Texas challenges Biden's mask madness

 Breitbart:

Cases of the Chinese coronavirus are falling in Texas, over two weeks after Gov. Greg Abbott (R) lifted restrictions, including the statewide mask mandate in the Lone Star State — moves President Biden described as “Neanderthal thinking.”

Early in March, Abbott announced the end of the statewide mask mandate, which had been in effect since July, and lifted capacity restrictions on businesses.

“It is time for Texas to be open 100 percent,” the governor said at the time. “Everybody that wants a job should be able to get a job. Every business that wants to be open should be open.”

The decision drew ire from leftists, many of whom had spent the last year criticizing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for refusing to embrace blue state lockdown measures. President Biden reacted to the news of both Texas and Mississippi lifting their statewide mask mandates by describing the moves as a form of “Neanderthal thinking.”

“I think it’s a big mistake,” Biden told reporters, adding, “The last thing, the last thing we need is Neanderthal thinking that in the meantime, everything’s fine, take off your mask, forget it.”

However, recent data out of Texas does not appear to back Biden’s initial concern. Cases of the Chinese coronavirus have been on a decline over two weeks after the state lifted its restrictions. Over the weekend, the state’s seven-day positivity rate dipped to an “all-time low of 5.27 percent,” and hospitalizations fell to levels not seen since the fall. New confirmed cases fell from roughly 6,600 on March 2 to around 1,900 on March 28, according to Texas Health and Human Services data.

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The lockdown states appear to be where most of the new cases are located.  The results challenge the conventional wisdom of the mask mandates. 

Meanwhile:

CDC Director Warns of ‘Impending Doom’ as Red States Like Texas, Florida Thrive

 

The doomsday predictions about reopening in Texas were wrong

Barely Coherent Biden Is Still Babbling About Mask Mandates

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