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Texas Standard For April 20, 2020
Texas becomes one of the first states making moves toward a post COVID-19 lockdown. Too fast, too soon? Gov. Greg Abbott, flanked by other top officials, announces schools will remain closed in Texas, but a task force is working on getting back to business as usual. We’ll discuss what happens next with House Speaker Dennis Bonnen. And: The Texas engineers ramping up to help offset a shortage of hospital ventilators. Also: A book by a Texan who survived a pandemic 100 years ago that resonates today. All that and more today on the Texas Standard:
David Freid
More from 04/20/2020
Despite Loosened State Rules, Dennis Bonnen Says COVID-19 Precautions Should Continue
Texas Restaurant Group Takes Reopening Plan To Task Force
Texas Engineers Work In Labs, Living Rooms To Invent Ventilator Shortage Solutions
This 1939 Novella Provides Peek Inside 1918 Pandemic
How A 12-Year-Old Turned The Coronavirus Genome Into Music
With Abbott’s Plans to Reopen Economy, Many Texans Still Anxious About Testing, Public Health
Grieving From A Distance: Remembering A Dad Lost To COVID-19
