Appears that ‘Neanderthal thinking’ is turning out pretty well.\u00a0 But I doubt SloJoe will ever have anything to say about Texas’ success.<\/p>\n
No Surge in COVID Two Weeks After Mask Mandate Lifted in Texas<\/a><\/p>\n After two weeks of lifting its mask mandate and allowing businesses to open at full capacity,\u00a0Texas<\/a>\u00a0is not seeing a surge of new\u00a0COVID-19<\/a>\u00a0cases.<\/p>\n Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, issued an executive order (pdf<\/a>) that went into effect on March 10 to loosen COVID-19 restrictions. Although the government\u2019s statewide mask mandate was lifted, individual businesses were still able to \u201climit capacity\u201d or impose mask mandates at their own choosing.<\/p>\n But in Austin and Travis County, residents 10 years or older still have to wear a mask outside their home after a district judge refused to grant Attorney General Ken Paxton a\u00a0restraining order<\/a>\u00a0that would have ended a mask mandate enforced by Travis County and Austin city officials. The trial is set to take place on March 26.<\/p>\n Texas had been witnessing a downward trend in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations prior to Abbott\u2019s announcement ending the restrictions.<\/p>\n COVID-19 is the disease caused by the\u00a0CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) posted on Twitter yesterday that Texas saw a seven-day average decrease in the daily number of new cases, hospitalizations, and deaths.<\/p>\n