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Related: About this forumWith coronavirus cases climbing, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says "no real need" to scale back business
With coronavirus cases climbing, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says "no real need" to scale back business reopeningsby Sarah R. Champagne, Valeria Olivares and Patrick Svitek; Texas Tribune
With the number of people hospitalized for the new coronavirus continuing to climb in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday that theres no real need to ratchet back the opening of businesses in the state.
One of the reasons, he said in an interview with KYTX television in Tyler, is because we have so many hospital beds available to anybody who gets ill.
The state reported Friday that the number of people hospitalized in Texas who are confirmed to have the coronavirus has increased to a new peak of 2,166. That came after three days of record highs this week reaching 2,153 hospitalized patients Wednesday and a one-day dip Thursday to 2,008.
Meanwhile, the seven-day average of new daily confirmed cases of the virus also continues to climb. It reached an all-time high of 1,724 on Friday.
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/12/texas-coronavirus-reopening-cases/
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With coronavirus cases climbing, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says "no real need" to scale back business (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Jun 2020
OP
iif he keeps this up, Texas Republicans will never survive the political fallout
jorgevlorgan
Jun 2020
#4
Skittles
(153,169 posts)1. Abbott is a Trump humper
he doesn't give a DAMN about the health of Texans
joshdawg
(2,648 posts)2. So are patrick and paxton......
as well as cruz and cornyn.
But, Texas is turning blue,don'tcha know. Yeah, right!
duforsure
(11,885 posts)3. Abbott's just another trump puppet
Willing to risk your life to benefit trump and himself while ignoring the threat of spreading the virus even more. Now seeing the increases he still refuses to stop openings shows he doesn't care. This will backfire on trump and these stupid governors promoting opening prematurely , and hurt trump and all Republicans this upcoming election for doing this. They aren't stronger than this virus, and how many more now will die because of these failing policies.
jorgevlorgan
(8,301 posts)4. iif he keeps this up, Texas Republicans will never survive the political fallout
That will come from the overwhelmed hospitals, and enormous death rate that results from their insanity.