Just one day after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced the state will be lifting its mask mandate next week, President Joe Biden is calling the decision a "big mistake."
During a briefing on Tuesday in Lubbock, Gov. Greg Abbott lifted all the COVID-19 mandates across the state starting Wednesday, March 10. Here s why he believes it s time for Texas to open 100%.
Medical officials welcomed Ivey s decision after recommending an extension, arguing that easing restrictions before more people were vaccinated could reverse recent improvements. Alabama s rolling seven-day average of daily cases has dropped from 3,000 in early January to below 1,000 and hospitalizations are at their lowest point since summer. This is very good news. This gives us a month to vaccinate more people and to get a better handle on the role of the UK variant, said Dr. Don Williamson, the former state health officer who now heads the Alabama Hospital Association.
This is what mask wearing looked like during the 1918 flu pandemic
KTRK
The first cases of the Spanish Flu showed up in March 1918 in Kansas.
The New York Times looked at the timeline of the first mask orders issued in October 1918.
San Francisco had the first mask order. It lasted four weeks until Nov. 21, 1918.
San Francisco implemented a second mask order in December 1918 after deaths started to climb again.
That second order lasted about two months until the beginning of February 1919.
It s also important to point out that masks in 1918 were nothing like the masks we have now.
Most people were forced to wear gauze attached with tape. Newspapers printed instructions how to make your own masks at home.
This is what mask wearing looked like during the 1918 flu pandemic
KTRK
The first cases of the Spanish Flu showed up in March 1918 in Kansas.
The New York Times looked at the timeline of the first mask orders issued in October 1918.
San Francisco had the first mask order. It lasted four weeks until Nov. 21, 1918.
San Francisco implemented a second mask order in December 1918 after deaths started to climb again.
That second order lasted about two months until the beginning of February 1919.
It s also important to point out that masks in 1918 were nothing like the masks we have now.
Most people were forced to wear gauze attached with tape. Newspapers printed instructions how to make your own masks at home.
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
In a widely publicized move, Governor Abbot adopted Executive Order GA 34 on March 2, 2021, which takes effect on March 10, 2021, lifting the state-wide occupancy limits and mask mandate related to the COVID-19 pandemic. How does this affect community associations?
A summary of Executive Order GA 34 is as follows:
Governor Abbott has withdrawn his statewide mask mandate. Effective at 12:01 AM on March 10, 2021, there are no state level COVID-19-related operating limits for any business or other establishment. While face coverings are encouraged if social distancing is not feasible, no person may be required by any jurisdiction to wear or mandate the wearing of a face covering.