HEAD
HEAD TOWARD SUNDOWN, THAT'LL DISSIPATE ONCE AGAIN.
93 TODAY, THEN WE WILL TURN UP
THE HEAT LOOKS LIKE THE REST OF
THE WEEK.
THE WEEK.
THE WEEK. MORE ABOUT COMING UP HERE MARC
COMING BACK TO YOU.
>>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GREG.
IT IS A TROUBLING TREND, STATE
OF TEXAS REPORTING THAT NUMBER
OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS SINCE+
THIS BEGAN.
THIS BEGAN. GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT IS GOING
TO ADDRESS THAT.
CHRIS SADEGHI IS JOINING US,
WITH THOSE NUMBERS TRENDING IN
THE WRONG DIRECTION, CHRIS?
>> Reporter: THEY ARE HEADED IN
THE WRONG DIRECTION, MARC.
THE QUESTION NOW, HOW TO GET
THEM TO GO IN REVERSE.
THE LAST FEW TIMES WE HAVE SEEN
GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT SPEAK TO
THE STATE, HE HAS BEEN DOING SO
TALKING ABOUT HOW TO REOPEN
BUSINESS IN TEXAS, BUT NOW THAT
THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS
HAS REAC+@HED RECORD HIGHS, HE
WILL SPEAK TODAY ON HIS PLAN TO
BRING THOSE NUMBERS BACK DOWN.
THE DAILY RECORD FOR COVID-19
HOSPITALIZATIONS HAS BEEN
BROKEN SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE
PAST COUPLE WEEKS.
ACROSS TEXAS, THERE WERE 2326
PEOPLE IN THE +@HOSPITAL ON
MONDAY BEING TREATED FOR COVID-
19.
19.
19. THAT
19. THAT IS THE FOURTH STRAIGHT DAY
THAT WE HAVE SET A NEW HIGH
NUMBER OF CASES SINCE THE
PANDEMIC BEGAN AND HERE IN
NORTH TEXAS, WE ECLIPSED 700
HOSPITALIZATIONS LAST THURSDAY
AND HAVE NOT BEEN BACK LOW THAT
NUMBER SINCE.
NUMBER SINCE. IT IS NOT JUST TEXAS THOUGH.
IN FLORIDA, THEY ALSO HAD A
HIGH IN HOSPITALIZATIONS,
CAUSING THE CITY OF MIAMI TO
PULL BACK ON THEIR REOPENIN+@G
PLANS.
PLANS.
PLANS. THEY SAY THEY ARE SEEING MOST
OF THE CASES IN YOU+@NGER PEOPL
THAT BEGAN AROUND MEMORIAL DAY.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SOME
RESTAURANTS ARE SHUTTING DOWN
AGAIN, BECAUSE MMESOFTHEIR
STAFF HAVE TESTED POSITIVE.
ALTOGETHER, 11 STATES ARE
SEEING THIS +@SPIKE IN
HOSPITALIZATIONS.
HOSPITALIZATIONS. IN THE PREVIOUS PRESS
CONFERENCES, ANNOUNCING THOSE
REOPENING, GOVERNOR ABBOTT DD
SAY THAT +@IF TH+@EY SAW A SPIK
THE NUMBERS, THE STATE WOULD BE
AB+@LE TO ACT VERY SWIFTLY, MAK
SURE HOSPITALS DON'T GET
OVERLOADED, SO WE WILL SEE
TODAY WHEN HE ADDRESSES THE
STATE WHAT HE HAS IN MIND.
WHETHER THAT MEANS SCALING BACK
ON THE REOPENING'S, OR PERHAPS
REQUIRING MASKS IN CERTAIN
SITUATIONS AND SPEAKING OF
MASKS, SONIA AZAD HAS MORE ON
JUST HOW IMPORTANT THEY CAN BE.
>> Reporter: YEAH, CHRIS.
YOU GUYS HAVE+@ ALL +@HEARD ME
IT BEFORE , AS WELL AS FROM
D+@OCTORS AND EXPERTS AROUND TH
C+@OUNTRY, RIGHT?
C+@OUNTRY, RIGHT? WEAR A FACE MASK IN PUBLIC, +@
PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU ARE
INDOORS WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
NO NEW STUDY IS SHOWING +@JUST
HO+@W IMPORTANT WEARING MASKS C
BE. BEFORE I GET TO THOSE
DETAILS, WE ARE ASKING YOU THIS
MORNING TO WEIGH IN ON OUR LIVE
POLL.
POLL.
POLL. ARE
POLL. ARE YOU STILL WEARING A MASK IN
PUBLIC?
PUBLIC?
PUBLIC? YOU CAN VOTE NOW AT
WFAA.COM/VOTE NOW.
WFAA.COM/VOTE NOW. BACK TO THE STUDY I WAS TALKING
ABOUT PICKETT WAS CONDUCTED BY
RESEARCHERS IN BOTH TEXAS AND
TELEPHONE YOU, PUBLISHED IN THE
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
IT FOUND THAT WEARING A FACE
MASK ALONE DRAMATICALLY REDUCE
THE NUMBER OF INFECTIONS BY
OVER 78,000 CASES IN ITALY AND
66,000 CASES IN NEW YORK.
NOW WE ARE HEARING FROM
SURVIVORS OF COVID-19 WHO
STRESS REALLY JUST HOW SERIOUS
THIS WHOLE THING IS.
>> LITERALLY, YOU CAN JUST HEAR
FLUID IN HIS LUNGS PICKETT WAS
LIKE HE +@WAS DROWNING.
IT IS STILL SERIOUS.
IT HASN'T GONE AWAY.
>> Reporter: GOVERNOR GREG
ABBOTT ALSO GAVE HIS THOUGHTS
ABOUT THE UPTAKE IN COVID CASES.
HE TOLD THE SOUTH TEXAS NEW
STATION THAT YOUNG PEOPLE,
PARTICULARLY THOSE IN THEIR 20s
ARE ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE
SURGE IN CASES AND ACTUALLY
KIND OF SCOLDED THEM FOR NOT
FOLLOWING THE BEST HEALTH
SAFETY PRACTICES.
SAFETY PRACTICES. SO THIS MORNING IN YOUR HEALTH
CHECK, I'M GOING TO BE
REVISITING A CONVERSATION WITH
+@
+@ THE
+@ THE PRESIDENT OF THE +@DALLAS
COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY, DR.
MARC CASANOVA.
MARC CASANOVA. IF YOU'VE GOT A QUESTION YOU
WO+@ULD LIKE AND ANSWER, YOU CA
SEND THEM IN, USE THE HASHTAG ,
#IAMUP.
#IAMUP.
#IAMUP. BY THE WAY, I'M GLAD TO SEE
THAT ABOUT 76% OF YOU SO FAR
ARE SAYING THAT YOU ALWAYS WEAR
MASKS YORK
MASKS YORK >>> OKAY, LET'S HEAD OVER TO
TASHARA RIGHT NOW, TAKING A
CLOSER LOOK AT AIRLINES,
BECAUSE THEY TOO ARE TAKING A
STRONG STANCE ON MASKS .
TASHARA?
TASHARA?
TASHARA? >> Reporter: THEY +@CERTAINLY A,
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
IF YOU PLAN ON FLYING ANYTIME
SOON, THE STORY IS FOR YOU.
YOU WILL WANT TO HAVE THAT ASK
ANDY.
ANDY.
ANDY. HERE'S WHY, THE ORGANIZATION
AIRLINES FOR AMERICA SAYING
+@ PASSENGERS ARE DON'T WEAR FACE
COVERINGS COULD HAVE THEIR
FLYING PRIVILEGES REVOKED HIM
OKAY?
OKAY?
OKAY? THIS AS SEVERAL AIRLINES ARE
TIGHTENING THEIR REQUIREMENTS
ON FACE MASKS.
MAJOR AIRLINES, INCLUDING
AMERICAN, SOUTHWEST, DELTA, AND
MORE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING THREE
NEW POLICIES, REGARDING FACE
COVERINGS.
COVERINGS. CREWS WILL ISSUE BOTH PREFLIGHT
AND ONBOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS
DISCUSSING A FACE MASK POLICY.
AS WELL AS A BLIND CONSEQUENCES
TO THOSE WHO DO NOT COMPLY.
DON'T FORGET OF COURSE TO
CONTINUE WEIGHING IN ON OUR APP
. YOU CAN ALSO GO TO WFAA.COM
/VOTE NOW.
/VOTE NOW. LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
I +@KNOW SONIA MENTIONED THOSE
NUMBERS EA+@RLY ON, SAYING THAT
MOST PEOPLE ARE SAYING THEY
ACTUALLY DO WEAR FACE
COVERINGS.
COVERINGS. SO AGAIN, CONTINUE TO WEIGH IN.
ARK?
ARK?
ARK? >>>
ARK? >>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON
>>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON@
THOSE NUMBERS, BY THE WAY.
SAYS 77% OF YOU ARE ALWAYS
WEARING A MASK.
THAT HAS NOT BEEN MY ANECDOTAL