thank you leah salgado.00 new covid—i9 cases on friday and several states set new records. i spoke to drjoseph mccormick, an epidemiologist and founder of the school of public health in texas. i asked him how worried he was thatjuly 4th celebrations could help to spread the virus. so i am very worried, because we have already seen what happens when we have these big celebrations. after the memorial day holiday at the end of may — yes, at the end of may — during june, we saw an incredible spike in cases, and that is what we are experiencing right now in all of texas, including south texas. for example, we have seen a tenfold increase in the number of people being hospitalised with this. we went from about — in our county, which is about 450,000 people, we went from ten cases a day to now over 100 a day and our hospitals are now well beyond capacity. we are seeing a huge problem with hospitals. this is being played out also in san antonio, as well as houston and dallas, and austin, so all the major cities, and