Texas was one of the first states to reopen businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic and now the state has become an epicenter of the pandemic in the United States. But according to Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, Texas is doing just fine and having lockdown will not help stop the spread of the disease.
Patrick appeared on Fox News this week to rant against Dr. Anthony Fauci.
“Locking down doesn’t work! If it did, those two states [California and New York] would be doing better than Texas. Fauci said today that he’s concerned about states like Texas that skipped over certain things. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about! We haven’t skipped over anything. The only thing I’m skipping over is listening to him. … He has been wrong every time on every issue. I don’t need his advice anymore.”
Meanwhile, Texas’s coronavirus cases have cruised to new records.
As Newsweek reports: “Texas reported its latest record-breaking daily increase in cases of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, with 6,975 new infections identified. The number surpassed Italy’s highest single-day jump in virus cases to date, which the nation’s health officials confirmed while it was still considered the pandemic’s global epicenter.”
Fauci, meanwhile, warned Congress on Tuesday: “The government’s top infectious disease expert said on Tuesday that the rate of new coronavirus infections could more than double to 100,000 a day if current outbreaks were not contained, warning that the virus’s march across the South and the West ‘puts the entire country at risk.’”
Patrick had also told Fox News in the earlier days of the pandemic that he was willing to die if it meant helping the economy.
Take a look at his remarks in the video clip below:
As COVID cases surge, TX Lt Gov Dan Patrick says he will no longer listen to Anthony Fauci: "I don't need his advice anymore" pic.twitter.com/8w6mdCpLhN
— Jason Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) July 1, 2020
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