Texas

NY Times: How Texas Swaggered Into a Coronavirus Disaster - The state wanted to be among the first to reopen. It’s now dealing with the consequences. By Mimi Swartz

I.C.U.s in Houston are at 97 percent capacity, with “unsustainable surge capacity” predicted for hospital beds in late July. If “this trajectory persists,” Dr. Hotez tweeted, “Houston would become the worst-affected city in the U.S.”