The number of COVID-19 cases is exploding in Hays County along with the number of people willing to wait for hours in order to be tested for the virus. And only weeks after being allowed by Gov. Greg Abbott to open in increments, scores of businesses are closing down in the wake of employees testing positive.
Though not mandated to do so, many of those businesses have gone public about their situation and social media is abuzz with theories about it all. Some businesses have even done their own “contact tracing,” letting recent patrons know of positive COVID-19 tests.
All that sets the stage for more public information, not less, according to State Rep. Erin Zwiener. In an open letter to the Hays County commissioners court and the county’s local health department last week, Zwiener called for them to work on testing, contact tracing, “public-facing” communications and transparency.
