other the the probably cynical truth that abbott is trying to blimp his way out the energy fiasco, was there anything resembling 'science' that said yeah, this is a good time to unleash the hounds?
Of course testing numbers of positive cases are lower as Texas is recovering from 'dress up like a 3rd world country week' and no one was out and about and getting tested was not even an option.
- were hospitalizations down?
I mean, i am a libtard but if something pointed to saying this is OK to do, then i would be fine with making a change to policy. If it's to just unleash spring break and St. Paddy's day revenue generation for bars/restaurants and destinations, then that's another story.
The thing is, there is little downside that is going to be attached or stick to abbott for this. As much as we want people who gave no fucks about taking some personal responsibility during the pandemic to fuck around and find out, the odds are overwhelming that they won't. Will transmission and death increase? Yes. Will it be so substantial an increase as to point a blood soaked finger squarely back to abbott in a way that hurts him politically? Odds say probably not. I am sure that by the time the mask order is canceled next week, abbott will have some stat that X% of olds are vaccinated and that 100-X% don't want it so we are good to go.