>> WE ARE STILL WAITING FROM RODEO HOUSTON TO HEAR THOSE
DETAILS.
DETAILS. >> AT CITY HALL, THE NEWS
CONFERENCE TOOK PLACE.
>> WE HAVE MORE ON WHAT WE
LEARNED OUT THERE.
WHAT’S GOING ON?
>> WE HAVE BEEN ASKING ALL
MORNING LONG WHY NOW, WHAT IS
THE REASON NOW, AND WE HEARD
TODAY, IT’S BECAUSE THIS
CONTACT, THIS MAN IN MONTGOMERY
COUNTY JUST RECENTLY APPARENTLY
INFECTED AND CONFIRMED TESTED
WITH THE CRON WENT TO THE
HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO
BARBECUE COOKOFF ON FEBRUARY 28.
THEY DID NOT GIVE SPECIFICS
ABOUT WHICH TENT HE WAS IN, THEY
SAY HE WORKED AT THE TENT BUT
BEYOND THAT DID NOT GIVE
SPECIFICS.
SPECIFICS. PEOPLE WONDERING WHO IS THIS
PERSON.
PERSON. THERE WERE 75,000 PEOPLE THAT
NIGHT IN ATTENDANCE, SO CONCERN
ABOUT WHO THIS GUY TALKED TO,
HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME IN CONTACT
WITH HIM AND JUST, YOU KNOW,
WHAT TO DO NEXT.
THEY SAY THEY’RE IN THE PROCESS
NOW OF TRYING TO SEE WHERE HE
WENT, WHO HE WAS IN CONTACT
WITH, BUT STILL A LOT OF CONCERN
OUT HERE.
OUT HERE. OVER THE WEEKEND ON SATURDAY,
THE RODEO ISSUED A STATEMENT
SAYING THEY HAD NO PLANS TO
CANCEL THE RODEO.
THEIR REASONING FOR THAT IS
BECAUSE IT’S A LOCAL EVENT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD PETITIONS ON
LINE SAYING IT SHOULD BE SHUT
DOWN IN WAKE OF THE SOUTH BY
SOUTHWEST EVENT SHUT DOWN IN
AUSTIN.
AUSTIN. SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST IS
INTERNATIONAL.
INTERNATIONAL. THIS IS LOCAL.
WE HAVE THIS MAN WHO ATTENDED
THE RODEO.
THE RODEO. THAT IS THE REASON THEY MADE
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. HEARTBREAKING, A VERY DIFFICULT
DECISION BUT THEY NEED TO SHUT
DOWN THE ROAD YO THAT IS
HAPPENING, ECONOMIC IMPLICATION
ARE FOLKS, VENDORS WHO MAKE
THEIR MONEY FOR THE YEAR AT THAT
RODEO AND NOW WONDER WHAT TO DO.
THEY’RE SAYING THE SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM WILL GO ON, THE KIDS
WILL GET THEIR MONEY.
A SIGH OF RELIEF THERE BUT
CONCERNS WITH THIS VERY SHOCKING
ANNOUNCEMENT BEING MADE TODAY.
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