Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will not impose another statewide mask mandate, despite COVID-19 cases being on the rise again.
“There will be no mask mandate imposed, and the reasons for that are very clear,” Abbott told KPRC in Houston on Tuesday. “There are so many people who have immunities to COVID, whether it be through the vaccination, whether it be through their own exposure and their recovery from it, which would be acquired immunity.”
“Kids will not be forced by government or by schools to wear masks in school,” Abbott said. “They can by parental choice wear a mask, but there will be no government mandate requiring masks.”
As the delta variant has spread, some key pandemic indicators have increased in Texas. On Sunday, the state’s positivity rate — the ratio of cases to tests — went above 10% for the first time since February, a threshold that Abbott has previously identified as dangerous.
Good for Abbott. Dictator Joe will need to implement a Federal nationwide mask mandate.
OooOOoooh......previously id'd as dangerous. Bad Abbott.
Can the MSM be ANY more obvious with their scare tactics?
Good for our Gov!! Love the school/kids part, too!!
Might have to consider moving to TX.
I know my feckless Governor will jump at the chance to mask up again.
Told hubby that is just where we are headed and I don’t think I can go through it again.
Well, I guess I can but you dear people will have to put up with much grumbling from me.