休斯顿最大医院之一的负责人告诉《早安美国》冠状病毒该市和该州的病例是由于人们对疾病的爆发掉以轻心，并敦促人们采取预防措施。
休斯顿卫理公会(Houston Methodist)的首席执行长马克·博姆(Marc Boom)博士说，他的医疗设施还没有到临界点，但过去几周，该市所有医院的病例都增加了两倍。卫理公会在8个医疗中心拥有3000多张病床，其中包括其旗舰医院的907张病床。根据该县的数据，包括休斯顿在内的德克萨斯州哈里斯县自6月初以来已新增8324例COVID-19例，平均每天新增362例健康部门。
2020年6月24日，在美国广播公司的“早安美国”节目中，休斯顿卫理公会主席兼首席执行官马克·博姆博士谈论了发生在德克萨斯州的新型冠状病毒住院病例激增的情况。
“我认为所发生的一切，以及在我们社区周围看到的一切，让人们完全放松了警惕，”Boom告诉《GMA》
Boom说，在过去的几周里，看到人们无视医疗专业人士关于社交距离、面部遮盖物和其他预防措施的呼吁，令人沮丧。4月30日，德克萨斯解除了其国内居留令。
“在阵亡将士纪念日前后，人们会松一口气，说，‘嘿，我要表现得像夏天一样。他说:“我会表现得好像这件事从来没有发生过一样，我们现在为此付出了代价。”
休斯顿病例的增加是整个州整体趋势的一部分。德克萨斯州有120，370例确诊病例，过去几周每天新增病例数都在上升。根据该州卫生部的数据，周二，该州记录了创纪录的新病例数——5489例。
2020年6月22日，休斯顿，在全球爆发的冠状病毒疾病中，一名患者被推进休斯顿卫理公会医院。
Boom说冠状病毒患者的增加还没有导致休斯顿卫理公会医院重症监护室床位的峰值。
“这令人鼓舞，”他说。
州长格雷格·艾伯特说，他并没有考虑封锁该州，但他敦促德州人呆在家里，如果外出，要戴上面罩。总督以前曾拒绝了当地领导的电话强制戴面罩。
Boom说，如果更多的人坚持社交距离并戴上面罩，该州可以避免封锁。
“许多人都在这么做，但显然还不够，我认为我们可以阻止这一切，”他说。“我希望，如果每个人都团结起来，专注于如何一起做这些事情，我们就能做到。”
Hospital chief talks Texas's rising coronavirus cases: 'People have completely let their guard down'
The head of one of Houston's largest hospitals told "Good Morning America" that the rise ofcoronaviruscases in the city and state is due to people taking the outbreak lightly and urged people to take precautions.
Dr. Marc Boom, the CEO of Houston Methodist, which has over 3,000 beds across eight medical centers including 907 beds at its flagship hospital, said his facilities are not at the tipping point but all hospitals in the city have seen cases triple over the last few weeks. Harris County, Texas, which includes Houston, has seen 8,324 new COVID-19 cases since the beginning of June, averaging about 362 new cases a day, according to data from the countyhealthdepartment.
Dr. Marc Boom, president and CEO of Houston Methodist in Houston, talks about the surge in novel coronvirus hospitalizations that occurred in Texas on ABC's "Good Morning America," June 24, 2020.
"I think what's happened and watching it around our community people have completely let their guard down," Boom told "GMA."
Boom said it's been frustrating seeing people ignore medical professionals calls for social distancing, face coverings and other precautions over the last few weeks. Texas lifted its stay at home order on April 30.
"Somewhere around Memorial Day people just sort of sighed a breath of relief and said, 'Hey, I'm going to act like it's summer. I’m going to act like this thing was never here,' and we're paying the price for that now," he said.
Houston's rise in cases is part of the overall trend across the state. Texas has 120,370 confirmed cases and daily new case counts have risen over the last few weeks. On Tuesday, the state recorded a record number of new cases -- 5,489 -- according to the state's health department.
A patient is wheeled into Houston Methodist Hospital as storm clouds gather over the Texas Medical Center, amid the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease, in Houston, June 22, 2020.
Boom said the increase in coronavirus patients hasn't yet led to a peak in ICU beds at Houston Methodist's facilities.
"That's encouraging," he said.
Gov. Greg Abbott said he is not considering a lockdown of the state but urged Texans to stay at home and wear face coverings if they go outside. The governor has previouslydeclined calls from local leadersto make the face coverings mandatory.
Boom said the state can avoid a lockdown if more people adhered to social distancing and wore face coverings.
"Many are doing it, but clearly not enough and I think we can stop this," he said. "I'm hopeful we can do that if everybody rallies around together and focuses on how to do those things together."
