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1464 cases in Travis County (Austin proper and some of the surrounding suburbs).  But like other places, we're not doing a ton of testing, so I doubt that number is even close to accurate.

Its true that Texas ranks low on the testing meter but only 9 states have a better death to population number

hope this continues

https://www.ajc.com/news/local/lenox-phipps-among-metro-atlanta-malls-set-reopen-today/l25yH36nL59xhJJl5mMwLJ/

Some major ATL malls set to reopen.  I can't imagine going shopping for say shoes right now, but I guess some will.  It's probably "OK" healthwise, but with some risk, and you don't need shoes.  Confirmed cases appears to be drifting down even with more testing, which is good, we wouldn't have any signal yet about how the reopening is impacting this of course.

https://www.ajc.com/news/coronavirus-georgia-covid-dashboard/IjORDGLckdP3RI9hJU5CWO/

So... I've changed my position.

It's time to open up. Everything. No restrictions. Restaurants, bars, nightclubs, travel, concerts/sporting events/churches/gatherings. Let 'er rip.

Now, some of you might find that surprising coming from me. After all, I've consistently argued that this appears to be a very transmissible disease, such that there's a good chance US infection rates if we let 'er rip will reach at least if not above the 2009 H1N1 rates (60M estimated infected in the US). And I've also argued that the true mortality rate is many multiples of the seasonal flu.

So doesn't this mean that I'm arguing that we should open up fully, and thus consigning hundreds of thousands of people to die?

Well, yeah. But the truth is that people are tired of this lockdown. It's so last month. I mean, people can try to put away their selfishness to help their fellow man for a little while, but 6 weeks? C'mon, we're Americans. We want to go to the beach. We want to go to the restaurant. And masks are terribly unfashionable.

Most living American have never known anything truly bad in their lives. Sure, 9/11 was bad, and it created a bunch of fear, but it was a 1-day event and created a rallying point--but the ensuing war didn't really result in any personal sacrifice. The last time they've every truly had to sacrifice might have been the Vietnam War, when we still had a military draft. But... That was a war fought by those not well off enough to be in college, or secure deferments, and the war was fought "over there". Before that, maybe WWII, when we actually had full society mobilization, rationing, etc. But those alive during WWII and those few who were alive during the Great Depression or the Spanish Flu are now too few to make a difference.

We simply cannot fathom that this is bad enough to change our behavior. And I mean that literally. We're so comfortable in our lives, in the power of our medicine, that we simply cannot wrap our brains around what a couple hundred thousand [or more] deaths over the span of a few months means to our way of life. Thus, we refuse to change our way of life to avoid it. 

So I give up... Maybe America needs a good ol' kick in the face. We haven't proven we deserve better.
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/oc-restaurant-hits-capacity-after-opening-doors-ignoring-stay-at-home-orders/2356303/?amp
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/01/us/california-orange-county-injunction-beaches/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/30/michigan-protests-coronavirus-lockdown-armed-capitol
https://www.apple.com/covid19/mobility
https://www.safegraph.com/dashboard/covid19-shelter-in-place?s=US&d=04-30-2020&t=counties&m=percent
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/01/masks-politics-coronavirus-227765

So... I've changed my position.

It's time to open up. Everything. No restrictions. Restaurants, bars, nightclubs, travel, concerts/sporting events/churches/gatherings. Let 'er rip.

Now, some of you might find that surprising coming from me. After all, I've consistently argued that this appears to be a very transmissible disease, such that there's a good chance US infection rates if we let 'er rip will reach at least if not above the 2009 H1N1 rates (60M estimated infected in the US). And I've also argued that the true mortality rate is many multiples of the seasonal flu.

So doesn't this mean that I'm arguing that we should open up fully, and thus consigning hundreds of thousands of people to die?

Well, yeah. But the truth is that people are tired of this lockdown. It's so last month. I mean, people can try to put away their selfishness to help their fellow man for a little while, but 6 weeks? C'mon, we're Americans. We want to go to the beach. We want to go to the restaurant. And masks are terribly unfashionable.

Most living American have never known anything truly bad in their lives. Sure, 9/11 was bad, and it created a bunch of fear, but it was a 1-day event and created a rallying point--but the ensuing war didn't really result in any personal sacrifice. The last time they've every truly had to sacrifice might have been the Vietnam War, when we still had a military draft. But... That was a war fought by those not well off enough to be in college, or secure deferments, and the war was fought "over there". Before that, maybe WWII, when we actually had full society mobilization, rationing, etc. But those alive during WWII and those few who were alive during the Great Depression or the Spanish Flu are now too few to make a difference.

We simply cannot fathom that this is bad enough to change our behavior. And I mean that literally. We're so comfortable in our lives, in the power of our medicine, that we simply cannot wrap our brains around what a couple hundred thousand [or more] deaths over the span of a few months means to our way of life. Thus, we refuse to change our way of life to avoid it. 

So I give up... Maybe America needs a good ol' kick in the face. We haven't proven we deserve better.
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/oc-restaurant-hits-capacity-after-opening-doors-ignoring-stay-at-home-orders/2356303/?amp
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/01/us/california-orange-county-injunction-beaches/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/30/michigan-protests-coronavirus-lockdown-armed-capitol
https://www.apple.com/covid19/mobility
https://www.safegraph.com/dashboard/covid19-shelter-in-place?s=US&d=04-30-2020&t=counties&m=percent
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/01/masks-politics-coronavirus-227765

so bingo youre the Pres

what plan would you follow for reopening that we arent doing now
or would you simply stay closed until a vaccine or drug appears

We largely follow rules that make sense to us.  When they don't, we drive faster than the 70 mph speed limit.

We also don't deal well with technical matters and things where some pain NOW reduces pain LATER (deficit spending).  We also don't check data very well and believe the latest FB rumor that memes up.

We also verb a lot of nouns.

Other countries are opening up, it's not as if the US is some complete outlier.  Each governor is calling it for his or her state.  As I've noted, restaurants here are ABLE to open, but most have remained closed.  That suggests something.  

It is also true that we can't stay closed for months and months, the economy would simply collapse, it may collapse any way.  I'm talking starvation level collapse and hyperinflation, a bad scene.  Right now we're floating long on fiat money giveaways and people not being forced to pay rent.  At some point, the folks producing food will stop producing because they can't sell and get food to a market anywhere or money has no value and we're bartering.

It is also true that we can't stay closed for months and months, the economy would simply collapse, it may collapse any way.  I'm talking starvation level collapse and hyperinflation, a bad scene.  Right now we're floating long on fiat money giveaways and people not being forced to pay rent.  At some point, the folks producing food will stop producing because they can't sell and get food to a market anywhere or money has no value and we're bartering.

Maybe Americans will finally understand that we should be actively trying to reduce the deficit and build social safety nets during periods of economic prosperity, so that we can weather the inevitable economic downturn.

What am I saying?  Whew I made a funny there.  We aren't gonna change.