'Strong' after shooting, El Paso now vulnerable to virus

In this Wednesday, March 18, 2020 photo, a woman sweeps a nearly empty parking lot in downtown El Paso, Texas, as seen from the office building of Congresswoman Veronica Escobar, D-Texas. Traffic slowed in the city after sweeping measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19. After closing her office to in-person visits, Escobar held a virtual town hall for constituents to ask questions about government's response to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

This May 7, 2020 photo shows an "El Paso Strong" mural painted in the wake of the Aug. 3, 2019 shooting by artists Gabe Vasquez and Justin Martinez in El Paso, Texas. The star painted in the mural's letters can be seen at night in the Franklin Mountains in the background.(AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

In this Wednesday, March 18, 2020, photom Congresswoman Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, looks at a document while answering questions from constituents in a virtual town hall about the coronavirus in El Paso, Texas. Robo calls to homes around the district encouraged over 1,200 people to join the call to discuss the government's response to COVID-19. Escobar has closed her office to the public and moved all meetings to "no contact" to prevent spread of the virus. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

In this Thursday, May 21, 2020 photo, Vanessa Romero holds her son at a memorial service for the 23rd victim of the Aug. 3 Walmart shooting while wearing an "El Paso Strong" T-shirt and a face mask in El Paso, Texas. Guillermo "Memo" Garcia died from bullet wounds after nine months in the hospital. The "El Paso Strong" slogan united residents after the shooting, but hasn't caught on in the fight against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

In this Thursday, May 7, 2020 photo, El Paso skateboarders Issac Garcia, 23; Ricardo Federico, 32; and Joseph Garcia, also 32, pose for a photo in front of one an "El Paso Strong" memorial mural in El Paso, Texas. The murals were painted after the Aug. 3, 2019 mass shooting at a Walmart that left 23 people dead. Residents say the "El Paso Strong" slogan worked to unite the city at a time of fear. Officials and businesses have tried to appropriate the term for the COVID-19 response. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

In this Thursday, May 21, 2020 photo, a print screen for an "El Paso Strong" T-shirt sits at Proper Print Shop on in El Paso, Texas. Sales of the shirt last August went towards a fund for the victims of the mass shooting at a Walmart. A new design made after the new corona virus pandemic reads "Keep Calm and Stay Strong." (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

In this Thursday, May 21, 2020 photo, mourners wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at a memorial for Walmart shooting victim Guillermo "Memo" Garcia, in El Paso, Texas. Garcia died after nine months in at Del Sol Medical Center. At his memorial in the hospital parking lot, medical staff, family and friends wore masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Some mourners wore "El Paso Strong" T-shirts. The slogan united residents after the shooting, but hasn't caught on in the COVID-19 crisis. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

In this Thursday, May 21, 2020 photo, widow Jessica Coco Garcia, hugs her children at a memorial in the Del Sol Medical Center parking lot for father Guillermo "Memo" Garcia in El Paso, Texas. Memo Garcia died from bullet wounds he suffered in the Aug. 3 shooting at a Walmart after nine months in the hospital. Mourners wore masked and tried to stay apart to prevent the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

In this May 7, 2020, photo, an "El Paso Strong" mural is seen at night in El Paso, Texas. Gabe Vasquez and Justin Martinez painted the mural in August after the mass shooting at a Walmart on that killed 23 people. The star painted in the mural's letters can be seen in the background on the southern slope of the Franklin Mountains. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

In this Thursday, May 21, 2020, photo, artist Charlie Monarrez, 46, shows an "El Paso Strong" tattoo in El Paso, Texas, that he designed in the wake of the Aug. 3 mass shooting at a Walmart. Montarrez and his partner Monica Monarrez sold thousands of T-shirts with the design to raise tens of thousands of dollars for the dozens of shooting victims. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

In this Thursday, May 21, 2020 photo, artists Charlie Monarrez, 46, and Monica Monarrez, 36, hold up "El Paso Strong" clothing at the print shop where they work in El Paso, Texas. Charlie designed the print after the Aug. 3 mass shooting using a slogan that united the city. Monica said she worked so hard printing the shirts and selling them to raise money for the shooting's dozens of victims that she was hospitalized with exhaustion after two weeks. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)