Houston bars reopened Friday. Here’s what it was like. https://t.co/VKOSrcm60Z

— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) May 23, 2020

“…Models show that rather than a gradual increase in cases, Harris County is likely to see a surge scenario, in which things will look good for weeks before a steep increase occurs, according to vaccine expert Dr. Peter Hotez, a professor and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development.

“That’s what worries me. In those flat weeks we’ll get this sense of complacency, and then people are going to start going into the bars,” Hotez told the Houston Chronicle this week. “Forget about one quarter occupancy in the bars. Poison Girl, on Westheimer, is going to be full. And so are all the other places all across Houston.”

And there’s the belief that alcohol can lead to poorer decision-making.”