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2020-07-03 Economy

Things Just Got Real: Statewide Mask Mandate Imposed In … Texas

AllahPundit via HotAir
This feels only slightly less shocking and transgressive than watching the state turn blue on election night would.

Which, at the rate we’re going, is a possibility. That’s part of why Greg Abbott went all-in on masks, I assume. If the outbreak continues to spiral in Texas, with the ruling party eventually blamed for not doing everything it could to stem the tide, there’ll be political consequences, not just human consequences. As one Twitter pal put it, "Abbott’s fascinating because he’s as red-meat conservative as anyone but has to govern a large, complex state that’s rapidly becoming less Republican."
It couldn't be Abbott having enough intellectual integrity to not reject means of saving lives of his constituents (and their economy) on ideological grounds? Especially as the pertinent ideology is, in kindest terms, is an infantile temper tantrum.
...The order requires Texans living in counties with 20 or more positive COVID-19 cases to wear a face covering over the nose and mouth while inside a business or other building open to the public, as well as outdoor public spaces, whenever social distancing is not possible. But it provides several exceptions, including children who are younger than 10 years old, people who have a medical condition that prevents them from wearing a mask, people who are eating or drinking and people who are exercising outdoors.

Abbott’s order specifies at least one group of people is not excepted from the order: "any person attending a protest or demonstration" with over 10 people who cannot socially distance...
Texas being Texas, I'm eager to see what happens to the first gun-totting ~~shithead~~ hero defying the orders.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-03 03:29|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 ...And that's kids, why I expressed no worries for Texas in an earlier comment. So far, they've the lowest (for their population density) death rate among USA states.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-03 03:47|| 2020-07-03 03:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Got real or got stupid?

Posted by Clem 2020-07-03 09:07|| 2020-07-03 09:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Abbott frames his decision in the clip below in a smart way. It’s not that we’re mandating masks just to hold down the spread, he says. Rather, we’re mandating masks so that the economy can stay open.

That’s how Trump should have formulated this issue months ago: Practice good pandemic hygiene, which means masks and diligent social distancing, and we don’t need to lock down.

Posted by Bobby 2020-07-03 14:03|| 2020-07-03 14:03|| Front Page Top

#4 ^But it does harm some people's first ammendment right to send a message to the World - ugly people need love too!

Posted by g(r)omgoru PB 2020-07-03 14:18|| 2020-07-03 14:18|| Front Page Top

#5 "That’s how Trump should have formulated this issue months ago: Practice good pandemic hygiene, which means masks and diligent social distancing, and we don’t need to lock down."

Precisely. To fight the virus there are no silver bullets.

Posted by Thorong Grundy1520 2020-07-03 14:56|| 2020-07-03 14:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Only if you are within 6 feet of another person in public per his order. Logical.

Posted by Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2020-07-03 22:44|| 2020-07-03 22:44|| Front Page Top

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