Houston, Dallas County mask mandates could be deemed state violation by Texas officials

The resurgence of COVID-19 in Texas has put some cities' health systems in dire circumstances, as intensive care unit beds fill up, officials say.

In south Texas, Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales this week said hospitals in Corpus Christi, Victoria, Kingsville and Beeville were limited in their ability to handle the latest COVID-19 surge of patients due to a shortage of nurses. San Antonio is also facing a similar nursing shortage amid a spike in patients.

Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, said during a news conference Tuesday he was worried that the return this month of Texas children to classrooms could make the situation worse in the state. Hotez asked officials to help students get through the school year safely with the help of social distancing, masks and vaccines.

"If we don't do that, it's really hard to imagine how things go well," he said."You've got delta accelerating, low vaccination rates among adolescents, young adults, no ability to enforce mask mandates. What makes people think this is going to go well?"

How many hospitals in Texas? 560ish.....That's like 12 per facility.

So 0.00002 % of the population of Texas. Ok got it

i hope their governor or anyone else doesnt have any urgent hospital needs....i doubt they could find him a bed there now.

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