CAN HANDLE
ADDITIONAL %
CAPACITY.
>> MORGAN, TEXAS %
HIT ITS HIGHEST
POSITIVITY RATE, %
TOPPING 20%. %
WHAT ARE %
OFFICIAL SAYING %
ABOUT THAT %
NUMBER?
>> THEY ARE %
THINK THAT IT %
NEEDS TO GO DOWN %
AND NOT JUST A %
LITTLE BIT %
ALISON. %
BUT DRASTICALLY. %
YOU SEE THAT 20%
NUMBER THERE. %
THAT IS ONE OF %
THE HIGHEST %
NUMBERS THAT %
TEXAS HAS SEEN
SINCE THIS %
PANDEMIC BEGAN. %
AND JUST TO PUT %
THAT IN %
PERSPECTIVE, %
CONSIDER WHAT %
THE WORLD HEALTH %
ORGANIZATION %
RECOMMENDS AND %
THAT IS A SEVEN %
DAY ROLLING %
POSITIVITY RATE %
AVERAGE OF 5% OR %
LESS.
THAT IS THE %
NUMBER YOU NEED %
TO BE HITTING ON %
A LARGE SCALE %
STANDPOINT %
BEFORE THOSE
CONTACT TRACERS
CAN REALLY START %
TO DO ANY GOOD %
AND ACTUALLY TRY %
TO CORRAL AND %
THEN TRACK THE %
SPREAD OF THIS
VIRUS. %
SO UNTIL THAT %
NUMBER DROPS
DOWN %
CONSIDERABLY, WE %
ARE GOING TO BE %
SEEING A LONG
ROAD AHEAD NOT %
JUST HERE IN %
TEXAS, BUT ANY %
STATE, ANY %
COMMUNITY THAT %
HAS POSITIVITY %
RATE THAT REALLY
EXCEED FIVE AS %
THE HEALTH %
ORGANIZATION %
EXPLAINED OR %
PARTICULARLY 10, %
WE KNOW THAT %
CITY LEADERS %
HAVE KIND OF HAD %
UNOFFICIAL GOALS %
OF TRYING TO %
KEEP IT BELOW 10 %
OR ABOUT SEVEN. %
AND THAT IS %
FRIENDLY
UNREALISTIC OVER %
THE PAST SEVERAL %
MONTHS. %
AS WE HAVE SEEN %
THESE CASES IN %
TEXAS JUST %
EXPLODE. %
ALISON? %
>> MORGAN, THEY
ARE STRUGGLING
WITH AND OTHERS. %
TELL US WHAT IS %
GOING ON AND %
SOME OF THE %
RURAL BORDER %
COMMUNITIES. %
HOW ARE THEY %
DOING? %
HOW ARE THOSE
COUNTIES COPING?
>> Reporter: NOT %
WELL. %
NOT WHILE AT %
I’LL PUT IN %
FACT, THE %
NUMBERS THERE %
CONTINUE TO %
RISE, ESPECIALLY %
IN SOUTH TEXAS. %
AND IT IS %
IMPORTANT TO
NOTE THAT THEY, %
OF EVER WERE IN %
TEXAS, HAVE A %
UNIQUE SET OF %
DISADVANTAGES %
AGAINST EVERYONE %
THAT COMMUNITY.
NOT JUST THAT %
NURSES. %
THEY HAVE A LOT %
OF HEALTH CARE %
RESOURCES. %
WE KNOW THAT %
FEDERAL TEAMS %
HAVE BEEN %
DEPLOYED TO THAT %
AREA.
THAT THEY CAN %
ONLY DO SO MUCH %
HELP. %
AND THEN ON THE %
PATIENT SIDE OF %
THINGS, YOU HAVE %
MULTIGENERATIONAL %
FAMILIES LIVING %
TOGETHER IN ONE %
HOME. %
RECENTLY %
TRANSMITTING THE %
VIRUS. %
AND YOU HAVE 50%
OR BELOW, YET, %
50% OF THE %
POPULATION, %
BASICALLY LIVING %
AT OR BELOW THE %
POVERTY LINE AND
THE ELKO COUNTY, %
IN STARK COUNTY, %
AND ONE %
COMMUNITY IN %
PARTICULAR, OF %
THE PAST SEVERAL %
WEEKS, HAS GAINED
AN IMPORTANT %
AMOUNT OF %
ATTENTION FOR %
ALL THE WRONG %
REASONS. %
THAT IS DONNA, %
TEXAS.
SEVEN OUT OF %
EVERY 100 PEOPLE %
THERE HAVE COVID-%
19, GIVING IT %
ONE OF THE %
HIGHEST PER %
CAPITA RATES OF %
ANY COMMUNITY IN %
THE ENTIRE %
COUNTRY. %
I HAD A CHANCE %
TO SPEAK WITH %
DR. BALINT IS AS %
HE TRIED TO %
EXPLAIN THE %
REASON BEHIND %
THAT RISE IN %
NUMBERS. %
TAKE A LISTEN. %
>> I’M TELLING %
YOU, I STARTED %
WITH HIV IN THE %
1980s. %
I HAVE BEEN IN %
BAGHDAD.
I HAVE BEEN IN %
FALLUJA.
THIS IS BEYOND
WHAT YOU CAN %
IMAGINE.
THE PAIN, THE
LONELINESS, THE
TELEPHONE %
COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN THE
NURSES STATION %
AND THEIR
FAMILIES. %
THEY ARE DYING %
OLYMPIC THE %
PEOPLE ARE %
TELLING ME, LIKE %
JUST THIS %
MORNING, SENT ME %
HOME. %
I WOULD RATHER %
DIE AT HOME THAN
IN HERE. %
>> Reporter: AND %
YOU HEAR THAT %
AND YOU SEE
NUMBERS GETTING
BETTER %
ELSEWHERE. %
BUT THAT IS THE
DAILY REALITY %
THAT STILL FACES
SO MANY SOUTH %
TEXANS AND THAT
IS WHY THERE IS %
AN INCREASING %
AMOUNT OF %
FRUSTRATION EVEN %
AS SMALL %
IMPROVEMENTS ARE %
SEEN ON A %
STATEWIDE SCALE.
ALISON?