By the time you read this editorial, the decision on whether or not to re-open bars in Hidalgo County may already have been made by County Judge Richard Cortez. To do so, under emergency measures, the re-opening doesn’t require the full vote of the county commissioner’s court. County COVID hospitalizations are down, so open up the bars, some have argued. If one looks at the fatalities in Hidalgo County, though, almost double in two months, the idea of how bars may contribute to the spread of the novel coronavirus has to be of concern, one would think. The picture that accompanies this ...