With regard to COVID-19, do you want to read the bad news first, or the good news? You might want to choose the bad news, because, well, after just getting off the phone with Ivan Melendez, M.D., Hidalgo County’s Health Authority, listening to what he had to say, the good news seems to be in short supply if not downright absent from sight these days. Over the phone, Melendez sounds tired, weary, and worn down compared to when COVID-19 first hit the RGV last March. As he speaks, the sound of countless cell phones beeping can be heard in the background. “This ...