Texas cancels lockdowns and the requirement of masks everywhere
After eight months of imposing lockdowns and masks, Texas takes a decisive step backwards. Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, has issued an executive order by which, starting March 10, all businesses in Texas will be able to reopen to 100% of their capacity. It also canceled the order to wear face masks across the state.
Here is Gov. Abbott ending the statewide mask mandate and opening all Texas businesses: pic.twitter.com/3RyGdMVXvD
– The Recount (@therecount) March 2, 2021
The order is not a complete "Free All" because the judges of the individual counties will eventually be able to re-enter the orders in the event that there were strong growths in hospitalizations. So locally there may still be lockdowns.
The motivation is simply Economic: “ Too many Texans have been excluded from job opportunities; too many small business owners have struggled to pay their bills . ”
Texas has already performed 3.3 million vaccinations, first injection, and 1.47 million double doses, on a population of 33 million (data as of February 26). With this decision it becomes the first US state to completely reopen its activities, even if, literally, “Sub Judice”.
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