Well, public safety has to be consideration, number one. But there's no doubt in my mind that we need to continue to reopen the economy as long as we can safely do it. The numbers 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 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. (15:11–15:31)
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