Texas passed NY in Covid deaths per world of meters

[OrlandoDem2]

[link:https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/|

[Phoenix61]

1. What makes this so horrible is how many of the

deaths in Texas happened after the vaccines were available.

[LisaL]

3. That's a red state for you.

NT

[patphil]

5. Yes, most of NYS deaths happened at the beginning of the pandemic.

At that time no one had any idea how to treat the disease. Since then, new NYS deaths have diminished greatly.
The picture in Texas is just the opposite. Most of their deaths came during the main surge from October thru March. Now, with the vaccine being available for over 6 months, Texas is once again seeing a strong up-tick in deaths, while NYS deaths are rising much slower.
The vaccine works!
Unfortunately, Texas leadership shows it's totally in the shitter when it comes to protecting their people from the virus.

A triumph of politics over medicine!

[ananda]

2. The problem is... Florida hasn't been reporting for awhile.

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[Scruffy1]

4. It's been spotty.

They go a couple of days sometimes. My guess is they need time to do some "statistical smoothing". The hard part is finding a GOPer who can do simple math stuff.

[Comfortably_Numb]

6. Like a broken, profane record....*uck Texas. And I have to live here for at least another year.

[Yonnie3]

7. Texas is 26th in deaths per capita

New York is second.

[W_HAMILTON]

10. They were hardest hit when we didn't even know COVID was a thing...

...and people were saying face masks didn't help, there was little to no testing, PPE shortages, etc.

[former9thward]

11. People knew Covid was a "thing"

NY authorities refused to shut down mass transit which spread the disease all over the city. The early map of covid cases is a map of the NY mass transit system.

[Klaralven]

8. In deaths / million Texas ranks 26th.

Most states have along way to go to catch NJ and NY.

[susanr516]

9. Coastal Bend region of TX is on its 4th day of ZERO Adult ICU beds available

This is the Corpus Christi area and covers 11 counties. We'll never know how many people without Covid died waiting for ICU beds that were filled with unvaccinated Covid patients. https://www.kristv.com/news/coronavirus/no-lcu-beds-remaining-in-coastal-bend

On the pediatric side, Driscoll Children's Hospital still has a few ICU beds available, but staff is strained to its limit. COO Dr. Mary Dale Peterson stated, "Every single child that we've had in our hospital with COVID, they had gotten it from an adult family member who wasn't vaccinated." Every. single. child. https://www.kristv.com/news/coronavirus/driscoll-childrens-hospital-coo-its-all-hands-on-deck

I must admit that I wasn't interested in being at the front of the line for a vaccine in 2020. I'm over 65 and I remember the 1976 swine flu vaccine fiasco. Then, my husband and I came down with Covid a couple of days before Thanksgiving and gave it to our 2 youngest (adult) children who are living with us. We had very mild cases. My kids only lost their sense of taste and smell. But, knowing that I transmitted the virus to them, completely changed my attitude. I no longer cared what side effects there might be. I wanted to make damn sure and certain I didn't bring home any preventable disease to my loved ones. My husband and I got the first vaccine when we became eligible in Feb. 2021. All of my children got the first dose when eligibility was expanded in March.