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Volume 55, Number 088
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Guadalupe County Judge believes optimism, positivity are required for healing
(Seguin) – Guadalupe County Judge Kyle Kutscher is remaining optimistic amid the COVID-19 pandemic and of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s roll out of his Open Texas barbershops, nail Texas plan.
there are certain things that aren't as bad as everybody thought. Some will say it's because of a hoax. Others will say because of all the measures that were put into place. You are always going to have that," said Kutscher.
Judge Kutscher shared his comments during Tuesday’s meeting of the Guadalupe County Commissioners Court. His comments were also made prior to the governor's statements which talked about allowing Texans to decide on whether more Coronavirus restrictions are needed.
According to the latest information as shared by the state, the hospitalization rate is declining even though total active cases have increased. Just over 900 people have died in Texas from the virus with more than 33,000 confirmed cases.
Texas barbershops, nail salons can Open On Friday
(Austin) -salons, and tanning salons will be able to open up this Friday. Governor Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that there would be certain restrictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus including one person per stylist and a six-foot distance. He also said walk-in customers will need to wait outside or in a vehicle. Customers and stylists are also encouraged to wear facemasks. Abbott says no one is required to open back up on Friday and encouraged business owners to make their own decisions. Seguin Radio KWED and the Seguin Daily News will be talking to salon and barbershop owners here in Seguin to see if they plan to open to open up this weekend and how they hope to keep their customers safe. Stylist Leticia Gallegos of Cy's Creative Cuts, pictured here, says all efforts to reopen are currently in the works with the owners who, hopefully, will be announcing their decision soon. Be sure to look for more on Seguin's response to the the governor's decision to open up salons during Friday's edition of the Seguin Daily News. Courtesy photo.
Abbott told reporters that people need to keep practicing social distancing, good hygiene, and staying at home so more businesses can start opening up. He encouraged people to wear masks while on beaches or in state parks. As for Judge Kutscher, his comments were part of the court’s regular updates to the public. He says the first signs of optimism are the numbers of cases and the projections for the immediate future. "When you look at the CDC information, go to their website, they update that -- they had some really good information on this morning -showing that a lot of the projections were overshot by leaps and bounds. I'm not saying that to look back and say somebody was wrong. I think there is a silver lining in the fact that
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Kutscher adds that what is most needed now is for the community to push its way forward. "My point is that we need to remain positive, continue to be diligent in being safe as we go through this phased approach for the state of Texas reopening. Personally, I wish that things would move a little quicker but at the same point, more testing is rolling out. We are getting more data and feedback which we didn't have before when decisions were being made so that is a good place to be to make decisions that are rooted and grounded in information and common sense. Again early on, nobody had that. It was projections. It was made up numbers that people were looking at. But now as we progress, hopefully, we'll go through and we will start opening things back up," said Kutscher. See JUDGE, page 3