Houston is not closing, Mayor Sylvester Turner insists

With the first testing site opening in Houston, and a statewide disaster order, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner addressed social media rumors on March 20, 2020.

[ms.h]

Where is the governor so he can do a mandatory shut down so I can get back to work. The mayor is pissing me off

[claudiovargas]

Mayor, this is ridiculous. How do you not understand the current situation. This is not good. SHUT IT DOWN!

[nyamack]

Shut it down please. What are people with small children supposed to do? Public businesses are endangering themselves and medically vulnerable populations

[TheOne-uosv]

Mayor Turner you have your citizens blood on your hands....😔

[abby]

Shut the city down for the sake of the people kids grandparents

[dimebagshane]

This is not right for us store workers. We cannot keep going on like this letting hundreds of people come around us without anyone protect us. No paid medical leave not help nothing!.

[pedroflores-villanueva]

That is not right. If we do not shut down and following your "lite" measurements, Do you think we will be successful fighting COVID-19? Are you aware of what is happening across the world? What prevention model are you following? Korea has a stronger Preventive Medicine structure!!! Futhermore, Do you know whether we have enough hospital beds to confront a failure of your plan?

[Belief]

You can’t flatten the curve unless Houston does more social distancing and absolute shut-down. In 2 weeks, you will see the damage done. Too late! You are choosing economics over the health of people.

[tiffanymoore]

We are the 4th largest city in the US?!?!?! 2 out of 4 of my kids have asthma. I will not listen to him and do what's best for my family.Hes not thinking because someone called him out. Bullshit.

[MFTN]

If he says it won't then it will rip

[fine]

These so called officials won't understand until it bites them on their ass....and by then its too late. We all can come back and discuss that we over reacted but trust me you don't want to be on the side regretting not doing enough.

[simssisters]

Go to the Rodeo. I got my daughters dressed, we get 10 minutes away when the new hits... Houston Rodeo shut down. A few weeks ago Trump says it's like to Flu don't worry. It's hard to trust local or national leaders advisements. At least they are quasi following their own advice with social distancing. Can someone put the microphone under a microscope. IT's still unknown if it's airborne. It's not just a sneeze or cough when you turn to acknowledge someone your spit and droplets are flying. Why not Skype the whole address?

[Darrytheprince]

third largest city in the states. yeahhh real dope move you're doing there