As Texas reopens for business, this San Antonio teen is scared about the risks of working as a restaurant hostess

Many restaurants across Texas are offering take-out during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune) (2020 Texas Tribune)

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She sent a viral tweet mocking people’s willingness to venture out in the middle of a pandemic. And Madison Garcia says she continued to be amazed when she returned to work this month as a restaurant hostess in San Antonio and witnessed the vast majority of patrons without masks on and upset they had to practice social distancing.

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