When Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) announced earlier this month that he would open his state to 100 percent capacity and revoke mask mandates, leftists feared this display of personal responsibility. President Joe Biden even targeted Abbott for his ‘Neanderthal thinking’, while in his speech to the country on March 11 he exemplified unity and said that his government was “working with … red”. and blue state. “
NEW: issues an executive order to lift the mask mandate and open Texas up to 100 percent. pic.twitter.com/P4UywmWeuN
– Greg Abbott Government (@GovAbbott) March 2, 2021
Abbott himself admitted, with extra emphasis, in his statement which reads in part:
Make no mistake, COVID-19 has not disappeared, but it’s clear from the recovery, vaccinations, reduced hospitalizations and safe practices that Texans use that the state mandates are no longer needed. Today’s announcement does not abandon the safe practices that Texans have mastered over the past year. Instead, it is a reminder that each person plays a role in his or her own personal safety and the safety of others.
Abbott’s statement also refers to Texas being the lowest case. The number of cases is also still declining. US News & World Report has consistently covered a decline in business in Texas through updates from Johns Hopkins. There was an increase in cases from Friday 13 March to Saturday 14 March, but follow-up coverage from 16 March and 18 March indicated a declining trend.
“Nevertheless, the moving average of new cases reported in Texas over the past two weeks fell by 3,078 per day, a decrease of 39.7%, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers,” reported March 16. is, with respect to the number of cases in Texas is above 4000.
“The researchers also said that the moving average daily new cases had dropped by 2,695 cases over the past two weeks, a decrease of 37%,” it was reported on March 18.
While the heading of March 14 from The Dallas Morning News of “Texas reports more than 2,300 new COVID-19 cases as Tarrant County adds 22 deaths” highlights cases and deaths, the subtitle still acknowledges that “state affairs and deaths have declined in the past two weeks.” It is also mentioned that:
According to the Johns Hopkins data, the seven-day averages of new cases and deaths in Texas have declined over the past two weeks.
The average number of new cases dropped daily on February 25 from 7,964 to 4,648 on March 11, while the average number of deaths during the same period dropped from 220.6 to 168.9 per day.
This article may have fixed how Texas has the third highest number of deaths, but it is important to point out that it is the second most populous state in the country. California experienced the most deaths, while New York experienced the second most deaths. All three states are one of the most populous states in the country, although California under Gavin Newsom, who is facing a recall effort and a collapse over Abbott’s announcement, had the strictest exclusions.
Again, it is worth emphasizing that the virus is not over yet. Show me where Abbott claimed it was. However, we are making progress. People are getting vaccines and cases are declining, also in Texas. Let’s embrace it and act that way.
As mentioned above, Johns Hopkins provides information on these trends, including Texas.
After all, the original goal in mind was to flatten the curve. Right?