8,000 cases in texas. the state resisted locking down, then reopened quickly, something dr. anthony fauci has consistently warned against. but the lieutenant governor now downplaying the state's 2,400 deaths and, instead, targeting fauci. >> he has been wrong every time on every issue. i don't need his advice anymore. we'll listen to a lot of science, we'll listen to a lot of doctors. and governor abbott, myself and other state leaders will make the decision. no thank you, dr. fauci. >> temperature check. we get our temperatures checked about three times a day. >> reporter: but at parkland hospital in dallas, where they've had to open a third covid area, one doctor telling our marcus moore he's facing agonizing decisions. >> i'm having to choose and have conversations about which patients i'm supposed to take care of. which patients i can't take care of, because i got to take care of other patients. i can't even believe i'm having that conversation. >> reporter: at least 20 states are now pausing or rolling back