Absolutely it is time to panic: All liberals in Austin need to flee back to New York and Boston where they will be safe!
That would be great, but unlikely, unfortunately.
Along those lines though; My wife and I were tested for COVID-19 anti-bodies this morning in Northern NJ in the NY metropolitan area. We both tested negative, unfortunately. I really wanted to have the anti-bodies, but the result was not a surprise since I haven't felt sick from anything in several years.
The nurse practitioner was a sweet lady who appeared to be in her late 60's at least. As we were waiting for the results (which only took about 10 minutes), she was regurgitating the talking points about the increase in cases, especially among the young, and I engaged her a bit about the folly of the one-size-fits-all lockdown policy for something that is fatal, primarily, to a small percentage of the population, and how we should be seeking herd immunity for the other 99% of people.
She repeated the talking point about the spike in cases in other states, especially among the younger set, and said something about "everybody" now wanting to come to NY and NJ because it was "safer". I politely countered with the statement that I cannot get out of NJ fast enough, but that was the case even before all this nonsense. This lady is obviously not familiar with the interstate migration data that shows NJ and NY losing residents to other states at a significant rate.
I wasn't going to get into a back-and-forth on the difference between cases and deaths or how an increase in cases actually means a reduced fatality rate. That would have been pointless.
Everyone has their media-led talking points and no amount of data or facts will convince them otherwise.