As winter storms swept the state last month, Texans were left juggling two worst-case scenarios: life-threatening temperatures amid power outages and a coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 42,000 people across the state.
Health experts say it s too early to know whether the storm might have supercharged the spread of the virus as thousands fled to warming centers and friends and neighbors homes for heat and safety. However, local health experts
have urged residents to self-quarantine if they gathered outside their homes during the freeze. There were people who were sheltering together to flee homes that lacked heat or power or water, Dr. Jason Pickett, Austin-Travis County alternate health authority, said in a Friday news conference. At the same time, the weather and the horrific road conditions did limit people s movement broadly through the community and kept them from going to work and being around more strangers. So we ll keep an eye on this and see wha
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