File-Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks at free COVID-19 testing provided by United Memorial Medical Center at the Mexican Consulate Sunday, June 28, 2020, in Houston. Top officials in Houston are calling for the city to lock back down as area hospitals strain to accommodate the onslaught of patients sick with the new coronavirus.
HOUSTON — Top officials in Houston are calling for the city to lock back down as area hospitals strain to accommodate the onslaught of patients sick with the new coronavirus. “Not only do we need a stay home order now, but we need to stick with it this time until the hospitalization curve comes down, not just flattens,” Hidalgo said on Twitter Sunday. “Many communities that persevered in that way are reopening for the long haul. Let’s learn from that & not make the same mistake twice.”for confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths linked to the disease.
The decision over a lockdown, however, rests with Republican Gov. Greg Abbott— who has resisted this step, saying it should be a last resort.
Total Coronavirus deaths in TRUE BLUE NEW YORK: 32,092 Population: 20M Total Coronavirus deaths in Texas: 3,331 Population: 29M
SalRi20 Which means NO PROTESTS OR RIOTS AHOLE!
McClain_on_NFL
It is time for all of Texas to immediately shut down everything! Stop the infection spreading now! Coronavirus COVID19
SenTedCruz has been waiting for this, I think it was his plan, that’s why he opened up so fast without control of Covid.
Naw stay open it’s ok
Lock it down ASAP
How many of these leader's are Democrat? I bet all the one's screaming for more lock downs are blue
rhonda_harbison remember when trump was hollering liberate Michigan when they were following his guidelines. Trump now AWOL.
Nah- all people who vote should identify as follows-Dems who know this is a real pandemic and not a liberal hoax to get NY and minorities welfare should wear a mask. Repubs who don’t need govt telling them what to do don’t wear masks. All our problems will be solved this way.
BlerdMommy If they are straining now, imagine how bad they'll be next week and beyond (that's already a given). Going to have to lock down hard and quickly every time the cases aren't closely approaching zero. Universal masks will help get there sooner.
Darwin is is in full effect in Texas!
Enough dead people is a shut down. But wait until the 'Open the State' protesters, protest to 'Close the State'
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absolutely. shut that shit down. FullyAgree
24.499 million people in Texas and that's all you got. Ask for the hospital ships. Wait it must Democrat driven BS.
Go ahead and vote for the orange virus again.
Where were they during the protest and riots? They didn’t call for the streets to be cleared then. Now they want to punish the business owners and employees
Who could have known that 'I'm over it' wasn't a viable solution to a global pandemic...
Now they want to lock down. Maybe you should have did that shit a while back and this wouldn’t of happend.
I'll say it. We told you so!!
kfdmnews The comment section is embarrassing. I’m embarrassed to be a Texan.
This is the most elaborate hoax the world has ever seen
Close done the state and get control of this virus. Abbott did this to Texas. He had followed trump wished from the beginning. Look what it has done to Texas.
McClain_on_NFL All of the top officials are Democratic hacks, taking marching orders from Pelosi. Not a one of them makes payroll and pays rent every week and month. The death rate is not up, except for people who can’t see their doctor due to being locked down. Screw top officials
LindseyTanner Those deaths are being mislabeled. StopTheLies StopTheFear
Hospitals are being falsely characterized as over capacity...Covid hospitalizations are being falsely recorded when people go in for regular procedures and are tested positive-but are asymptomatic. MSM will continue to drive the hysteria and hope we don’t check their facts.
Only 10% —15% of those patients are Covid. Border cities are most effected. These are high cases due to high testing while fatalities go down! Expand hospital space for the sick, protect the vulnerable. Open the Country! This is political BS VP
Hospitalized or freaked by media and crowding into every ER?
hmmmmmmm maybe florida's GOV. need to heed warnings as well
Everything is bigger in Texas. Ha, you still need to hold Florida’s beer.
'Top Officials'. Does that mean Fauci and Bill Gates?
But Texas.....I thought this was just a Democrat hoax!! 🙄
Anyone who believes in coronavirus needs to have their family and kids murdered.
The NWO destroying America with fake Covid-19 info...
This lockdown stuff is stupid shit. Vote every one out if you can. Lockdown for a year, open, it starts spreading again!! It's a virus, not hide-and-seek.
wdtnjohn Really we are all F'ed if antibodies continue to show a steep decline in a short period
The mayor who urged rioters to wear a mask and just take a break from crime due to Covid.
No, the most important thing to do is to stop eating meat. As Albert Einstein said, 'A clever man solve a problem. A wise man avoids it.'
Bubbles of chart are still getting bigger day by day.
Shit that fucker down!
8,196 new cases does not translate to 8,196 deaths. And we already know that 10,410 hospitalizations are not all Covid related. No more lockdowns. Life goes on.
Using terms that Texans can understand... The cattle have already left the barn. Closing the doors now will not improve your situation. You are fscked.
Let’s just let natural selection runs it’s coarse in Texas. Just don’t let them visit Colorado!
realDonaldTrump VP GovAbbott no plan. No direction. Noleadership. Just denial deflection like you did in February. DerelictionOfDuty
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LorrieHoffman62 Texas retreating.
Austin mayor also wants to shutdown, but being kept from doing so by trump sycophant GregAbbott_TX
You can’t claim ‘All Lives Matter’ and then ‘I won’t wear a mask!’ You can’t post pictures of POC without masks, and then say you’re not racist. It just doesn’t work that way. Your white privilege is killing us. TrumpPandemic
bc ALL lives matter!!
Thanks RepDanCrenshaw
for the love of pete! shut tx back down! 😡
Why keep blaming the federal government? You are adults right? If you think opening up is the problem, stay the fuck home. I see just as many liberals walking around as I do conservatives, so why blame the government? Ever heard of personal responsibility? Smdh
Gregorygabbard Few weeks too late Houston Most don't care, many want to catch & spread, like 'Survivor' plot to take out OLDER PLAYERS Result generation raised on steady diet of fake reality, cut-throat competition, human degradation Let MTV & Mark Burnett raise the kids Chickens home to loot
Great explanation of how COVID-19 is known to have 'Increased blood clotting.'
Kinda hate to see someone outed as a moron, but maybe GovAbbott will learn to govern at some point. GovRonDeSantis has no hope though, that’s some baked-in some kinda special there.
To late!
they have not locked down yet?when are TX & FL *ever* going to acknowledge reality? bizarre
And tedcruz is absent because he’s giving realDonaldTrump his daily massage.
Nahhhhhh...why now? Why not give it awhile longer so it'll clear up with the hot weather, like your governor and Trump believe. Don't be so hasty... Trump says the numbers are outstanding 'they're making tremendous progress.'
And at the same time BetsyDeVosED wants to subject our children, parents, grandparents & teachers to this...Her & realDonaldTrump really are crazy!
Just a tad bit too late for that doncha' think?!!!! :/
I’m guessing having large illegal populations crammed into their larger cities has zero effect on the spread of viruses.
Trump Genocide!
Fucking merica. All u had to do was follow what most other countries did. Nah, we doing it the merican way Meanwhile, we covid free here and having a great summer 🇨🇦 eastcoast
I thought Trump loves Texas so much, why isn't He doing more to save the people of Texas..........FORE!
6 weeks ago in Houston. The left has blood on their hands.
houston we have a problem
So the BLM protests had nothing to do with this? Was it all families on spring break? Thats a .14% mortality rate so far. So how does this justify shutting down and destroying your economy?
How much of this is due to Texas being a border state
SylvesterTurner is a joke. Expreading? Shut down vs request help from the realDonaldTrump Administration:Army Corps of Engineers and USNS Mercy and USNS Comfort hospitals? Stop being a politician and take the real steps for serving to Houstonians and most vulnerable people.
Locking down and opening up with no federal support or plan is just going to be an endless cycle.
Doubt it. Video or it didn’t happen. ;)
Yeah but we are way better than NY! Why be mean to me and make me sacrifice a god damn thing to save my neighbors?
Opening back up too early has only compounded the disruption to the U.S. economy, and it's citizens daily lives.
GovAbbott we are begging you to please do the right thing for our state. Our hospitals are at 80% capacity. Please!
Bus the sick to the governors mansion.
RepDanCrenshaw DanCrenshawTX GregAbbott_TX This is on you. RESIGN NOW
For those Texans who refuse to wear a mask...HOG TIE 'EM AND MAKE 'EM WEAR A COWCHIP MASK FOR A WEEK!!!😖😖😖😖😖
This country has zero chance of ever getting a lockdown again. Protesters and rioters in the streets I’m going to work!
Please don’t take my Freedumb away! Cause I don’t actually care about my fellow Americans and I’m proud we have now lost control of this virus. Gramma will be fine.
But hey that George Floyd funeral was the bomb!
Americans behave like spoiled brats. One way or another, a lockdown will be necessary. It doesn't matter how much people want to dance around & avoid it.
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Citizen journalists let us know what’s REALLY going on in Houston.
Imagine that, the scientists were right... The Facebook experts were wrong.. hm .. wonder why that is.
The Texas Medical Center's latest update shows that overall ICU numbers and Covid-19 ICU numbers have declined. TMC reports nearly 800 ICU beds currently available.
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Infiltration of more liberals in this state caused the spike.
Cause meets effect. Hope for the people to make the right moves.
God Have Mercy
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