What Public Health Experts Are Saying About the Coronavirus in Texas Right Now
As our understanding of the disease has evolved, so have the models and advice from experts.
Dan Solomon writes about politics, music, food, sports, criminal justice, health care, film, and business. Dan started working with Texas Monthly as a freelancer in 2013 before becoming a staff writer, covering topics from the Baylor sexual assault scandal to the gentrification of Austin barbecue to the legacy of Texas outsider artist Daniel Johnston. His reporting has appeared in the New York Times, GQ, Vanity Fair, Wired, Fast Company, Billboard, and Deadspin.
As our understanding of the disease has evolved, so have the models and advice from experts.
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The live music industry was one of the first to come to a halt during the coronavirus crisis—but a plan could bring it back safer and sooner than anyone might have guessed.
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The streetwear brand Supreme announced its clothing collection featuring the late outsider artist’s work.
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As far as PR stunts go, this one has been lucrative.
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How do you sack a quarterback from six feet away?
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From Mattress Mack to that Austin guy who pushed a park ranger into the lake, the pandemic is bringing out the best and worst in people.
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The question is making its way through the courts, after Attorney General Ken Paxton appealed a state judge’s ruling.
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The latest rant from the ‘Infowars’ host triggers a fear we didn’t know we had.
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But the release of the track resulted in some drama anyway.
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Research suggests Governor Abbott’s statewide stay-at-home order was slowing down the coronavirus’s spread. What will happen now that he’s lifted it?
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Because there’s nothing to watch.
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Sure, why not?
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The redheaded stranger is socially distancing—thank you for your concern.
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The legendary Houston stand-up was a more conventional comic before he grew up on stages across America.
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Attempts to make sense of the spread of the virus can lead to some misunderstandings.
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A modest request for Kyle Chandler in quarantine.
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Some of the precious commodity spilled onto the interstate as the truck and cargo burned—the driver was uninjured.
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The promising start to the league is one of the endless disappointments of 2020.
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It’ll never match the live experience, but maybe it isn’t supposed to.
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The grocer started communicating with its Chinese counterparts in January and was running tabletop simulations a few weeks later. (But nothing prepared it for the rush on toilet paper.)
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A Dallas family goes viral once again.
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The national treasure is even headlining an online benefit concert this evening.
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The team traded away their star receiver for a running back and a second-round draft pick.
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Two beloved Texas institutions team up in a moment of crisis.
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These are tough questions to answer right now.
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Young people took jobs they thought would help turn Texas blue.
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The writing had been on the wall, and now it’s official.
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The beloved band released a song and an accompanying video this week.
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There is important stuff happening in the world, so let’s just get through this quickly.
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Jessica Cisneros is the latest AOC-backed, Bernie-style candidate to fall short.
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Dear candidates: Please stop with the pandering.
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Suspending the festival amid coronavirus fears would be The Big One for Austin’s economy.
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Nearly all of the new early voters in Collin County participated on the Democratic side, and blue vote totals were up across the state.
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It’s part of a bigger plan to make the North Texas city a destination.
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A new poll asks the question that previous ones strongly suggested.
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Baseball has its own way of enforcing the rules.
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Idealistic young people in the Bloomberg campaign believe they'll stay in Texas through November. But that's not what top staff are saying.
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An imbroglio aboard an American Airlines flight has divided our nation. Let us instead unite in accepting the inherent awfulness of flying coach.
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A former McKinney North pitcher’s lawsuit alleges that the sign-stealing scandal ended his career.
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The booming suburbs of Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio could change the distribution of power in the state.
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The post-McConaissance period has been rough, but the actor’s turn in ‘The Gentlemen’ would have fit into that golden age.
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The face of the Houston Texans says he achieved a ‘lifelong dream’ in hosting ‘Saturday Night Live.'
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Two burning questions answered in one post.
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There’s been no shortage of hype and huge names in Texas college football, but there’s only one Mahomes.
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The Vermont socialist looks surprisingly strong in the Lone Star State.
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Lizzo and Gary Clark Jr., who each took home three awards, delivered searing performances along with Demi Lovato and Tanya Tucker.
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Lilly the capuchin monkey got loose following a burglary at home—and there are conflicting reports on her fate.
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Alto is betting that if a safer, more expensive ride-hailing service can turn a profit in Dallas, it can do it just about anywhere.
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The Wall Street Journal investigates what happened to the snowballs people froze after a historic 2004 snowfall.
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Baseball will break your heart.
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