Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says "there is no shutdown coming" as coronavirus cases surge

[Julian English]

Source: Texas Tribune

As the number of new coronavirus cases in Texas continues to rise and hospitals grow more crowded, Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday there is no statewide shutdown looming.

Abbott said last week that if the spread of the virus didn't slow that "the next step would have to be a lockdown." But in a television interview Thursday he said that there have been rumors of such a move, and stressed that they were not true.

“Let me tell you, there is no shutdown coming,” he told KRIV.

Abbott pointed to measures he’s taken in recent weeks, including a statewide mask mandate and an order shutting down bars, to slow the spread of the virus. It will take a few weeks to see a reversal in coronavirus case surges, he said.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/16/texas-shutdown-greg-abbott/

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Abbott is doing his part to help kill people. This is one reason why Texas is in play.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Bring out your dead!

Sounds to me like insufficient medical personnel and insufficient mortuary personnel will be the first problems.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. IOW

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Yup, Medieval Times coming to Texas

Thanks for the reminder of where that came from, saw it long ago and forgot

[BumRushDaShow]

15. "...Holy Grail" is one of their finest

and most meme-inducing.

Another analogous scene for Abbott's handling of this -

[bucolic_frolic]

16. The Abbott Rabbit?

For sure!

[BumRushDaShow]

17. He fancies himself as this (from the same film)

(dumbasses like him, DeSantis and Kemp will fight to the bitter end)

[Thomas Hurt]

2. Ideology over science to own the libs. This is what the christofascists call common sense

[Skittles]

3. I guess he got the message while humping Trump

he had just indicated that further shutdowns may be necessary

[yaesu]

4. he might not shut it down but covid will. nt

[SheltieLover]

5. Well stated!

These people need to learn to respect Nature & science!

[Dustlawyer]

6. We need to stop the f'in propaganda TPTB used to brainwash their cult members!

Abbott is being attacked by the left for not shutting down, but the right has censured him just for requiring mask during a pandemic! Of course he goes with the right to keep his supporters who blindly follow what their RW media and Trump instruct. We are killing men, women, and children because the programmed idiots were told to believe the virus is not really real and masks are for libs.

He also won’t shut down because big donors told him no. We need campaign finance reform to end legal bribery of our politicians.

I am finding it hard to believe I am not just having a nightmare. Everything is so surreal and unbelievable it is like a Twilight Zone episode!

[bbernardini]

7. Narrator: "A shutdown was coming." nt

[Kablooie]

10. Sounds like Trump gave him a call.

"What's more important to you Greg? The lives of Texans or stroking my ego?"

[LudwigPastorius]

11. 10,243 new cases, and 134 new deaths, today...

Abbott, you are one meatheaded motherfucker.

[elias7]

12. Unconscionable

The economy will recover, dead and disabled people won’t.

Never thought I would see this in America...

I remember how Obama fought tooth and nail to get a mere $75 billion stimulus, but Republicans were happy to see him flounder. What a bunch of sociopathic A-holes.

[Tommymac]

13. This is a becoming a B Rated Drive In Horror Flick

These tRumpers are frigging nuts.

I have to keep pinching myself to make sure I am awake. If I see a tweet from Vincent Price I am going to lose it.

[duforsure]

14. He and trump are turning Texas blue.

Every day they keep promoting no mask , and refuse to use all precautions and policies to stop the spreading of this virus. Both will ever win an election again. This virus is kicking their asses now.

[JudyM]

18. Drown his butt in a blue wave.

[Javaman]

19. asshole abbott never disappoints. nt