Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has requested resources for federally-supported COVID-19 testing locations, medical personnel, as well as additional federal allocations of monoclonal antibodies.
"Detecting COVID-19 and preventing COVID-related hospitalizations are critical to our fight against this virus," Abbott said in a press release Friday. Texas has seen more than 104,000 confirmed COVID cases in the past week, with a 22.30% testing positivity rate, according to Johns Hopkins University's Coronaivrus Research Center. The center also reports that the state has a 58.45% vaccination rate.The United States has recorded 2.2 million confirmed COVID-19 cases over the last week, setting a grim record as the highest number of cases confirmed in one week.
The previous record was set just a few days earlier from Dec. 22 to Dec. 29, when the U.S. confirmed 1.9 million COVID-19 cases. Before that, the previous record totaled 1.75 million cases from Jan. 5 to Jan. 11 at the start of 2021.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
johnbrownstein What if a new variant comes along? We are not prepared. It’s a possibility! Not one I want to think about but, we can’t rule it out. We should be prepared.
johnbrownstein hope WHO employs hyperbole in picking up the scary word of 'tsunami' !
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johnbrownstein WERE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!!!!!!
johnbrownstein Post better news, we're tired of seeing fake news
johnbrownstein it’s a pandemic of failed leadership worldwide
Absolutely not, keep this toxic crap away from our kids.
Have you heard anything about the vaccine for kids under 5? I read that Pfizer won’t be ready until later this year but haven’t seen anything about Moderna. Any info would be great—parents of kids in this age group feel forgotten; the media never talks about the vax for under 5.
Regardless of how safe the COVID vaccines are on an absolute basis (very safe), they are still orders of magnitude safer than being unvaccinated against a highly contagious disease that if it doesn't kill you can leave you permanently disabled with long term symptoms
Put all Measures in place and pray 🙏
Really? What’s the long term diagnosis for this new type of vaccine? Stop the madness in out kids.
Cue all the antivax geniuses that believe their 20 min research of fringe conspiracy sites is equivalent to a degree.
The vaccine injured my wife... We are still trying to sort it out
لا يوجد منطق ولا قانون يقبل مايفعلونة بنا
If you are trying to encourage a vision of the future where children are constantly masked and in line for new vaccines... it's not going to work. Just to be clear, I am not one who blindly follows frauds like Malone.
مايقومون به هو عبث
نحن لانفهم لماذا يصرخون ويهددون ويتحرشون يوميا ماذا سيستفيدون من ذالك
You unvaccinated are endangering our kids.
Yes vaccinations are safe but not necessary my 9year old just got over Covid 19 see had flu like symptoms and temperature of 101. A little of children Tylenol and she was fine within a few days . All she had was sore throat and loss of appetite.
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I just don’t understand why you people keep trying to pimp out this flu shot. Seriously… Just stop already.
It's 2022, are y'all still talking about COVID?
Still Unvaxxed still healthy. FreshAir, and excercise will help you fight Omicron GoOutside !!! GETOutThere!!! Frozen fresh air is GREAT!!! We are Canadian !!!
johnbrownstein Let’s not focus on cases, it’s the wrong metric. Do we measure cases of the flu Need to focus on ICUs and deaths. Can’t spend 2022 in fear and lockdowns, it’s unsustainable.
johnbrownstein Stop it!
johnbrownstein Brandon really has a handle on that pesky virus. He’s failed miserably as has Fauci. Omicron is not killing people anywhere close to the fear being instilled in the public by them and the media.
The fed gov will give their people help and stupid Abbott will try to take the credit.wont thank the Biden administration.
Why? He helped spread the disease with his speeches…Remember?
Weekly Testing
Meanwhile there is 100,000 people watching a football game in Dallas and not one mask in sight. I'm not saying stop living but there needs to be some precautions, right.
where is elonmusk and joerogan to save the day you gubment mooches!
Is the governor of Texas asking the man in the white that he hates for help? I would love to hear him say this on the television
Just like a Republican politician, don't want to do a damn thing to help stop the pandemic. But when it gets overwhelming, they sure want that government help.
TheView What? You mean he finally believes Covid is real? After refusing to allow businesses to require masks in order to protect themselves? And now he wants federal help?
Why do these Republican Governors run down the President at every opportunity and still run to him, hat in hand, when they need something? Talk about being 2-Faced!
Not unless you hold a press conference to encourage your base of Texans to get effin’ VACCINATED! NOW! And cut that lone-star lunacy shit. It’s killing Chicago he dumbasses who voted for you.
NOW he decides to look after his state? i guess no one cared about his imaginary border crisis to deflect his failures
We don't need a federal government until I need the federal government GOP.
😂does anyone else find this funny ?
Get to the back if the line buddy. Start doing your part the slown down this pandemic and then maybe, just maybe, the feds can help. That's my money you want.
Let them secede and do it on their own like they preach. Hypocrites
Does he want it before or after Texas leaves the union
Hypocrisy incarnate
Wow. Texas and Florida are now begging for virus test kits and locations. Those two governors said in so many words that they didn’t need help from the federal government. What they were suggesting was better.
I thought TX was seceding?
TheView My my isn’t this interesting!!
All the while discouraging vaccines 😡
Maybe people should start wearing masks?
Greg Abbott is desperate. Has he run out of Invermectin?
Lmao
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