Gov. Greg Abbott announced in July that early voting in person will begin three weeks before the election this year because of challenges caused by the pandemic.
“I feel cautiously optimistic, as a scientist, that we will have an effective vaccine,” Fauci said. “There are already doses that are being made so we can vaccinate people in an expeditious manner.”
Multiple off-campus student residences are holding in-person events without stating a limit on how many people can attend, according to documents provided to The Daily Texan.
Epidemiologist Darlene Bhavnani said only 1% of all case-contact relationships were between a COVID-19 positive student and someone from outside of the college age range.
Dr. Mark Escott, Austin Public Health’s interim medical director and health authority, said it would be better to wait until the positivity rate is lower to open restaurants at 75% capacity.
Despite receiving a negative result Sept. 2, Kate Parks would spend two nights in a city of Austin isolation facility after multiple miscommunications with the University.
Dozens of students gathered at the Texas Rho fraternity house in West Campus before the Longhorns’ opening football game Saturday, prompting the Austin Fire Marshal to shut the party down.