Houston Weighs New Lockdown, Sees ‘Precipice of Disaster’

[Afro]

Houston Weighs New Lockdown, Sees ‘Precipice of Disaster’

The warnings of a worsening outbreak reinforced alarms sounded by national health officials over the risk of a second wave of infections beyond the initial U.S. hot spots led by New York and New Jersey. Texas has been among the states pushing hardest to ease lockdowns imposed during the first wave of a disease that has killed more than 113,000 Americans.

However, any plan to reinstate local lockdowns may hold little legal authority after Governor Greg Abbott issued executive orders to reopen the state that superceded county and municipal directives, Hidalgo’s spokesman, Rafael Lemaitre, said in an email.

“Hidalgo believes the state is moving too fast to reopen,” Lemaitre wrote just hours after the announcement.

Death Toll
Harris County, which encompasses Houston and adjacent suburbs, has recorded 15,552 cases, almost one-fifth of the 81,583 statewide total, according to state health department data released Thursday.

Fatalities, however, remain small compared to so-called hot spots in other parts of the U.S. Harris County’s cumulative death toll of 267 is only about a third of what New York state was amassing during the darkest days of the outbreak.

In Texas, conditions are actually worse in Dallas County, a jurisdiction with 2 million fewer residents than Harris County that’s had 2.6% more deaths, according to the state health department figures.

 

[Chrishaune]

We know what happens when men and women come outside after been in the house a long time.

 

[Afro]

We know what happens when men and women come outside after been in the house a long time.

They go back inside

 

[Just like bruddas]

I was watching Chris Jones, russwole and a lot of those YouTube fitness channels in Texas and they out there like it never existed.

Chris got the lil baby in the restaurant with no one having a mask on. shyt is wild. Hope Texas start tighting shyt back up before it gets out of hand even more.

 

[humminbird]

this is such a stupid game the republicans are playing
what happened to some things are more important than living?
what happened to let us work?
what happened to we need to sacrifice old people for the economy?

the minute BLM started protesting the coronavirus became an issue in these stupid southerner's heads

 

[TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?]

Few people rocking masks outchea

 

[Michael's Black Son]

Rona 2: Judgment Day

In theaters August 1st

 

[The Fade]

yall nikkas ready?

 

[...o3]

...my mom's not in h-town but in the dallas area. she's high risk and i told her stay in the house no matter what the idiot governor says or else....so don't make me come down there with my belt.

 

[I Really Mean It]

I was watching Chris Jones, russwole and a lot of those YouTube fitness channels in Texas and they out there like it never existed.

Chris got the lil baby in the restaurant with no one having a mask on. shyt is wild. Hope Texas start tighting shyt back up before it gets out of hand even more.

Most of those fitness channels are ran by alt-right cacs. You shouldn't be giving them your views.

 

[FaTaL]

We all saw this coming

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

Doesn’t help..
It’s hurricane season..
August/September is right around the corner..
Htown posters..
Be safe in these streets..
Fukkery is afoot for us..

 

[FaTaL]

Doesn’t help..
It’s hurricane season..
August/September is right around the corner..
Htown posters..
Be safe in these streets..
Fukkery is afoot for us..

This fall is going to be straight fukery

 

[Ironman]

Like we didn't see that coming

 

[the bossman]

I was watching Chris Jones, russwole and a lot of those YouTube fitness channels in Texas and they out there like it never existed.

Chris got the lil baby in the restaurant with no one having a mask on. shyt is wild. Hope Texas start tighting shyt back up before it gets out of hand even more.

yall nikkas ready?

Trump said, “I just want to make something clear. It’s very important. Vaccine or no vaccine, we’re back.