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`Abbott has repeated that warning multiple times in local television interviews this week.
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`Gov. Greg Abbott gives an update on Texas hospital bed capacity and the state's strategy for fighting COVID-19 during a press
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`With Texas continuing to break records for new coronavirus deaths and
`hospitalizations this week, Gov. Greg Abbott reiterated Friday afternoon that
`things will continue to get worse. And if people keep flouting his new statewide
`mask mandate, he said, the next step could be another economic lockdown.
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`“Things will get worse, and let me explain why,” he told KLBK TV in Lubbock. “The
`deaths that we’re seeing announced today and yesterday — which are now over 100
`— those are people who likely contracted COVID-19 in late May.
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`“The worst is yet to come as we work our way through that massive increase in
`people testing positive.”
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`Texans will also likely see an increase in cases next week, Abbott said, and people
`abiding by his face mask requirement might be the only thing standing between
`businesses remaining open and another shutdown.
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`“The public needs to understand this was a very tough decision for me to make,”
`Abbott told KLBK of his face mask mandate. “I made clear that I made this tough
`decision for one reason: It was our last best effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.
`If we do not slow the spread of COVID-19 … the next step would have to be a
`lockdown.”
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`Abbott has pushed that message repeatedly in television interviews this week. But
`he emphasized Friday that another shutdown was not imminent and he pointed to
`steps he has taken so far to scale back reopening in an effort to curb the spread of
`the coronavirus, including the mask order and a requirement that bars, once again,
`close their doors. He has also tightened restaurant capacity limits.
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`Texas reported 100 more coronavirus deaths on Thursday, another record.
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`In three live television appearances Friday afternoon, Abbott acknowledged that
`his mask order — that Texans in counties with more than 20 cases wear masks in
`public — was neither popular nor convenient, but said it was important for
`everyone to join in the effort. His plea to Texans comes as nearly 80 Texas counties
`have opted out of the order order, while others are refusing to enforce it.
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`“It’s disappointing,” Abbott told CBS Tyler of government entities who defy his
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`“I realize that a murderer or rapist or robber is far more serious to concentrate on.
`However, I know this also: If we do not all join together and unite in this one cause
`for a short period of time of adopting the masks, it will lead to the necessity of
`having to close Texas back down,” he said. “That should be the last thing that any
`government wants.”
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`As of Thursday afternoon, 2,918 Texans had died of COVID-19. The state also
`reported nearly another 10,000 new cases of the disease.
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`Nearly 9,700 people were in Texas hospitals on Thursday, too, the highest number
`since the pandemic began.
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`With cases of the virus and related hospitalizations rising at alarming rates, Abbott
`expanded his ban on elective medical procedures Thursday to cover more than 100
`counties across much of the state. On Friday afternoon, he also extended his
`disaster declaration for all Texas counties in response to COVID-19.
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`“If we can get people across the state … to wear face masks, we will be able to keep
`the state open,” Abbott said in an interview with KSAT. “We will be able to reduce
`hospitalizations. But if this is not encouraged, if people do not adopt the best
`practice of wearing a face covering, it will lead to an increase in this rapid spread of
`COVID-19.”
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`In a statement following Abbott’s interviews, the Texas Democratic Party said any
`further shutdowns would be Abbott’s fault.
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`“By reopening Texas prematurely, Abbott put all of us at risk for rising cases and a
`second shutdown,” said spokesman Abhi Rahman. “That’s exactly what has
`happened so far. Abbott’s mismanagement of the coronavirus crisis has made
`Texas one of the most dangerous states to live in, completely tanked our economy,
`and shown the entire world just how incompetent Trump and Abbott are.”
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