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   Who elects insane leaders like this.    
   Oh, yeah..... crazy voters like those in Texas.   
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   Source : Reuters 2 Mar 2021   
      
   Texas governor lifts mask mandate, COVID restrictions   
      
   The move by Republican Governor Greg Abbott marks the furthest any US state   
   has gone so far to roll back harsh restrictions on businesses and residents.   
      
   The governor of Texas in the United States lifted most of the state’s   
   coronavirus pandemic restrictions on Tuesday, allowing businesses to reopen at   
   full capacity as of next week and telling residents that masks were no longer   
   required.   
      
   The move by Republican Governor Greg Abbott marks the furthest any US state   
   has gone so far to roll back harsh restrictions on businesses and residents   
   imposed by political leaders in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.   
      
   “It is now time to open Texas 100 percent,” Abbott announced at an   
   afternoon news briefing.   
      
   Abbott’s order comes as COVID-19 infections have plummeted in recent weeks   
   across much of the world, including in the US.   
      
   According to a Reuters news agency tally, roughly 68,240 new cases have been   
   reported on average each day this week, or 27 percent of the peak daily   
   average reported on January 7.   
      
   The US has recorded 28,681,793 infections and 513,721 coronavirus-related   
   deaths since the pandemic began in early 2020.   
      
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