# Morgue in Texas **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [July 10, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgue-in-texas/914963 "2020-07-10T18:55:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgue-in-texas/914963/1 "2020-07-10T18:55:09Z")
Nueces County Morgue (Corpus Christi, TX): Don’t send us any more COVID victims, we are FULL. It’s a shame those folks don’t realize that the increase in infections is only because there is more testing! If Texas would just test fewer people, there wouldn’t be dead bodies stacking up! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgue-in-texas/914963/2 "2020-07-10T19:35:31Z")
Oh, that’s easy to fix. Just leave the bodies piling up outside. Once the coyotes or feral pigs carry them off then the death rate will look just fine. No increase in death certs issued, autopsies performed, casket sales, or cremations must mean there’s been no increase in deaths. So _of course_ it’s just more testing skewing the numbers. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgue-in-texas/914963/3 "2020-07-10T20:29:40Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > It’s a shame those folks don’t realize that the increase in infections is only because there is more testing! If Texas would just test fewer people, there wouldn’t be dead bodies stacking up! But it’s almost a philosophical question of blame: Who is responsible for the bodies piling up in Texas, the ones performing the testing, or the ones who show up to be tested? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgue-in-texas/914963/4 "2020-07-10T22:44:06Z")
Those are fake dead COVID corpses. 'Cause, you know, fake news. Psffttt. Texas may be a fake state. ---
**Author:** ![RealityCheck71](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitycheck71/32/3493_2.png) [@RealityCheck71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityCheck71)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgue-in-texas/914963/5 "2020-07-10T23:10:27Z")
My, what a hilarious thread. California just set a daily death record - any zingers for them? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgue-in-texas/914963/6 "2020-07-10T23:16:14Z")
> [@RealityCheck71](#): > > My, what a hilarious thread. California just set a daily death record - any zingers for them?#160; Obviously you misunderstand who the zingers are being directed at. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgue-in-texas/914963/7 "2020-07-10T23:20:20Z")
> [@RealityCheck71](#): > > My, what a hilarious thread. California just set a daily death record - any zingers for them? California is obviously doing A LOT of testing. ---
**Author:** ![RealityCheck71](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitycheck71/32/3493_2.png) [@RealityCheck71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityCheck71)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgue-in-texas/914963/8 "2020-07-10T23:21:43Z")
Sure. You have fun. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgue-in-texas/914963/9 "2020-07-10T23:24:54Z")
@RealityCheck71 California has plenty of make up artists (probably trying to collect unemployment) who can either make the dead folks look like they are “just sleeping,” or with a little touching up, they can be extras in any of thr “Walking Dead” series. Of course, they won’t be walking. Except maybe to the polls. _SOMEBODY_ has to fill out all those fraudulent ballots! 😉 ~VOW