SPROARLT %
PRECEDENT. ,
,%
>>> I WILL SAY THIS IS BY FAR %
THE LEAST BUSY IT HAS BEEN.
PART OF THE REASON IS THE FACT %
THAT SOME OFFICIALS THINK %
BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN IT FOR % WHILE OR IT HAS TAKEN DAYS OR A
WHILE OR IT HAS TAKEN DAYS OR A
WEEK.
INSTEAD OF THE RECOMMENDED
PROCEDURE THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY %
SYMPTOMS AT ALL, YOU MAY BE
POTENTIALLY EXPOSED, YOU ARE %
SUPPOSED TO GET TESTED. %
THERE’S BEEN A REPORT THAT %
THERE ARE 100,000 TESTS IN % TEXAS THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN
TEXAS THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN GONE THROUGH.
GONE THROUGH.
BUT FIRSTHAND REPORTING HERE.
DO YOU HAVE TO SAY THERE ARE %
PEOPLE AT THE RAPID TESTING %
SITE WHERE YOU ARE. %
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM FOLKS
WHO ARE SHOWING UP THERE? %
>> WELL, PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO
BE BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY. %
THE NUMBERS HERE IN TEXAS ARE %
-- LONG HAD UNFORTUNATELY,
TEXAS IS ABOUT TO BREAK AN %
UNFORTUNATE MILE MARKER IN THE %
FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19. %
THAT IS CLOSE, 10,000 PEOPLE. %
KEEP IN MIND, WE HAVE MORE THAN
HALF 1 MILLION PEOPLE HERE IN %
TESTED WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE.
MAJOR AREAS LIKE DALLAS AND %
HOUSTON, IT IS DO A HORRIBLE.
ALISON?
>> YEAH, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT %
WHAT IS GOING ON. %
THIS PANDEMIC IS HITTING THAT %
AREA HARD. %
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING TEXAS OR
RURAL COUNTIES?
>> IT IS A COMBINATION OF %
THINGS. %
YOU HAVE TEXAS INCREDIBLY FAST %
BUT THERE ARE JUST A TINY %
HANDLE OF COUNTIES THAT HAVE %
FEW CASES THERE THAT HAVE BEEN %
LOCATED IN THE PANHANDLE, WAS %
TEXAS. %
WE DO HAVE SMALL COMMUNITIES %
THERE, PARTICULARLY RURAL SOUTH
TEXAS.
THAT IS WHERE WE SEE THE ALBUMS.
YOU HAVE THAT LOWER INCOME %
FAMILIES. %
YOU HAVE RESOURCES.
ONCE THE VIRUS GETS HOLD, IT %
MAKES IT HARD TO CONTAIN WITHIN
THOSE AREAS. % WE REPORTED ON THAT BEFORE.
WE REPORTED ON THAT BEFORE.
INSIDE AND THAT REGION, ON TOP %
OF THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE, YOU %
KNOW, CHILDREN, PARENTS AND %
GRANDPARENTS ALL LIVING IN THE
HOUSE HOLD. %
IN RURAL COMMUNITIES, NOTE THAT
THE RESOURCES HAVE BEEN
DEPLOYED TO TRY TO HELP THE %
SITUATION. %
GOVERNOR MURPHY HAD EXTENDED %
THAT DISASTER %
DECLARATION TO %
MAKE IT EASIER
TO GET RESOURCES %
TO HARD-HIT %
COUNTIES. %
RIGHT NOW, IT IS %
STILL A LONG %
ROAD AHEAD.
DOCTORS AND THEY %
ARE TRYING TO DO %
WHAT THEY CAN %
WITH WHAT THEY %
HAVE POTENTIALLY %
IN COVID-19.
ALISON?
>> MORGAN, I %
KNOW YOU HAVE
BEEN IN TOUCH %
WITH HEALTH
EXPERTS THERE. %
WHAT ARE THEY
TELLING YOU?
>> Reporter: IT
IS TOUGH.
THEY KEEP %
WANTING TO SEE A %
LIGHT AT THE END %
OF THE TUNNEL.
I HAVE SPOKE
WITH HIM ON %
NUMEROUS %
ACCOUNTS BEFORE. %
HEY, IS THE %
COUNTY HEALTH %
AUTHORITY.
AND WHAT IS %
INTERESTING IS %
THAT WHENEVER WE %
WERE THING, NEW %
YORK CITY, %
LOCKED DOWN
COMPLETELY WITH
THE PANDEMIC %
RAISING HAVOC IN
THAT AREA.
THEY REALLY %
THOUGHT THAT %
THEY WERE OUT OF %
THE WOODS. %
IN SOUTH TEXAS. %
BUT IT WAS NOT %
UNTIL THE TEXAS %
OPEN BACK UP IN %
LATE MAY THAT %
LATEST NUMBER %
STARTED TO -- %
AND IN THAT PART %
OF THE STATE, %
WOULD HAVE BEEN %
MOMENTS WHERE %
THEY HAVE BEEN %
NOT AS BAD, IT %
IS STILL BRUTAL. %
AND WE HAD A %
CHANCE TO SEE %
MOST RECENTLY,
YOU HAVE -- TAKE %
A LISTEN. %
>> THE HARD PART %
OF THE WORLD.
WE HAVE HOT %
SPOTS.
THERE ARE TWO %
OPTIONS.
WE RUN OUT OF
PEOPLE THAT DIE,
THE AUTHORITY.
THE OTHER THING, %
WHICH IS WHAT
OUR MISSION IS %
ON, AS OF %
FEBRUARY, LOOKS %
AT THE VACCINE.
>> Reporter:
DOCTORS TOLD ME %
A STORY ABOUT %
THE HOSPITAL. %
I WAS PLANNING ON
GOING HOME. %
HE RECEIVED A %
PHONE CALL FROM %
A FUNERAL %
DIRECTOR AND HIS %
SMALL COMMUNITY %
THERE. %
AS HE DESCRIBED %
HAVING AN %
EMOTIONAL %
BREAKDOWN. %
HE DROVE OVER TO
THAT BUSINESS
AND THERE WAS %
ONE MAN 90 BODIES
THAT HAD ALL
SUCCUMBED TO %
COVID-19.
AND HE SAYS THAT %
IS THE REALITY
THAT THEY FACE %
IN THAT AREA AND %
THAT IS WHY THEY
ARE DOING IT AS %
MUCH AS THEY %
CAN. %
THEY DO HAVE %
SEVERAL FEDERAL %
MEDICAL TEAMS %
THAT HAVE BEEN %
DEPLOYED TO %
SOUTH TEXAS TO %
TRY AND HELP UP. %
BUT THE ODDS ARE %
DEFINITELY %
STACKED AGAINST %
THEM, EVEN AT %
THIS HOUR.
ALISON? %
>> QUITE A SIGHT %
THERE.
