On Monday, August 17, the Bastrop County Local Health Authority (LHA) Dr. Desmar Walkes, M.D. continued her weekly briefings with school superintendents and local government officials. Topics covered in this week’s meeting included PCR testing, antigen testing, and DSHS reporting. Dr. Walkes also discussed her advice for reopening schools as a resource for each of the school administrators to consider in their decision making. Her reopening recommendations are based on the number of cases and other data unique to Bastrop County such as the total number of cases in Bastrop County, the number of absences of students and teachers, and the ...