The state has been lying and politicizing the coronavirus problem since the beginning and in general they've been inflating the # of tests done in order to justify reopening the state. A great example of this politicking is that they've been fighting tooth and nail to prevent cities and counties from implementing their own coronavirus measures.

As for the second wave, the fact that we've hit a large jump in cases is specifically what I'm talking about. It does not bode well for the next few weeks, especially because there has been little to no effort from the state to actually implement measures to ensure that we keep the curve flat. Local health officials have also been raising the alarm on both our lack of testing infrastructure and the idea that a second wave is already occurring.

you're going to have to back that up with at least something.

https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2020/texas-coronaviru...

Yeah, I've seen so many "in two more weeks things are going to be much worse" predictions that haven't come true in the past 6 weeks or so that I've mostly started ignoring them (unless they're backed by some level of evidence).

> The state has been lying and politicizing [...]

They're not hiding bodies, so the excess fatality rate would reveal any lies they're telling.

Deaths from COVID-19 can take weeks from the initial infection. I'm not disputing or supporting anything else in this thread, but "there aren't a lot of extra deaths" doesn't really offer much data either way. Maybe in a few weeks.

I've been hearing this for weeks.

Texas has only been re-opened for a couple of weeks, so I don't know what you're talking about. If you're talking about the epidemic more generally: the virus has killed nearly 90,000 Americans in less than eight weeks, so it's not like it's let anyone down in the 'killing loads of people in a short period of time' department.