On the day the mask mandate in Texas was suspended, only 8.85% of the state population has been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, according to Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Center.
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Abbott’s statewide mask mandate has been in effect since July.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is lifting the COVID-19 mask mandate, allowing businesses to open at 100%. (Smiley N. Pool/Dallas Morning News/TNS)
FORT WORTH, Texas Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says it’s time to reopen businesses and remove the state’s mask mandate.
“It is now time to open Texas 100%,” Abbott said in Lubbock, joined by Lubbock business leaders at Montelongo’s Mexican Restaurant. “Everybody who wants to work should have the opportunity. Every business that wants to be open should be open.”
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