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And as residents roam to and fro, they won’t necessarily be masked.
On Tuesday, Republican Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order regarding face coverings and state institutions.
Greg laid it out bodies possessing governmental power will no longer force anyone to make like a surgeon:
No government entity, including a county, city, school district, and public health authority, and no governmental official may require any person to wear a face covering or to mandate that another person wear a face covering; provided, however, that:
state supported living centers, government-owned hospitals, and government-operated hospitals may continue to use appropriate policies regarding the wearing of face coverings; and
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Not so Neanderthal now! Texas celebrates zero COVID-19 daily deaths two months after reopening and lifting mask mandate - which Biden called Neanderthal thinking
Texas on Sunday recorded zero new Covid deaths for the first time since it began tracking data on the virus in March 2020
It comes just two months after the state reopened on March 2, 2021, with Governor Abbott lifting the state s mask mandate
President Biden slammed the decision at the time as Neanderthal thinking
The U.S. recorded fewer than 17,000 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday for the first time since the pandemic took hold in America in March 2020
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The CDC said the updated guidance would allow life to begin to return to normal and hopes it will prod more people to get vaccinated against an illness that has killed more than half a million Americans. Reuters file pic
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WASHINGTON, May 15 ― New US guidance allowing people to go without masks in most places provided one more topic of disagreement among Americans who have found little common ground throughout the pandemic.
Some cited caution and confusion, while others who have rarely worn masks rolled their eyes at the advice from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday that fully vaccinated people do not need to wear masks outdoors and can mostly avoid wearing them indoors. The looser mask guidance does not apply to situations such as public transportation and prisons.