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 dangerous leadership can cause. As Iâm writing this, Texas is experiencing on average 7,253 new COVID-19 cases a day. Without masks, we run the probable risk of another surge in positive cases and deaths. Many studies have proven masks do work. Weâve seen an impressive decline in the number of cases nationally since implementing mask mandates. What we donât want to see is backtracking of our progress because Abbott got greedy.Â