'I'm pretty much fighting two wars,' Dr. Joseph Varon told NBC News in Houston. 'A war against COVID and a war against stupidity.
Our live blog is being updated throughout the day. Refresh for the latest news, and get updates in your inboxTexas, battling a spike in coronavirus cases, set a state record for deaths in a week with 1,875. At least one top physician in the state is upset by the public's unwillingness to wear masks, practice social distancing and otherwise join the battle to halt the pandemic.in Houston. "A war against COVID and a war against stupidity.
"The thing that annoys me the most is that we keep on doing our best to save these people, and then we get another batch of people who are doing exactly what we are telling them not to do," Varon said.Three states set weekly records for new cases while eight states had a record number of deaths in a week, aof Johns Hopkins data through late Saturday shows. New case records were set in Alaska, Hawaii and Tennessee, and also Puerto Rico.
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