Gov. Abbott pauses Texas reopening phases amid statewide COVID-19 spike
Source: ABC 7 News Amarillo
AUSTIN (KVII) Texas businesses will have to wait a while longer to go back to normal.
Thursday, Governor Greg Abbott announced the Lone Star State will put its reopening plan on hold due to the recent statewide uptick in COVID-19 hospitalizations and cases.
Abbott said this does not roll back any of the opening phases so far, but increases in occupancy are on hold as the state grapples with some of its highest ever hospitalization numbers.
In a statement, the governor said he does not want to move backwards, but does want to ensure Texans stay safe, wear masks and safely face the future.
"The last thing we want to do as a state is go backwards and close down businesses. This temporary pause will help our state corral the spread until we can safely enter the next phase of opening our state for business," he said.
He urged citizens to keep socially distancing and practice hand washing, among other hygiene protocols.
Read more: https://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/gov-abbott-pauses-texas-reopening-phases-amid-statewide-spike
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Drumpf will probably chew him out.
Maxheader
(4,366 posts)Sometimes gives hope that the wingers have a heart...Probably afraid of the
votes being buried and will just have to endure pissing off managers, managers that care little for their
employees..
Roc2020
(1,603 posts)chance to get it right. you screwed it up. The horse is out the barn. Now comes consequences.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)But lots of needless illness in the meantime
FarPoint
(12,207 posts)So very many will continue non-compliance with COVID-19 Precautions...Even if everyone complies, the risk remains as this is not a 100% prevention...it only reduces the probability...So, as long as so many are going to be non-compliant...it is below treading water standards.
If the ongoing focus was compliance with COVID-19 precautions since March 2020...we could be in very good shape with containment/ mitigation...Just like other countries. The fact that our demi-god president has sabotaged any reasonable prevention of COVID-19 such as the mask, we can't recover now...this is the wall he has built and it is killing so very many...
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)....have their way.
They CAN get it under control, but it will be way harder than it needed to be.
Igel
(35,191 posts)Rural counties? Sure.
Urban areas? Massive spread. Houston's the leader in TX right now. And if you look at the map of the county Houston's in, there's a nice strong correlation between being Af-Am/Latino and having higher COVID prevalence. So it's worst--with, apparently, the most "mask-refusers"--in the bluest part of a blue area.
Truly, because of Trump. (D) always do what Trump says. /snark off
LudwigPastorius
(8,943 posts)The virus doesn't care what you want, Greggie.
Your fucking job is to protect the public, not to try to look like a tough guy for your idiotic base. Things will have to be shut down again, the sooner it's done, the less economic impact it's going to have in the long term.
drray23
(7,587 posts)half assed measures won't do it. Eventually they will have to completely lock down . The hospitals are going to reach capacity and then what?
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)More unnecessary cases in the meantime.
Paladin
(28,202 posts)You and fellow trump-sucker Dan "some things more important than life" Patrick have blood on your hands. Permanently. The choice was clear: The welfare of the Texas people, or lockstep fealty to a corrupt, psychotic president. The choice you made is clear for all to see. Unforgivable.
bucolic_frolic
(42,663 posts)This is metered death by metered stupidity
durablend
(7,416 posts)Blue voters ded= good thing
Red voter ded = whatever, nothing we can't cheat to make up for
LeftInTX
(24,549 posts)Everything will stay at 75% instead of 100%.
That will be a big help!!
turbinetree
(24,632 posts)Couldn't get past the libertarian mindset at the beginning of this pandemic and still thinks in the form of greed after all its about the business.................
onetexan
(12,994 posts)handle the covid pandemic & lower the hospitalization rate.
hamsterjill
(15,214 posts)I dont want to die because a bunch of religious crazies in Texas elected this idiot as governor.
What I wouldnt give to have Cuomo!
sdfernando
(4,896 posts)unless they get close to 100% mask use and practice social distancing. This is not going to end well.
cayugafalls
(5,629 posts)What the hell. This is just more talk and no action.
Red Texans, the ones listening to his crap ARE NOT going to socially distance or wear masks or stop going out!
They think this is a hoax because Abbott never tells them different. He just tells them they will corral it and move on.
The last thing he wants to do is piss off the big money he got when he appointed all those business donors to his reopening commission.
This has nothing to do with saving lives. He is a criminal.
OneCrazyDiamond
(2,029 posts)I am hoping Gov Newsom does post haste. We have a similar spike to Texas.
ananda
(28,782 posts).. on a large, open, festering wound.
too little, too late
Hugin
(32,778 posts)or possibly a ruptured femoral artery.
And, people will vote for him again and again...
Hugin
(32,778 posts)Great plan. Straight out of WWI.
The Kaiser would be pleased.
Chili Pepper
(99 posts)
part of his plan to "corral" the virus will be to cut back on testing so as not to show as many positive tests. Then, voila, we'll see the numbers go down. Virus corralled - time to fully reopen. Brilliant plan, right out of Trump's playbook.
PSPS
(13,512 posts)Skittles
(152,964 posts)he makes me sick
dalton99a
(81,065 posts)Stupid Trump ass licker
roamer65
(36,739 posts)The rural hospitals will be COVID infested death traps and there will be no beds left for them in urban hospitals.