.MaddowBlog: Gov. Abbott is pleading for out-of-state assistance as Texas hospitals struggle to keep up. On the other hand, he won't budge on mask policies.
yesterday, asking out-of-state medical professionals to help serve in Texas hospitals, which are struggling to keep up with the intensifying conditions.postpone all elective medical procedures
, in order to better direct resources to the COVID-19 crisis. The same day, as the Associated Press reported, the Republican"directed the state health department and the Texas Division of Emergency Management to open additional COVID-19 antibody infusion centers to treat patients." These are, of course, the kind of actions one would expect from a governor who recognizes the scope and scale of a public-health emergency. But in Texas, there's a flip-side to the story -- because while Abbott is scrambling to deal with rising infections, he remainsThe governor is taking action short of lifting his emergency order banning county and local government entities from requiring the wearing of masks and social distancing to lower the COVID-19 risk.
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