Time will tell if the predicted rise in COVID-19 cases after the Thanksgiving holidays will materialize, a result that may be enhanced by the unknown effect of a new Omicron variant expected to appear in the U.S. any day.
Statewide, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services, 54 percent of Texans were fully vaccinated at the beginning of Thanksgiving week, and 2,681 were in theā¦