Ok, I have some questions about where we go from here.  The table below is information pulled from the TX Dept of Health  COVID-19 dashboard.
 
	I know we have all been staying at home, staying healthy, flattening the curve, etc. but I am astonished at how low these numbers are.  What is your guess of what percent of the picture this really represents. 20% / 50% / 80% ?  I'm sure these are artificially low because of the lack of testing, limits of testing to those in risk groups or with severe symptoms, etc. but I don't have a good feel for how low.  Are 70% of the people currently infected going to still die which will drastically alter the fatality rates?
 
	The highest infection rate in a county is basically a tenth of a percent in Galveston County and fatality rates of total population are between 1 and 2 thousandths of a percent of total area population.  Multiply those numbers by 10 or even 100 and certainly it represents a tragic loss of life but at some point you reconcile that versus a longstanding death rate of the US population of around 0.9% annually.  Am I really terrible at math?  Are we amazing at flattening the curve? What's the go forward plan.  Are entire schools closed for 2 or 3 weeks each time a kid is sick or does a classroom monitor for symptoms if someone gets sick but keeps operating?  Same question for offices, stores, restaurants (complete shutdown if someone is infected)?
 
	For those of you who own / manage businesses, if working from home has been successful and is viable for your business model do you encourage it beyond the government directive or is everyone "ordered" back to the office at the first opportunity? Troph's questions about commercial real estate I think hangs in the balance.
 
	https://txdshs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/ed483ecd702b4298ab01e8b9cafc8b83
 
				
								County
							
							
								cases
							
							
								deaths
							
							
								population
							
							
								 
							
							
								infection rate
							
							
								fatality rate of those infected
							
							
								fatality rate of population
							
						
								Travis
							
							
								               977
							
							
								17
							
							
								     1,274,000
							
							
								 
							
							
								0.077%
							
							
								1.74%
							
							
								0.0013%
							
						
								Williamson
							
							
								               128
							
							
								4
							
							
								         590,551
							
							
								 
							
							
								0.022%
							
							
								3.13%
							
							
								0.0007%
							
						
								Hays
							
							
								               109
							
							
								1
							
							
								         230,191
							
							
								 
							
							
								0.047%
							
							
								0.92%
							
							
								0.0004%
							
						
								Austin Metro Area
							
							
								           1,214
							
							
								22
							
							
								     2,094,742
							
							
								 
							
							
								0.058%
							
							
								1.81%
							
							
								0.0011%
							
						
								 
							
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						
								Dallas
							
							
								           1,986
							
							
								43
							
							
								     2,636,000
							
							
								 
							
							
								0.075%
							
							
								2.17%
							
							
								0.0016%
							
						
								Tarrant
							
							
								               990
							
							
								30
							
							
								     2,103,000
							
							
								 
							
							
								0.047%
							
							
								3.03%
							
							
								0.0014%
							
						
								Denton
							
							
								               547
							
							
								14
							
							
								         887,207
							
							
								 
							
							
								0.062%
							
							
								2.56%
							
							
								0.0016%
							
						
								Collin
							
							
								               494
							
							
								10
							
							
								     1,035,000
							
							
								 
							
							
								0.048%
							
							
								2.02%
							
							
								0.0010%
							
						
								DFW Metro Area
							
							
								           4,017
							
							
								97
							
							
								     6,661,207
							
							
								 
							
							
								0.060%
							
							
								2.41%
							
							
								0.0015%
							
						
								 
							
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						
								Harris
							
							
								           4,097
							
							
								58
							
							
								     4,713,000
							
							
								 
							
							
								0.087%
							
							
								1.42%
							
							
								0.0012%
							
						
								Ft. Bend
							
							
								               627
							
							
								15
							
							
								         811,688
							
							
								 
							
							
								0.077%
							
							
								2.39%
							
							
								0.0018%
							
						
								Montgomery
							
							
								               331
							
							
								6
							
							
								         607,391
							
							
								 
							
							
								0.054%
							
							
								1.81%
							
							
								0.0010%
							
						
								Brazoria
							
							
								               272
							
							
								3
							
							
								         374,264
							
							
								 
							
							
								0.073%
							
							
								1.10%
							
							
								0.0008%
							
						
								Galveston
							
							
								               401
							
							
								13
							
							
								         342,139
							
							
								 
							
							
								0.117%
							
							
								3.24%
							
							
								0.0038%
							
						
								Houston Metro Area
							
							
								           5,728
							
							
								95
							
							
								     6,848,482
							
							
								 
							
							
								0.084%
							
							
								1.66%
							
							
								0.0014%
							
						
								 
							
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						
								COMBINED TOTAL
							
							
								         10,959
							
							
								214
							
							
								   15,604,431
							
							
								 
							
							
								0.070%
							
							
								1.95%
							
							
								0.0014%