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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,839 posts)
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 09:29 PM Nov 2020

Texas, Florida and South Dakota governors refuse lockdowns as coronavirus resurges

The governors of Texas, Florida and South Dakota said they have no plans to shutdown their states as a new wave of coronavirus cases sweep the country.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in an interview that there won't be "any more lockdowns" in the state and he wants to focus on "working to heal those who have Covid" so they can leave the hospitals and get back to their normal routines, the Texas Tribune reported.

A spokesperson for the governor told NBC News on Wednesday that Abbott's plan to slow the spread of the virus will rely on "the data-driven hospitalization metrics used by doctors and medical experts."

As of Wednesday, Texas had over 1.1 million cases and 20,274 deaths related to coronavirus, according to data compiled by NBC News, and the state had seen a 47 percent increase in cases over the past 14 days.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-florida-and-south-dakota-governors-refuse-lockdowns-as-coronavirus-resurges/ar-BB1b8Wae?li=BBnb7Kz

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Texas, Florida and South Dakota governors refuse lockdowns as coronavirus resurges (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 OP
Texas today dweller Nov 2020 #1
People are going to have to lock themselves down in those states. roamer65 Nov 2020 #2
What in the world is stopping them? former9thward Nov 2020 #7
These governors are mentally sick. NCDem47 Nov 2020 #3
If I were a neighboring governor, I would seal the border. roamer65 Nov 2020 #4
If you are going to have a lockdown then no commerical traffic. former9thward Nov 2020 #8
TX and FLA are two if the highest infections. Of course they have very large populations. SD could captain queeg Nov 2020 #5
Trump-humping whores to the end Skittles Nov 2020 #6
What states have total lockdowns? former9thward Nov 2020 #9

former9thward

(31,963 posts)
8. If you are going to have a lockdown then no commerical traffic.
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 11:40 PM
Nov 2020

They would be the most suspect carriers as they travel the country.

captain queeg

(10,132 posts)
5. TX and FLA are two if the highest infections. Of course they have very large populations. SD could
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 10:04 PM
Nov 2020

be as bad on a per capita basis.

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