Abbott Warns Texas COVID-19 Spread “Unacceptable” as Turner Pleads for Caution

Last week, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sought to reassure Texans that recent statewide spikes in key coronavirus metrics shouldn’t cause alarm. Six days and a more than 1,300 patient increase in state COVID-19 hospitalizations later, the governor’s tone was noticeably less confident. “To state the obvious, COVID-19 is now spreading…