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Nevilledog

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Sat Sep 4, 2021, 11:24 AM Sep 2021

TX schools have more than 50,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in students in just a couple weeks



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Texas schools have amassed more than 50,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in students in just a couple of weeks. The state is a leader in child deaths from COVID-19 with 59 as of Sept. 3. | via @TPRNews

Doctors Say Texas Leaders Failed To Stop COVID-19 From Spreading | Houston Public Media
Hospitals across the state are running low on pediatric intensive care unit beds. Texas’ Department of State Health Services says only 81 of them remain — and just a couple hundred more regular ICU...
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10:03 AM · Sep 3, 2021


https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2021/09/03/407791/doctors-say-texas-leaders-failed-to-stop-covid-19-from-spreading/


Texas schools have amassed more than 50,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in students in just a couple of weeks. More than a dozen school districts have closed temporarily as a result of the disease, and Texas is a leader in child deaths from COVID-19 with 59 as of Sept. 3.

But state leaders have spent weeks of the surge pushing through controversial bills around abortion, voting restrictions and bail reform while Gov. Abbott has been fighting local governments over their efforts to stem the spread of the disease.

Hospitals across the state are running low on pediatric intensive care unit beds. Texas' Department of State Health Services says only 81 of them remain — and just a couple hundred more regular ICU beds are available in the state of 29 million people.

"Governor Abbott has failed us. A republican state legislature has failed us,” said Dr. David Portugal a cardiologist in Sugarland, Texas. "These leaders should be held accountable and be asked to explain how they can justify taking actions that are killing their fellow Texans."

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TX schools have more than 50,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in students in just a couple weeks (Original Post) Nevilledog Sep 2021 OP
Sociopathic hypocrites. StarryNite Sep 2021 #1
Some of you may die... Wounded Bear Sep 2021 #2
No big deal. Nevilledog Sep 2021 #3
I must admit I had that same thought Walleye Sep 2021 #5
But they sure are protecting those "fetal heart eats", but not actual breathing children Walleye Sep 2021 #4
Abbott's plan Turbineguy Sep 2021 #6
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