Texas deploys 2,500 out-of-state medical workers to fight Covid
Hospitals in Texas are suspending elective procedures and turning to 2,500 medical workers from other states to help combat a
surge in Covid cases as increasingly younger and healthier patients who didn’t get vaccinated against the virus crowd treatment floors. The state is bracing for what could be its most aggressive fight against the coronavirus yet as the delta variant rips across the country and hits states with low vaccination rates and relaxed public health measures.
Covid cases in the Texas have exploded in the last few weeks. Texas is averaging about
15,419 new cases per day as of Wednesday, up 34% from a week ago ... “What’s concerning about the trajectory is that we’re seeing a much more rapid increase in the number of cases,” said Dr. Trish Perl ... “We are seeing unvaccinated people that are younger as opposed to earlier in the pandemic when we saw a lot of hospitalizations over 65,” Perl said.
The surge in cases comes as Republican Gov. Greg Abbott wages war against local school and government officials who have reinstituted mask mandates, threatening $1,000 fines against municipalities and officials who defy him. He first banned local mask mandates in a May 18 executive order, then issued a second order July 29 levying fines against any county, city, school district, health agency, or government official who disobeys his directive. The second order also prohibited all public and private entities, government agencies, from requiring individuals to get vaccinated or submit proof of vaccination.
In a joint press release with Republican State Attorney General Ken Paxton,
Gov. Abbott said they are relying on personal responsibility and protecting “the rights and freedoms of all Texans.”
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