>> Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced yesterday that residents in the counties that are home to Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio must wear masks whenever they visit any business establishment. His new order
It’s a Harris County/not Houston decree. What power does the governor have to enforce this? And previously the county had tried to enforce it on citizens, now the county commissioner just fines businesses if their customers do not comply.
Her fine is $1000. This from a woman who paid staff $2500 a day so to her it is no big whoop.
All you have to do is look at the number of deaths. I believe 41 people died of COVID-19 in TX yesterday. It’s a big state. People need to get a grip. It’s not like the virus is ravaging the state.
disappointing
Businesses not individuals will be fined? Expect confusion and over zealous exchanges when untrained door monitors enforce their supervisors’s mandate.
Law suits and assaults expected here.
That's very misleading.
Of course they'll count as a Covid case if they test positive. as they should.
The problem is the hospital won't admit them for non-emergency procedures if they test positive, so the hospital won't get the federal Covid money and the they'll lose whatever revenue they were going to get from the procedure.
Covid cases not requiring hospitalization, which is probably more than 90%, only hurt the hospitals.
Just had a conversation with a nurse who works daily with COVID patients. She says paper masks are worthless. Either keep 6 feet distance without a mask or wear a hospital grade mask and visor and gloves. She views paper masks (let alone bandanas) as totally worthless and says the doctors tell her the same thing.
Masks just make people feel good, like they are “doing something”. They give false confidence. But people vote based on false confidence.....
From Fox 26 this morning.
According to the order issued Friday, bars and similar establishments that receive more than 51% of their gross receipts from the sale of alcoholic beverages are required to close at noon Friday. Delivery and to-go service can continue, as authorized by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
Restaurants, which were previously allowed to operate at 75 percent capacity, must scale back to 50 percent of the total listed indoor occupancy beginning Monday, June 29.
Rafting and tubing businesses have been ordered to close.
Outdoor gatherings of 100 people or more must be approved by local government, with certain exceptions.
Disappointing.
If all this is true, then why did Baylor Health lay off 1200 people, including my doctor? Sounds like BS to me!
I am just not sure if so many people could be involved in such a huge hoax and no one blows the whistle.