Gov. Greg Abbott weighing end to mask order,
other statewide coronavirus rules, says
announcement coming “pretty soon”
Texas Tribune,
by
Patrick Svitek
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
2/25/2021 9:33:30 PM
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.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Nimby 2/25/2021 9:38:02 PM (No. 708415)
Cannot wait
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Proud Texan 2/25/2021 9:45:53 PM (No. 708421)
I didn't know we had a mask mandate. I guess that is why I saw workers in drug and grocery stores wearing them. Only other place I have seen them in recent months is in government offices where they need to wear them from now on anyway.
9 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
Proud Texan 2/25/2021 9:57:36 PM (No. 708425)
That should read "I didn't know we STILL had a mask mandate" Sorry 'bout that and 2nd post. Sure wish we could edit.
4 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
stablemoney 2/25/2021 10:12:38 PM (No. 708432)
Lift the mask mandate. It should never have been mandated. Get rid of the closing mandates. Closing businesses is not your job, Governor. If you had not been lecturing on masks, maybe you would have had time to question why Texas was spending its electric grid capital budget on wind energy. By the way, I would like to thank the Sierra Club, the environmentalists, the climate control gang, all hats off to you scoundrels for freezing us to death last week. Really appreciate all your work! There are thousands of trailer homes in Texas. I am sure they are thankful for all the concern for their safety shown by all these "citizen" groups who make their living with their scams about being concerned for our safety.
18 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
Chiritwo 2/25/2021 10:38:26 PM (No. 708463)
I'll give you the weekend -how about Monday? So tired of this. When my friends and Ieave restaurants we're talking and just forget to put our masks on. When we get to the desk we go oops and hold them up - they tell us no problem. If the Federal gov't took it seriously, they would have kept the Mexican border closed like President Trump did. Can't take it seriously now.
19 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
Safari Man 2/25/2021 10:51:16 PM (No. 708474)
Should NEVER have had a mask mandate. This whole thing was a ploy to make Trump look bad, harm Trump’s glorious economy, and and excuse to rig the election through mail-in voting. Abbot fell for the ruse. He became an unwitting shill for the dims. He should apologize to every Texan for all he did, including support the dimocrat fraud.
17 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
24tea@Mag 2/25/2021 11:25:15 PM (No. 708509)
Let us hope the masks are long gone along with social distancing and other nonsense.
12 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
DVC 2/26/2021 12:10:25 AM (No. 708530)
Just STOP IT and leave us alone!
13 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
Highlander 2/26/2021 1:19:00 AM (No. 708579)
He should call Kristi Noem for advice and encouragement.
12 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 2/26/2021 5:05:52 AM (No. 708629)
I'm just wondering what we have done to our immune system. We use sanitizer like it is hand lotion, wear masks, they sanitize shopping carts, etc. We need those little germs to help build up our immune system. To me the masks are filthy, you are breathing in the same old air that you just exhaled.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
hoosierblue 2/26/2021 7:31:19 AM (No. 708699)
About time.
5 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
smak90 2/26/2021 8:00:30 AM (No. 708738)
I'm pretty sure covid ended the day Biden got in office. No more daily infected and death counts every night on the news. Biden ended the virus!
7 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
Anti_democRAT 2/26/2021 8:12:51 AM (No. 708748)
The science says masks do very little if at all for protection and just as likely cause other issues. Since biden I have been subject to the pull down the mask, take a bite, and put the mask on to chew nazi rule. I have never ever desired to have such a filthy cloth on my face for up to 27 hours on a federal train. Threats of arrest and removal from the train a number of times every hour except during quiet time. They didnt even remove the antifa guy threatening me with violence for no reason with several witness accounts. We have really screwed up priorities. The end of masks can't come too soon.
7 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
Kate318 2/26/2021 9:06:08 AM (No. 708807)
Stop with the weighing and the studying. These are delay tactics while you calculate political fallout. Just do the right thing. Now.
5 people like this.
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