Texas, Florida and Arizona officials say early reopenings fueled explosion of coronavirus cases
Source: MSN
Local officials in states with surging coronavirus cases issued dire warnings Sunday about the spread of infections, blaming outbreaks in their communities on early reopenings and saying the virus was rapidly outpacing containment efforts.
We dont have room to experiment, we dont have room for incrementalism when were seeing these kinds of numbers, said Judge Lina Hidalgo (D), the top elected official in Harris County, Tex., which encompasses the sprawling Houston metro area. Nor should we wait for all the hospital beds to fill and all these people to die before we take drastic action.
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Frustration about the pandemic response has mounted among local leaders, who say they have had to grapple with conflicting orders and frequently changing guidelines from governors and the White House as they try to curb sharply rising infections.
After Texas reported another single-day record for new coronavirus cases over the weekend, Austin Mayor Steve Adler (D) told CNNs State of the Union that there wont be enough medical personnel to keep up with the spike in cases if the rate of increase continues unabated in his city.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-florida-and-arizona-officials-say-early-reopenings-fueled-explosion-of-coronavirus-cases/ar-BB16mf9R?li=BBnb7Kz
Even in California, you have some local governments pushing to reopen early due to Trump supporters showing up at meetings to bitch them out with made for Facebook tirades:
Mz Pip
(27,442 posts)Its just going to get worse with these ignorant MAGAts defying common sense.
MiniMe
(21,716 posts)central scrutinizer
(11,648 posts)About as one-sided as the Globetrotters versus Washington Generals
mwb970
(11,358 posts)Blues Heron
(5,932 posts)Just like saddam did
Joel Eyeforth
(34 posts)Canoe52
(2,948 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,855 posts)Every one with half a brain knew and said opening early and quickly was a mistake.
As for the woman in the video, I wonder if she wears a seat belt. Or clothes in public.
I can hardly wait for when she's in the hospital and expresses shock and dismay that she got sick.
rdking647
(5,113 posts)the sheriff of montgomery county texas,a suburb of houston says he wont enforce the mask order.
Montgomery county is one of the most whack a doodle hardcore GOP counties in texas. ute the only county in th country that drumpf won by over 100k votes.
they entire county should be quarantined
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Enuff said.
raccoon
(31,110 posts)Skittles
(153,160 posts)she's just like Trump
IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)paleotn
(17,912 posts)onetexan
(13,041 posts)Dreampuff
(778 posts)And got to have my laugh for the day. When did the mountains become white with foam?
Takket
(21,565 posts)Maxheader
(4,373 posts)You got stumpy throwing farmers into the unemployment lines, thanks to tariffs
on usofa crops...thusly starving you, the traitor is giving you bad info on a killer
disease..your president is trying to kill you...And succeeding....
yellowdogintexas
(22,252 posts)When Abbott began to open things up, local mayors and county judges were no longer allowed to enforce stricter regulation. Prior to this, mayors and county judges had independent authority over local regulations. Of course the statewide plan was less restrictive..
Now look where we are: COVID shooting through the roof, Abbott expressing regret over not doing this sooner, Austin, San Antonio and Houston running out of hospital space
Arizona terrifies me because of my daughter and her family.