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Code Orange = Strong Encouragement, Unfortunately
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo elevated the county’s COVID-19 code to ORANGE as hospitals address a significant spike in cases. Orange means “minimize all contacts unless fully vaccinated,” but is...
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New Year’s Week in COVID-19
The Omicron surge continues, well, surging, as more positive tests are added to the count. And, testing has surged, too, as folks have tested for travel and family visit purposes and seem to be...
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We Suck Even More! Back at Red
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo has placed us back at threat level RED–the highest level. All while blaming record hospitalizations and the unvaccinated. DosCentavos.net will add that the vaccinated...
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COVID-19 Creep-Up Continues
The latest 14-day COVID-19 positivity report from Houston Health now has us at 14.5% and the viral load in the wastewater is at 242%. I’m a little confused as to whether they call this “low,” or if...
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Expanded Trail On The West Side
I was quite happy to read that the Brays Bayou trail will finally be connected at the West Belt. Officials on Thursday announced the start of construction on a 7.7-mile segment of trail along the...
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Texas Heat: Conserve Energy Today!
Greg Abbott’s unfixed electric grid seems to be sputtering as demand for electricity will be going over its peak today to the point where rolling blackouts may occur. Sunday’s record heat broke...
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COVID-19: CDC Says Mask Up Indoors, Again!
Well, if you haven’t paid attention to my COVID-19 posts of the last couple of months, or the steady climb of test positivity during the same period, it looks like the Feds are recognizing COVID-19 as...
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El Prez Is Back; COVID-19 Still Here
CNBC The good news is that President Joe Biden has tested negative for COVID-19 and he is back in the Oval. Thankfully, he has in-house medical and the ability to clear a hospital, if needed, for...
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NSF Grant to TXST Will Count Border Bodies
Since I’m an SWT alum, what happens at my alma mater interests me. Having a sibling who graduated with a degree from their Anthropology department adds to the interest. So, when I saw that the...
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Thoughts on Viernes – 02102023
First, The Good News: Robert Gallegos for Houston Mayor Woke up this morning to ABC-13 telling me (on TV) that District I CM Robert Gallegos has tossed his hat in the ring for Mayor of Houston. The...
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COVID-19 Update and Long COVID
First of all, the Houston Health Department reports another increase in the COVID-19 positivity rate (14.6%) and the wastewater load is at 132%, which remains the same compared to last week. Slowly,...
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Abbott Policies, Biden Indifference Kill Another Kid A 3 year-old child drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass. The child was pulled by the current north of Abbott’s killer buoys,...
View ArticleLos Blogs de Tejas – TPA Round-Up
The Texas Progressive Alliance believes that the truth about Ken Paxton will be known as it brings you this week’s roundup. Off the Kuff documents the conclusion of the Paxton impeachment trial, and...
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Once Bitten is Enough!
As I mentioned on my most recent “Viernes,” I finally got bit by the COVID-19 bug. It took four years, and I never want it again! I’d been masked pretty much 100% of the time in stores or any time I...
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Is Biden In Trouble In South Texas?
A news report on election night got my attention in which it was pointed out that in some South Texas counties, President Joe Biden was actually getting a challenge from Mando Perez-Serrato, one of...
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