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TribCast: How much worse will Texas’ current COVID-19 wave get?

On this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Karen, Cassi and James about whether the this pandemic wave will turn out to be Texas’ worst and why no Democrats have been arrested since their warrants were signed last week.

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A nurse administers an antibody treatment to a COVID-19 patient at Goodall-Witcher Hospital in Clifton on Aug. 3, 2021.
A nurse administers an antibody treatment to a COVID-19 patient. Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune

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On this episode of The Texas Tribune’s weekly politics podcast, Matthew Watkins speaks with Karen Brooks Harper, Cassi Pollock and James Barragán about whether the current pandemic wave will turn out to be Texas’ worst and why no Texas House Democrats have been arrested since their warrants were signed last week.

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