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Do you think red states like Texas are more likely to be gullible and blindly follow Trump. Like downplaying the virus and calling it a hoax? - Results (14 votes)
With COVID-19 cases rising in Texas, the mayors of nine cities penned a letter to Texans with an urgent request: dont let your guard down with the virus.
In a three-page letter released Thursday afternoon, the mayors asked everyone to say vigilant and do the simple things to combat the coronavirus: social distance, wash your hands and wear a face covering in public.
Its a message, they admit, that this long into the pandemic can easily get lost or be ignored. But it's one, they said, all Texans must continue to practice.
The virus is here. Infections are rising. Hospital capacity is filling up, the mayors wrote. This isnt meant to scare you, but it is meant to be very honest. The virus doesnt leave just because our collective urgency has gone away.
The letter was written by Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, Joe Zimmerman of Sugar Land, Pete Saenz of Laredo, Jeff Williams of Arlington, Steve Adler of Austin, Ron Jensen of Grand Prairie, Ron Nirenberg of San Antonio, Dee Margo of El Paso and Dan Pope of Lubbock.
In Texas, there are more than 1.5 million COVID-19 cases as of Thursday afternoon, including 2,100 deaths. There have been an estimated 63,000 recoveries. In Houston alone, there are nearly 11,000 cases, including 175 deaths.
Six of those deaths came Thursday as the city has seen a spike in fatalities since Texas began reopening in May.
If we want the economy to open fully and stay open, if we want to send our kids back to school from pre-k to college, if we want to watch and play sports with people in the stands, if we want to attend cultural arts events like concerts and theatre, if we want banquets and parades in the fall, if we want our lives back as Texans, we need to take this seriously, they wrote.
