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Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday expressed regret for the first known time about the reopening process he spearheaded during the coronavirus pandemic, saying he should not have allowed bars to open as quickly.
Hours after shutting down bars across the state, Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday expressed regret over the reopening process.
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Abbott added that the “bar setting, in reality, just doesn’t work with a pandemic,” noting people “go to bars to get close and to drink and to socialize, and that’s the kind of thing that stokes the spread of the coronavirus.”
Abbott’s comments came hours after he shut down bars across the state as part of a series of moves to contain a coronavirus spike in Texas.
Abbott permitted bars to reopen for the first time on May 22, at 25% indoor capacity.
