Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott tells 'Fox & Friends' that government should not 'micromanage the lives of everybody.'
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The runoff election is set for
January Fifth,
Brian, as governors across the
country, beef up restrictions,
our next governor saws, his
state Texas, will not shut
down
Steve Texas republican Governor
Greg, Abbott whos. Hailing the
arrival of a new coronavirus,
aunt body treatment in the state
as well.
Governor youve got at lot
going on dont you,
you know Steve. We have a
lot going on, but im a little
bit distracted because I still
have the image in my mind about
Brians Deltoid that he was
talking about thirty minutes ago.
Laughter
proven Brian looking forward to
the shot, was my point
shot
and listen the shot coming
Steve. Going back to your
comment and what we began doing
last week was we began the
delivery of these antibody
therapeutics. The first one
delivered last week is the one
by Eli Lilly
over the weekend, the Regeneron
antibody therapy, the same one
that President Trump took has
now been authorized for
emergency use.
We will soon be delivering that.
However, going back to the e, I
lie Lily one going to all of
these hot spots that were
seeing this Texas, whether it be
El Paso, Lubbock and so many
other places. This therapy is
going to be able not going to
be is already available.
We get weekly allotments where
we are increasing the amount of
this aunt body therapy
and what this does. It allows
people to recover as quickly as
what you saw the president
recover
and it keep people out of
hospitals. So we will begin to
see hospitalizations decline.
Ainsley someone asked me
recently said say they have the
antibodies and do I still have
to follow the restrictions since
ive had it recovered and had
the antibodies, and I said, good
question:
can you answer that for us
so when it comes to both the
antibodies, as well as the
oncoming vaccines that, as you
saw, announced, will soon be
delivered? Maybe as soon as three
weeks from now, it will allow
people to be able to travel or
interact or do common day
activities without the same
concern of getting covid, as
would have existed before these
medicines became available.
Brian yeah,
I got a text message the other
day from the blood bank, saying
if you know anybody that has the
antibodies, they need em for
treatment.
I havent heard this in a while.
Meanwhile, here are your current
restrictions in Texas
gatherings of more than ten
people prohibited in most
circumstances, statewide mask
order instituted, with some
exception bars and restaurants
at seventy five percent
know what youre doing
governor youre giving people
guidelines, but youre, not
untiling them. What to do?
Youre saying this is the best
way to keep safe, but I dont
want to destroy every buzz in my
state business in my state.
Why is that the better way to
go
because Bruin, along
Brian, along the course of
dealing with the pandemic, weve
all learned what works and does
not work?
One thing government does not
need to do micromanage. The lives
of everybody. As you point out,
we set broad based guidelines
that lead to good practices
without knew e comanaging it.
Another thing ive made clear, is
no more lockdowns in the state
of Texas,
and I will tell you this. The
value that symptom people place
upon lockdowns is misplaced.
If you lock people down its
going to put them into confined
areas where they can transmit
covid just as easily without
protocols and what weve found
in Texas as well as LS. Where is
one of the leading places where
people do transmit covid are in
these private gatherings,
so lockdowns are overvalued.
Steve governor the governor of
Oregon, a woman by the name of
Kate Brown, says hey. If you
see anybody breaking any of our
states, suggestions and
guidelines call the cops
is that the way they should
handle that call the cops. If
you see somebody walking around
with no mask
I gotta until you, I think
they may have some fourth
amendment challenges there,
but also I have to point out the
irony,
if I understand correctly,
Oregon, just legalized heroin and
maybe cocaine
so its okay to have heroin and
cocaine, but not Turkey for
Thanksgiving
that is Un American. It just
does not make sense.
Ainsley good point
all right.
Thank you. So much Governor
Happy Thanksgiving
yall too.
Transcript generated on 2020-11-23.