Morning Jolt: Texas Isn’t Crazy for Lifting Its Mask Mandate

Today, Texans are no longer under a statewide mandate to wear masks in public, and businesses in the state can operate at 100 percent capacity. President Biden contends that this is "neanderthal thinking," and many media voices consider it the most reckless decision since the state of Georgia allegedly began a formal experiment in human sacrifice in April 2020. But the data simply don't support the argument that the Lone Star State is making a dramatic change from masking conditions a week ago, or that it is making a dramatically different move on permitted business capacity, or that states that didn't enact mask mandates performed the worst during this pandemic.

No, Texans Aren't Crazy, or 'Neanderthal'
Two months before yesterday was Tuesday, January 12. On that day, the state of Texas reported 27,147 new cases of COVID-19 and 305 new deaths from the pandemic. (All numbers from Worldometers ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY March 10 2021 WITH JIM GERAGHTY March 10 2021 Texas Isn't Crazy for Lifting Its Mask Mandate Today, Texans are no longer under a statewide mandate to wear masks in public, and businesses in the state can operate at 100 percent capacity. President Biden contends that this is "neanderthal thinking," and many media voices consider it the most reckless decision since the state of Georgia allegedly began a formal experiment in human sacrifice in April 2020. But the data simply don't support the argument that the Lone Star State is making a dramatic change from masking conditions a week ago, or that it is making a dramatically different move on permitted business capacity, or that states that didn't enact mask mandates performed the worst during this pandemic. No, Texans Aren't Crazy, or 'Neanderthal' Two months before yesterday was Tuesday, January 12. On that day, the state of Texas reported 27,147 new cases of COVID-19 and 305 new deaths from the pandemic. (All numbers from Worldometers ...   READ MORE

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