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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) warned her constituents Wednesday that a decision to not wear a mask despite the

"At some point, you hit a place where the rapidity at which youre vaccinating starts to tail off," said Zerwas, a former Republican state legislator and executive vice chancellor for health affairs at the University of Texas System, adding that the state is expecting a certain percentage of people in each eligible group will decline to be vaccinated. But vaccination waitlists remain long in many parts of the state. Texas ranks near the bottom in percentage of people given one shot and percentag...

Alexis Simendinger and @asimendinger and @alweaver22. Please recommend the Morning Report to friends and let us know what you think. CLICK HERE to subscribe! Total U.S. coronavirus deaths reported as of this mornin g: 525,035.   As of this morning, 17.2 percent of the U.S. population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 9.2 percent are fully vaccinated, according to the . The Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package is on the verge of becoming law, p...

The Lege this week: Abbott lets his mask slip Posted By Justin Miller, The Texas Observer on Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 7:43 AM click to enlarge Courtesy Photo / Office of the Governor Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a recent press event. Welcome to the 87th ...

Faster driving, more traffic deaths in pandemic year; disparities in vaccine access favor the wealthy: Live COVID-19 updates John Bacon, Jorge L. Ortiz and Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY When family members cant stand by dying COVID-19 patients side, nurses step in Replay Video The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday delayed a release of coronavirus guidelines designed to ease restrictions for fully vaccinated Americans. The agency’s guidelines were expected to...

US President Joe Biden has described the decision to wind down virus restrictions in Texas – America’s second biggest state – as “Neanderthal thinking”.

To “step on a rake” is a euphemism for inflicting pain and damage upon yourself. The imagery is straightforward: You’re walking through a yard, accidentally step on the head of a rake, and the handle whips up and smacks you on the bean. Sideshow Bob of This week, a number of Republican officials across the country abruptly decided COVID was done, in defiance of all present evidence, and set about tap-dancing on a whole pile of rakes. It would be funny in a sad clown kind of way, but for ...

The past few weeks have been nothing Texas could have foreseen. An arctic storm made its grand appearance two weeks ago and left Texans feeling its wrath. Then, following Florida and South Dakota, Gov. Greg Abbott made the premature decision to lift the mask mandate and allow businesses to open at full capacity starting March 10. The decision honestly sounds like a breath of fresh air until you realize the massacre that could follow.    Texans are and will be feeling the effects of what d...

The Lege This Week: Abbott Lets His Mask Slip From one crisis to the next: With Texas still reeling from the February blackouts, the governor decides to lift state COVID-19 mandates—then blames immigrants for spreading the virus. Governor Greg Abbott puts on a mask during a news conference in Dallas on August 6, 2020. AP Photo/LM Otero From one crisis to the next: With Texas still reeling from the February blackouts, the governor decides to lift state COVID-19 mandates—then blames immigrant...

Texas schools, stores divided on masks as mandate ends | 2021/03/04