27/texas-coronavirus-deaths/
Correction: On July 30, the state said an “automation error” caused approximately 225 deaths to be incorrectly added to the overall death count; a subsequent quality check by Department of State Health Services epidemiologists revealed COVID-19 was not the direct cause of death in these cases. We updated the cumulative numbers for July 27-29 to account for this error.
After months of undercounting coronavirus deaths, Texas’ formal tally of COVID-19 fatalities grew by more than 400 on Monday after state health officials changed their method of reporting.
The revised count indicates that more than 8% of the state’s death tally was unreported by state health officials before Monday.
Originally Posted by gnadfly
I don't know what makes you think I'm in NY. I live in Dallas.
And NO, Texas has NOT been wearing masks consistently for months, you simpleton. I've got eyes and I have been in Dallas, Austin, and Houston since this thing began. And mask wearing was haphazard at best prior to reopening and for another month after that. And the suburbs and rural areas were the worst.
It wasn't until things started turning to shit in July that Texans faced reality and started wearing masks consistently. And it isn't necessarily because people got smart and voluntarily complied. The stores and office buildings left them with NO choice. Now if you don't have a mask, you cannot get service.
I had doctor visits in April and in August and even the medical professionals are a lot tougher now than they were in April.
And going back to your implied conspiracy theory that COVID is a hoax, read this:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/healt...day/index.html
Looks like we might have 300K dead by December 1st. That will be a great Thanksgiving, won't it?
If it comes true, that's 300K dead in 9 months - basically the start of March to the end of November. I personally think we will hit over 500K by next summer if we don't get a vaccine or a 90% effective treatment.
Do you still think this is just like the flu and we should reopen everything? And stop wearing masks?