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> Here in Texas our lockdown has has little effect on the viruses rate of transmission. What makes you say that? (Genuine question, not a challenge.) This web
by gwd 7y ago
> Here in Texas our lockdown has has little effect on the viruses rate of transmission.
What makes you say that? (Genuine question, not a challenge.) This website shows the estimated Rt going from a peak of 2.08 down to below 1, before stabilizing at 1.06:
https://www.covidactnow.org/us/tx https://www.covidactnow.org/us/tx
1.06 is still > 1 which is bad, but it's certainly a lot better than 2.
EDIT: Rt, not R0
- alpineidyll3 7y agoWell, I was eyeballin' off a log-log plot, which is admittedly much less precise than your link. Even on that plot though R dips before we even officially shut down (Texas' cases were probably mostly imported from LA and elsewhere, and cut down by travel ending before we had an order in place) I'm also concerned that the law currently is at variance with the reality that the parks are full here in Austin. Instead of rushing to be open, I wish the government would tailor it's message to people who need it, and come up with 'clean' food/resource pathways for people who are vulnerable to this virus rather than trying to keep kids out of the water.