Governor Abbott is preventing cities from dealing with it
TX health system executive: “If this continues, and I have no reason to believe it will not, there is no way my hospital is going to be able to handle this. There is no way the region is going to be able to handle this.” https://t.co/OZ3CBaijnU
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) August 11, 2021
"The number of COVID-19 patients in TX hospitals is accelerating faster than at any other point in the pandemic as the contagious delta variant spreads unchecked, primarily among the unvaccinated." https://t.co/OZ3CBaijnU
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) August 11, 2021
10,000 new Covid cases a day in Texas & Greg Abbott preventing major cities from requiring masks
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) August 11, 2021
16 cases of false addresses on voter registration forms out of 11 million votes in 2020 & Texas Republicans authorizing arrests of Texas Dems in order to make it harder to vote
BREAKING: In surprise move, Fort Worth school superintendent Kent Scribner says he is ordering use of masks when school starts next week. Defies order by Gov. Abbott and follows same move in Dallas and Houston https://t.co/YOuOMb0A2m
— ScottGordonNBC5 (@ScottGordonNBC5) August 11, 2021
Great graphic from @HoustonHealthGa illustrating why vaccination matters pic.twitter.com/LukZWXECH7
— Kavita Patel M.D. (@kavitapmd) August 11, 2021
All five major cities in Texas are now instituting mask mandates in schools, in open defiance of Governor Abbott.
— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) August 11, 2021
Houston, Austin, and Fort Worth are ignoring his ban, as well as San Antonio and Dallas, who are also suing him.
If he won’t keep kids safe, local leaders will.
A tangible measure of the impact of Abbott's strategy of systematically blocking diverse blue-trending big urban centers from responding to the pandemic, as part of his overall strategy of preempting them across many issues to mobilize GOP's non-urban base. https://t.co/bVH7LqfDdU
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) August 10, 2021
"It's tragically ironic he'd use his emergency powers from dealing with the emergency," San Antonio Mayor Nirenberg says on Texas Gov. Abbott's attempted ban on mask mandates. https://t.co/Wmn79S5Rlu
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 11, 2021
NEW from @texastribune: Texas — with a population of more than 29 million — is down to 329 available ICU beds statewide, the lowest point thus far in the pandemic https://t.co/eRRwE7F2om #txlege
— Evan Smith (@evanasmith) August 11, 2021
Sad! 