Texas Throws Caution To The Wind, Eases All Covid Restrictions.
Texas, led by politicians opposes to science lifted all the Covid restrictions. (Politico)
Texas Governor Abbott
“A senior administration health official told POLITICO that the White House believed the Texas and Mississippi announcements — posted on Twitter within 30 minutes of each other — were a “coordinated effort” by Republican governors, and that it expected to see similar announcements in the coming days.
Clay Jenkins, the Democratic judge of Dallas County, said in a Zoom news conference after Abbott’s announcement that the governor did not consult with local officials before the announcement, adding that he believed Abbott was bowing to political pressure on the right to lift the orders before it made sense for the state.”
New Coronavirus strains are emerging all time that appear to be more contagious than the first one that emerged over 1 year ago. This is certainly not the time to let guards down and become complacent. If that happens we will be right back to where we were a few months ago with hundreds of thousands of new cases per day thousands of deaths. Hopefully the vaccine distribution system will ramp up to help to head off any potential rise in cases as a result of these decisions clearly not based on any sound science.
