Nuevo Laredo

[QUOTE=Bbond;2448214]I tend to agree with both statements, yes they seem to be immune to a lot that we are not. And yes, I believe the numbers are not accurate. That said, the only bad infection I have fought in Mexico is that of the digestive tract. The doctor told me that was a very common thing, especially when the climate is hot. And sometimes hospitals are overwhelmed with people seeking relief. Fortunately I can afford private doctors, and, by Mexico standards, expensive hospitals. Most people here cannot. It is a sad situation for them.[/QUOTE]I think the priority to open up business is a higher priority than protecting ourselves from the corona virus. It may lead to the end of our world as we know it or things may get better but it's too early to tell. There should be a law that requires people to be tested before they can board a plane or bus. Most if not all business owners appear to agree with that. The businesses who can achieve that will do well and I hope at least greyhound buses do that so I can entertain the idea of traveling to Mexico again.

[QUOTE=Zygomatic;2448213]The coronavirus curve in San Antonio has started to get worse than ever since a couple of days ago which correlates to the gradual reopening of businesses here.[/QUOTE]I don't know about that. Businesses barely begin to reopen and things worsen, it is not possible it happens that fast. I mean come on, a few businesses reopen, boom more cases over night. Investigation needs done to see when the new cases became infected. Were they part of the people that went out? Did they already have the infection and it just worsened? People have been shopping grocery stores and other stores, and a few others reopen and boom more cases? Sum ting wrong here.

[QUOTE=Zygomatic;2448213]The coronavirus curve in San Antonio has started to get worse than ever since a couple of days ago which correlates to the gradual reopening of businesses here. All the predictions which send a message of hope at the highest levels appear to be a huge letdown waiting to happen as of now.

[URL]https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/05e43c8748c44d418ce6c028b8681e55[/URL][/QUOTE]This is terrible, to shut down Texas Economy over less then 800 deaths in a 2 month period. This is probably an average week normally. The jobs that are going to be lost will be way worse then the Virus, not even close. We should have been open for work 2-3 weeks ago. Social distancing is working, but not working is real bad. Schools should be closed and the vulnerable needs to stay in quarantine.

What Mexico is doing is even worse, I just can not believe it. They do not realize that Americans / Eiros will not have extra money to travel or to start new businesses. The Government will continue to give company's incentive to return to the states. It will be devastating for Mexico.

As far as the statistics, they are flat out wrong. There is no way of actually knowing how many people have actually had the virus that recovered and were never tested. Death rates are terrible, but they were calling almost all deaths at the beginning, related to the Virus.

The whole thing is a big mess. Everyone needs to get back to work ASAP, especially Mexico, before there economy collapses.

Nobel Prize-winning scientist shares COVID-19 data showing strict lockdowns were an overreaction.

"Professor Michael Levitt, who teaches structural biology at the Stanford School of Medicine, won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems. " And according to Levitt, coronavirus data show that sweeping lockdown measures were an overreaction that may actually backfire.

Levitt has been analyzing the COVID-19 outbreak from a statistical perspective since January and has been remarkably accurate in his predications. The data show that the outbreak never actually grew exponentially, suggesting harsh lockdown measures, which have drastically impacted the world economy, were probably unnecessary.

His observation is a simple one: that in outbreak after outbreak of this disease, a similar mathematical pattern is observable regardless of government interventions. After around a two week exponential growth of cases (and, subsequently, deaths) some kind of break kicks in, and growth starts slowing down. The curve quickly becomes "sub-exponential" . . .

"I think the policy of herd immunity is the right policy. I think Britain was on exactly the right track before they were fed wrong numbers. And they made a huge mistake. I see the standout winners as Germany and Sweden. They didn't practise too much lockdown and they got enough people sick to get some herd immunity," Levitt explained. . . ".

[QUOTE=Travv;2448486]Nobel Prize-winning scientist shares COVID-19 data showing strict lockdowns were an overreaction.

"Professor Michael Levitt, who teaches structural biology at the Stanford School of Medicine, won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems. " And according to Levitt, coronavirus data show that sweeping lockdown measures were an overreaction that may actually backfire.

Levitt has been analyzing the COVID-19 outbreak from a statistical perspective since January and has been remarkably accurate in his predications. The data show that the outbreak never actually grew exponentially, suggesting harsh lockdown measures, which have drastically impacted the world economy, were probably unnecessary.

His observation is a simple one: that in outbreak after outbreak of this disease, a similar mathematical pattern is observable regardless of government interventions. After around a two week exponential growth of cases (and, subsequently, deaths) some kind of break kicks in, and growth starts slowing down. The curve quickly becomes "sub-exponential" . . .

"I think the policy of herd immunity is the right policy. I think Britain was on exactly the right track before they were fed wrong numbers. And they made a huge mistake. I see the standout winners as Germany and Sweden. They didn't practise too much lockdown and they got enough people sick to get some herd immunity," Levitt explained. . . ".[/QUOTE]I put allot of value in data that Greg Abbott (Texas Governor) tweets and presents in his conference updates. The sad thing is that it appears that opening the borders is not at the top of his priority given that haven't heard anything about that. Supposedly the borders are scheduled to reopen may 20th but Mexico is not appearing to have made much progress in stabilizing the spread of the virus. Maybe I am just misinformed.

From what I can tell the curve in Mexico is not yet showing evidence of flattening.

[URL]https://infogram.com/curva-de-casos-de-coronavirus-en-mexico-1h8j4x5yqrw82mv[/URL]

The Mexican gov. Has reported that the curve is expected to start flattening within the next few days so time will tell.

[QUOTE=Zygomatic;2448765]I put allot of value in data that Greg Abbott (Texas Governor) tweets and presents in his conference updates. The sad thing is that it appears that opening the borders is not at the top of his priority given that haven't heard anything about that. Supposedly the borders are scheduled to reopen may 20th but Mexico is not appearing to have made much progress in stabilizing the spread of the virus. Maybe I am just misinformed.[/QUOTE]Abbott did not close the borders, Trump did. Total deaths attributed to COVID in NL is 4, all had underlying health conditions. Total number of people screened entering the country with the infra-red temperature devices, that had high body temperature, 2, both now cleared. Mexico, out of a population of about 126.2 million people, 2704 deaths attributed to COVID. Calculates to 0.00215%. It is no where near as bad as they say it is. Normal flu season is all it amounts to.

[QUOTE=Bbond;2449114]Abbott did not close the borders, Trump did. Total deaths attributed to COVID in NL is 4, all had underlying health conditions. Total number of people screened entering the country with the infra-red temperature devices, that had high body temperature, 2, both now cleared. Mexico, out of a population of about 126.2 million people, 2704 deaths attributed to COVID. Calculates to 0.00215%. It is no where near as bad as they say it is. Normal flu season is all it amounts to.[/QUOTE]I miss my favorite girls but one in particular that I miss the most didn't get around to give me her number. I know which spa she works at but I don't even know if I will ever get to see her again.

[QUOTE=Bbond;2449114]Abbott did not close the borders, Trump did. Total deaths attributed to COVID in NL is 4, all had underlying health conditions. Total number of people screened entering the country with the infra-red temperature devices, that had high body temperature, 2, both now cleared. Mexico, out of a population of about 126.2 million people, 2704 deaths attributed to COVID. Calculates to 0.00215%. It is no where near as bad as they say it is. Normal flu season is all it amounts to.[/QUOTE]Bbond, the borders are not closed. I have been to Mexico twice since the borders supposedly closed. The whole notion of essential travel is nonsense. When I went into Nuevo Progresso, no one asked anything. Of the two times, only once was my temperature taken. I was going to travel into Mexico and found that there are no hotels available, and flights to Mexico are very expensive for some screwed up reason. I think the buses are running from Reynosa and Laredo to Monterrey but I am not sure. I have seen that AirBnbs are available though.

I agree that Covid has been blown out of proportion. Last I checked there was 50 deaths in all the counties in New Mexico and Texas that touched Mexico. I ask people, do you know what 50 deaths by murder is in Juarez, Mexico? A light weekend!

I was in Guadalajara back in March when the world was going into lockdown. I was able to eat at restaurants, walk around, and called it the last sane place on earth right before everything shut down. I hated coming back. So bottom line is that you can go to Mexico, but I am just not sure that you will find much to do. That last day there were only like 2 of the 30 or so restaurants near our hotel that were open.

[QUOTE=Elvis2008;2449289]Bbond, the borders are not closed. I have been to Mexico twice since the borders supposedly closed. The whole notion of essential travel is nonsense.[/QUOTE]I live in Nuevo Laredo, and no the borders are not "closed" to Americans, Americans have total access. However, Mexicans with border crossing cards are not allowed into the USA. Travel across bridges is a mere fraction of what it normally is. So in that sense, yes, to some people the borders are closed.

[QUOTE=Bbond;2449413]I live in Nuevo Laredo, and no the borders are not "closed" to Americans, Americans have total access. However, Mexicans with border crossing cards are not allowed into the USA. Travel across bridges is a mere fraction of what it normally is. So in that sense, yes, to some people the borders are closed.[/QUOTE]Bbond, any word on when Nuevo Laredo plans to re-open some of it's businesses at small capacities and are there any hookers out at night? Thanks.

[QUOTE=Bbond;2449413]I live in Nuevo Laredo, and no the borders are not "closed" to Americans, Americans have total access. However, Mexicans with border crossing cards are not allowed into the USA. Travel across bridges is a mere fraction of what it normally is. So in that sense, yes, to some people the borders are closed.[/QUOTE]Do you think it is possible to drive to MTY now?

[QUOTE=Zygomatic;2449491]Bbond, any word on when Nuevo Laredo plans to re-open some of it's businesses at small capacities and are there any hookers out at night? Thanks.[/QUOTE]They are allowing some of the flea markets to reopen on a limited basis, but not much else. Yes, there are girls out, until just after the curfew starts at 10 pm. Sometimes there a a number of them hanging out by the old market.

[QUOTE=DramaFree11;2449503]Do you think it is possible to drive to MTY now?[/QUOTE]I don't know for certain, but I think you can, and some buses are running again.

[QUOTE=Bbond;2449610]I don't know for certain, but I think you can, and some buses are running again.[/QUOTE]Thank you, more bad news. Mexico has now shutdown Airbnb in MTY / Tijuana, probably all of Mexico, I did not check. Closed until the end of the month, ridiculous.