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John Cornyn: “Governor Abbott and others have said [10% positivity rate]…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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EXTENDED INTERVIEW _ Senator John Cornyn_ _We need to get ready for the next hurricane

Published | Video Starts at 15:26

The numbers which you're probably following, like I'm following for hospitalizations and ICU beds are coming down and the positivity rate is coming down into the roughly 10% range where, which Governor Abbott and others have said [10% positivity rate] is sort of a landmark. So when I was with the governor over in Beaumont and in Orange recently after Hurricane Laura, he indicated to me that we could anticipate further announcements after Labor Day. (15:26–15:31)

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Asserts that Governor Abbott considers a 10% COVID-19 positivity rate a significant benchmark.

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