Tag: covid-19
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Governor Abbott Should Allow Mask Enforcement
Today during his press conference discussing the latest in the State of Texas regarding COVID-19, Governor Abbott repeated that he will not mandate nor allow local governments to mandate mask wearing. Per the Governor’s executive orders, while the Texas Government Code 418.173 allows for fines of up to $1,000 or a year in jail for…
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COVID in Austin Update (June 15)
The good news for today is the daily numbers aren’t worse than the weekend. 119 new cases today, which seems to be our new normal now. 23 new hospitalizations, so we’ll stay in Stage 4. Our 7-day average is 22.6. The 142 currently hospitalized is a record high. We’re stable with 52 people in the…
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COVID in Austin Update (June 14)
The good news is our death rate remains relatively low and stable. Our 7-day average for deaths is an even 1, which is middle of the road over the last few months. We’ve stayed under 1 for long periods of time, but also been as high as 2.4. The bad news is, well, the rest…
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COVID in Austin Update (June 13)
It’s a Saturday and weekend days have traditionally been “better” as results tend to back up to spike early in the week. Austin saw 147 new cases reported today, which is the all-time second highest after Tuesday’s 161. On the hospitalization front, better news both in number of those hospitalized dipped from 134 yesterday to…
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Covid in Austin Update (June 12)
I’ve been commenting on Austin’s daily report on Twitter; moving that to my site. To catch up, this has been a week. We’re just far enough out from Memorial Day and the increased re-openings to see the impact from the additional human interaction. This week, we saw new cases reported at relatively high numbers. Prior…
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Palm Sunday
A Palm Sunday liturgy to use at home.