SEE BELOW: Houston Mayor Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo s joint letter to the governor
In the wake of the announcement, Hidalgo called the governor s decision wishful thinking, and at worst, a cynical attempt to distract Texans from the failures of state oversight of our power grid. She said, in full: Taking away critical public health interventions that we know are working won t make our community safer, nor will it hasten our return to normalcy. Quite the opposite, every time public health measures have been pulled back, we ve seen a spike in hospitalizations. If we start the climb now, we d be starting from the highest starting point ever when it comes to our hospital population, an unacceptable and dangerous proposition. With the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines, we re inching closer to the finish line of this pandemic - now is not the time to reverse the gains we ve worked so hard to achieve. At best, today s decision is wishful thinking. At worst, it is a cynica
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Coronavirus Texas: Houston Mayor Turner and Harris Co Judge plead with Gov Abbott to keep mandates
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