State Attorney GeneralVillaseñor said his funeral homes will continue to follow guidelines and protocols of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention until there are real, tangible changes, includingVillaseñor said that after the bird flu epidemic in the early 2000s, he prepared for future pandemics by stocking up on protective equipment. By February 2020, he was already making plans for how to deal with potential Covid-19 deaths.
“I was like, how are we going to do this? This keeps coming more and more. It just didn’t stop,” he said. “We work seven days a week and long days to make sure everyone has a chance to have a meaningful service.” “A lot of times, families were very quiet about everything. At the very beginning, families were almost ashamed that it happened,” he said.
Villaseñor said keeping the Covid-19 practices in place are important because his funeral home is used largely by Latinos, who have been disproportionately affected by Covid-19.Austin Public Health
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