Posted: Apr 28, 2020 / 05:54 AM CDT / Updated: Apr 28, 2020 / 07:45 AM CDT
AUSTIN (KXAN) — On the heels of Gov. Greg Abbott’s announcement Monday that some businesses can reopen Friday, Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt joined KXAN News Today and gave context on what the county’s response will look like.
Eckhardt put it bluntly when it came to the governor’s announcement.
“I believe the governor opened up too much business too fast,” Eckhardt said.
Eckhardt said she appreciated the statewide response, and she’s grateful for the governor for “setting statewide parameters,” but she says the county and other local governments have a better sense of what’s going on when it comes to local hospital capacity.
“The counties have been on the frontline of this pandemic for two months now,” Eckhardt said. “We have a much clearer, more localized view of what our health care capacity is, and what it looks like if we overrun that capacity. While I agree that now is the time to start planning for a phased and measurable reopening of businesses, there wasn’t a lot of clarity on what those measures are.” …
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