Texas Democratic Party Executive Director Manny Garcia What Texas Republicans say in public yet again doesn’t match what they say in private. Republicans are putting our families’ lives at risk so their billionaire donors can get richer. Governor Abbott finally admitted that prematurely opening Texas is going to lead to more cases and more deaths. Texas Democratic Party Executive Director Manny Garcia said in a statement: 'Republicans are not here to protect you or your family. In a media briefing Tuesday he said the trend in more recoveries than active cases was going for the fourth day in a row. And that's what we're looking to achieve.'Ībbott has focused on having a thousand more people recovered than active cases. 'If we can continue to achieve that, that means that we have COVID-19 under the control that we need. 'This may come up in answer to a future question, but the main thing that we look for-and this is the primary number that I've seen doctors and epidemiologists use-is that what we want to see is a reduction in the percentage of people who test positive. 'These are strategies that have been proven effective in the state of Texas for the past month and a half. ![]() 'The goal is to reopen using strategies that are proven strategies that can continue to contain the spread of COVID-19,' Abbott explained. Protesters called for an end to the lockdown outside the Texas State Capital building on April 18 in Austin Next Friday gyms can reopen.ĭespite earlier stating that the actual infection rate is likely to increase, Abbott stated that his priority was to see a decrease in the number of people who test positive. Texas shutdown March 20 and from Friday Abbott will allow beauty salons to reopen. And even when you have an immunization come out, there will be a transmission rate for COVID-19.' He added: 'There's always going to be, with a rapidly transmittable disease like this, there will always be a level of transmission. 'The goal never has been to get transmission down to zero and never can be to keep transmission down to zero.' 'The more that you have people out there, the greater the possibility is for transmission,' Abbott continued. In the recording Abbott goes on to admit that he is not aiming to eradicate the virus in the state and knows that allowing people to gather again will cause the infection rate to spike. The authenticity of the conversation, first reported by The Quorum Report, with members of the state legislature and Congress was confirmed by the governor's spokesperson. Greg Abbott eased restrictions on many businesses Texas' stay-at-home orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic expired and Texas Gov. Malls reopened Tuesday with increased health and safety measures in place.
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