Texas family lost loved one to COVID-19 while rules remain lax
Even though defiance of Texas' mask mandate is easy to find here. When Riggs checked into the hospital, a morgue trailer big enough to stack 24 bodies had just arrived out back. A medical field tent sprung up in the parking lot while doctors moved the 67-year-old college professor to a ventilator. He died in an intensive care unit that has been full for weeks and is the largest within roughly 15,000 square miles of pumpjacks and cattle pastures, bigger than Maryland. Officers responded to three of the calls about face coverings, which have been required since June. No citations were issued.