The phrase "and therefore cannot react" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to explain a consequence or result of a previous statement, indicating that something is unable to respond or take action due to a specific reason.
Example: "The chemical compound is stable at room temperature, and therefore cannot react with other substances."
Alternatives: "and thus cannot respond" or "and as a result cannot act".
However, to be fair to your husband, I am going to assume that he is a very can-do, proactive sort of guy, like the guys I discussed in my article, and also very laid back, and therefore cannot conceive of how viscerally you react to noise and other sensory stimuli.
"The best short-run impact is for a long-run program," Senator Kyl said, "because the market, the investors, the people who are trying to create capital to create jobs understand that it will be there, and therefore they react in the short run to the promise of good long-run policy".
You feel something and therefore will react differently than if you're a passive recipient of a marketing message, such as a trailer".
Aldehydes derived from lipids are very reactive and therefore readily react with proteins to form Michael adducts, often denoted as advanced lipoxidation end products (49).
After dual-task exercise more attention is available to process external information and therefore to react faster on sudden disturbances [ 32].
Vater-Pacini corpuscles are also pressure sensors, but they adapt quickly and, therefore, can react to dynamic changes such as velocity and acceleration/deceleration. Golgi tendon organs, along the muscle spindles, are tension receptors and signal position.
Although studies documenting these trends have provided important insights, they almost exclusively focus on the species level, ignoring that species are made up of populations that each may harbor unique adaptations to specific local environments and therefore will react differently in response to altered conditions (Hilborn et al. 2003; Schindler et al. 2010; Kelly et al. 2011).
The three watchmen on night duty had "seen nothing and therefore did not react" until they noticed the broken window at 6.50am, said Girard.
Mr. Dudenhöffer said that Ford, which has its main factory in Cologne, was better able to produce different models on the same assembly line, and therefore react quickly to fluctuations in demand.
"I think the phrasing is unfair, and therefore I must react and show that Romania is meeting its commitments, that we are determined to see them through," he said at a news conference, Reuters reported.
