Although the Rio Grande Valley has less than five percent of the population of Texas, as of mid-October 2020, the region accounted for about 17 percent of COVID-19-related deaths in the Lone Star State, according to Congressman Vicente González, D-McAllen.
“We have seen the devastating effects of this virus up close and personal, and we understand that it is not over,” González said on Wednesday, October 14, 2020 during a panel discussion – hosted by the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine – that featured the experienced views of physicians from Texas, California and New York.
Along with González,