Our Governor Is An Idiot

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said this month that preliminary data from several states over the past six months suggests that 99.5% of COVID-19 deaths have occurred among the unvaccinated. https://t.co/yalqP9ehjU

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) July 21, 2021

As the delta variant has spread, some key pandemic indicators have increased in Texas. The state’s positivity rate — the ratio of cases to tests — went above 10% for the first time since February, a threshold that Abbott previously identified as dangerous. https://t.co/TuFJiPQd0E

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) July 21, 2021

Gov. Greg Abbott says he will not impose another statewide mask mandate, despite COVID-19 cases being on the rise again. https://t.co/ZOJgVQ7yRD

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) July 21, 2021

“There will be no mask mandate imposed, and the reasons for that are very clear,” Abbott told KPRC in Houston on Tuesday. “There are so many people who have immunities to COVID, whether it be through the vaccination, whether it be through their own exposure and their recovery from it, which would be acquired immunity.”

It would be “inappropriate to require people who already have immunity to wear a mask,” Abbott said.

While the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says fully vaccinated people do not need to wear masks indoors in most settings, the World Health Organization is still encouraging everyone to wear masks while inside.

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As of Sunday, 43% of Texans were fully vaccinated.

"Hey, I'm tryin' to get re-elected here! Have you seen the GOP in Texas?"

Our governor is an idiot.  He'd rather run as the head of a death cult than as a responsible government official.

QED.