Health experts, elected officials, and Democrats in Texas are concerned that Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order lifting the statewide mask mandate and fully opening businesses will set the state back in the fight against COVID-19. “If you’re interested in knowing what...
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Abbott rescinds mask mandate and announces state is reopening to 100 percent
Today at a press conference in Lubbock, Governor Greg Abbott announced a sweeping executive order that would end a statewide mask mandate, and allow businesses to start operating at full capacity next week. “It is now time to open Texas 100 percent,” Abbott said in a...
Gov. Abbott continues to thwart local officials amid COVID surge and vaccine rollout
In mid-November, Gov. Abbott declared that Texas was “in the ninth inning of our challenge with COVID” and balked at the idea of more shutdowns. His unfounded optimism came as hospitalizations and deaths were on the rise, a trend that has persisted through the third...
Abbott said no second lockdown is coming. White House COVID officials disagree.
As Texas began battling the second wave of coronavirus last month, Gov. Greg Abbott held a press conference warning Texans that no second lockdown is coming. Now, the latest White House Coronavirus Task Force report for the state is recommending Texas do exactly that....
COVID Quagmire Deepens for Texas Elected Officials
It has been yet another rough week for Governor Greg Abbott and his response to the novel coronavirus. Despite boasting that Texas is ready to distribute vaccines within days, news surfaced this week of a report from the White House Coronavirus Task Force imploring...
“Full resurgence,” “silent spreaders”: Abbott’s failed Covid response put to the test
Despite his bombastic public proclamations that Texas will enforce no new COVID-19 restrictions, Governor Greg Abbott was greeted by unwelcome news from a building he hopes to one day occupy last week. In a new report issued by the White House citing a “full...
Beware of big vaccine promises as 2020 wraps up
The Thanksgiving break, return of holiday music, and news of an incoming vaccine may have Texans giddy to break out the champagne bottles and celebrate the end to a long year, but there’s still reason to remain cautious. On Monday, reacting to news that United...
Gov. Abbott should stop campaigning against public safety reforms and address the spread of COVID-19
Texas has become the first state to reach 1,000,000 positive COVID-19 cases but Gov. Greg Abbott’s chief focus is his campaign against public safety reforms. For a brief period, it appeared as if Abbott was going to aggressively take on the spread of COVID-19...
No lockdown or pandemic relief as Texas braces for second wave
Gov. Greg Abbott held a press conference on Thursday updating Texans on the second wave of coronavirus cases in the state. No lockdown is coming this time around, Abbott said during his press conference in Lubbock. The governor said a new antibody...