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this just in, no link yet. asshole abbott is "pausing" the openings... (Original Post) Javaman Jun 2020 OP
Let's hope the Texas voters remember this in 2022! leftieNanner Jun 2020 #1
Let's hope enough of them are still alive Shell_Seas Jun 2020 #7
Yep. Wellstone ruled Jun 2020 #2
Suspending elective surgeries in: LeftInTX Jun 2020 #3
where did you read this? nt Javaman Jun 2020 #4
It's on Google news etc: LeftInTX Jun 2020 #5
what a spineless piece of shit he is. Javaman Jun 2020 #6
No LeftInTX Jun 2020 #8
Fuck yourself, Abbott. Immediately. (nt) Paladin Jun 2020 #9

LeftInTX

(25,337 posts)
5. It's on Google news etc:
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 12:50 PM
Jun 2020

Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday morning that he will pause any further phases of reopening Texas and that he is once again putting a stop to elective surgeries to preserve bed space for coronavirus patients in certain counties.

Abbott's latest action does nothing to reverse any of the reopening phases he's already allowed for — meaning that bars, restaurants, malls, bowling alleys and other businesses are still allowed to remain open with some capacity limitations. “The last thing we want to do as a state is go backwards and close down businesses, " he wrote in a press release on Thursday, but the "pause will help our state corral the spread."

The latest ban on elective procedures only applies to Bexar, Dallas, Harris and Travis counties, four areas where the number of patients hospitalized with virus is quickly progressing.

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/25/texas-elective-surgeries-coronavirus-greg-abbott/

LeftInTX

(25,337 posts)
8. No
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 04:35 PM
Jun 2020

The pausing electives will help with hospital beds, but that's about it.

But it isn't fair to those who put the procedures off. One of the first things he did was open the elective procedures. Now the first thing he is closing are the procedures. Of course, it an can allocate resources quickly.

He really needs to shut down the bars, gyms and the eat in dining.

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