Gov. Greg Abbott weighing end to mask order, other statewide coronavirus rules, says announcement

[TexasTowelie]

Gov. Greg Abbott weighing end to mask order, other statewide coronavirus rules, says announcement coming “pretty soon”


Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday that Texas is looking at when it will be able to lift all statewide orders related to the coronavirus pandemic and that an announcement is forthcoming.

Abbott made the comments at a Corpus Christi news conference where he was asked when the statewide mask mandate would end as Texans continue to get vaccinated. That requirement has been in effect since July.

Abbott called it a “great question.”

“We’re working right now on evaluating when we’re gonna be able to remove all statewide orders, and we will be making announcements about that pretty soon,” Abbott said, without giving a specific time frame.

In addition to the mask mandate, statewide orders in effect include a policy that rolls back business reopenings in a hospital region if its COVID-19 patients exceed 15% of hospital capacity for seven days. Abbott put that policy in place in last fall.

Read more: https://www.cleburnetimesreview.com/news/gov-greg-abbott-weighing-end-to-mask-order-other-statewide-coronavirus-rules-says-announcement-coming/article_aaa7f602-779b-11eb-85af-3fca49e42f23.html

[Skittles]

1. he is willing to do anything to take attention away from the grid

fucking repuke whore

[Pobeka]

3. That too (see post #2). ;-) nt

[Pobeka]

2. Yee haw! New variants, 70% more infectious are here. What could go wrong? n/t

[TexasTowelie]

4. Saddle up cowboys, the rodeo is coming to town.

I was reading the hometown newspaper today and saw that the county fair was occurring in my hometown of George West this year. That means that the band from Three Rivers will be marching behind the horses in the parade this year. Poor kids have a lot to dodge this year.

[Skittles]

5. Abbott doesn't give a fuck about the public health

he caters to the same hateful, ignorant assholes who worship Trump - heck, he IS one of them