(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 plan.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Kutscher also adds that individuals and families proceed by their own merits to continue to keep safe. He says there is no wrong or right way in which to begin the healing.
“People need to continue to be safe. If you feel sick, symptomatic, if you are not sure, please seek out help at one of these testing sites through Patrick’s office, through the Department of State Health Services. I can’t stress enough, if you don’t feel well, do not go out in public. Do not go around people. If you feel fine but you have concerns about being around others like at a grocery store or a high traffic area, if you are elderly, a week immune system, all the same things that we’ve been saying — please don’t go out and be around people. But if you are healthy and you do feel like going out to a business that is allowed to be open, do so and do it in a safe manner. Be responsible and protect yourself and that protects the community. So we’ve just been reiterating to the public over and over and over and it’s going to continue to be in that light as we move forward. We are all in this together. Keep moving. Keep being positive. I think we are going to get to a good place,” said Kutscher.
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.