Thu, 04 Mar 2021 19:48 UTC
© Ballotpedia, ABC NewsFive states Texas, Mississippi, Iowa, Montana and North Dakota have ended, or soon will end, statewide mask mandates, despite the looming threat of COVID-19 and highly transmissible variants.
They re joining 11 other states Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Tennessee that never required face coverings statewide.
Alabama will lift its mandate in about a month, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Thursday. She said that beginning on April 9, wearing masks will be a matter of personal responsibility and not a government mandate.
Texas and Mississippi announced Tuesday they d shortly be ending requirements for masks and allowing businesses to operate at full capacity, decisions President Joe Biden slammed as Neanderthal thinking.
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