D prevention Las County officials sounded the alarm Tuesday about the rising number of seaweed-19s, hoping for greater public cooperation in preventing the disease.
Dallas County commissioners were concerned Tuesday about reports of hospital and mortgage space shortages in other Texas cities.
Commissioner Theresa Daniels asked, “Two weeks from now, where will we be, listening to what’s going on across the state.”
Dallas County Health Director Dr. Philip Huang showed the commissioners a chart of daily visits to the emergency room over the past few months. It shows the latest growth near the peak of summer that Huang had hoped to avoid.
The health director has blamed COVID-19 fatigue for the growing number.
“I think everyone is very concerned with the trends. I know we’ve also heard of hikes and some long-term care facilities at daycare centers, some of which actually reflect coward fatigue. Just the impression, people are not being so effective with infection control, ”said Dr. Huang.
The result of a positive test fluctuates and the result of many tests has not yet been reported to the health department. It makes tracing contacts impossible for those cases and makes the exact number of cases inaccurate.
“It simply came to our notice then. And these hospitals, these beds, are the only gauge, as far as I’m concerned, “said Commissioner John Wiley Price.
Hospitals in the Dallas area and the county’s medical examiner currently have beds and a morgue, according to the director of health. But he said residents should not use masks, social distance, limited size gatherings and frequent hand washing if residents do not use disease precautions.
“The community has done a tremendous job so far. We have shown that we can slow it down. “We’ve seen it fall apart when we follow all these things,” said Dr. Huang.
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins urged caution about the size of holiday gatherings.
“When we usually gather and sit around the communal table to say thank you, you celebrate in small groups,” he said.
It’s the holiday season like no other.
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