The deaths and impacts on the poor make it, to me an unacceptable tradeoff. I don't see why others states can do it and Texas couldn't or shouldn't. This is hi

The deaths and impacts on the poor make it, to me an unacceptable tradeoff. I don't see why others states can do it and Texas couldn't or shouldn't. This is hindsight, but out past strategy, if it was intentional, was not optimal. Even just numerically, I would bet money that the lost productivity and sales will be much more than the "ounce of prevention" costs, even ignoring the humanitatian aspects.