COVID-19 is kicking back into high gear across Hidalgo County, Texas, and the U.S. at an alarming rate (excluding those who still consider it a phony conspiracy) and it’s now affecting more children, young adults, thanks in large part to the more infectious Delta variant. (Source: CDC.) The RGV is an outlier of sorts. In most areas of the state, including South Padre, most people in stores shop sans a facemask. Here, thankfully, most people you see in stores are wearing facemasks, in spite of the RGV having one of the highest vaccine rates in the state (applause). Still, the COVID numbers ...