Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) on Monday made the eyebrow-raising claim that “there are more vital things than living” as part of his ongoing push to reopen the U.S. economy, regardless of cautions from public health professionals.
” We’re crushing the average employee,” Patrick informed Fox News‘ Tucker Carlson We’re squashing this country.
” I do not want to die, no one wants to die,” he included. “But we got ta take some risks and return in the game and get this country back up and running.”
TX Lt Gov Dan Patrick: “There are more crucial things than living … I don’t wish to die, no one wishes to die however man we have actually got to take some threats” pic.twitter.com/dRTF8Moav4
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) April 21, 2020
With more than 788,000 validated cases, the U.S. has the most known coronavirus infections in the world by far. A minimum of 42,000 people in the U.S. have died from COVID-19 Texas has the 10 th-highest number of verified cases of any state in the U.S., with more than 20,000 There have actually been at least 523 virus-related deat