A young Texas Latina county leader is fending off political backlash for her tough COVID-19 measures. 'People are trying to knock me off my game…I can't let them do that for the sake of the community.” - NBCLatino
Harris County leads the state with more than 9,800 coronavirus cases and 207 deaths as of Thursday. But the numbers are smaller proportionally than in any other places because its population is about 4.7 million people — about the same as North Carolina's., from a rosy January forecast of over 47,000 new jobs in Houston to a projected loss of over 83,000 by the end of the year.
That included spending an estimated $17 million to build a medical shelter for 250 patients in case hospitals became overwhelmed. By April 24, when the overflow hadn't happened, the shelter was shut down. The county will seek federal reimbursement for 75 percent of its costs. Plan A was to do the same, but there weren't enough swabs and reagents for full testing. The county went to Plan B,"which was the blunter tool of social distancing and shutting things down," she said. That included the mask mandate and fines.
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