Thanks for doing the heavy lifting so I didn't have to read it.

Since then, 11 people between the ages of 60 and 80 have died of heat-related illness in Webb County, the Associated Press reported. Most did not have air-conditioning in their homes. A teen and stepfather died while hiking in extreme heat at Big Bend National Park, per a National Park Service release. According to the Texas Tribune, at least nine inmates, including two men in their 30s, died in Texas prisons that lack air conditioning. And at least four workers have died after collapsing while laboring in triple-digit heat: a post office worker in Dallas, a utility lineman in East Texas, and construction workers in Houston.

Only 4 of them were even workers out in extreme heat, and none of the deaths are confirmed to be from that.

I've seen a bunch of "anti-texas" reporting lately that takes things out of context. I think it's just what's getting these sites clicks at the moment. Abbott, and Texas in general, deserve to be shit on regularly, but most of the articles being written are simply trying to rage-bait leftists the way rightwing outlets have been successfully doing for decades.

The title is definitely implying a more direct connection than exists in reality, and the article doesn't go into detail on when the bill is meant to go into effect. The author could be using it as an example of how much worse things could get once the bill goes into effect, especially with the references to the effects of past ordinances mandating water breaks.

But I agree, there's definitely some intellectual dishonesty going on.

High quality comment!

Most of us never click the articles lol

The suggestion that employers didn't start using it to abuse their workers immediately is ludicrous.

These deaths are completely on Abbot and the GOP

I don’t think I’d be able to do my boring office job without regular water access. It’s purely madness to expect someone to do a physical job without as much water as one needs.

Very good points but only if this summer ever ends 🥵