{"id":359099,"date":"2021-03-31T12:16:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T16:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=359099"},"modified":"2021-03-31T12:16:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T16:16:11","slug":"its-been-nearly-a-month-since-texas-governor-lifted-mask-mandate-and-covid-cases-continue-to-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-been-nearly-a-month-since-texas-governor-lifted-mask-mandate-and-covid-cases-continue-to-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Been Nearly A Month Since Texas Governor Lifted Mask Mandate And COVID Cases Continue To Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fits-been-nearly-a-month-since-texas-governor-lifted-mask-mandate-and-covid-cases-continue-to-fall%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=359099&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4779.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Nearly a month after Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX), announced he was lifting the state\u2019s mask mandate, new daily cases in the Lone Star State continue on a downward trend, once again beating \u201cexpert\u201d predictions of dire consequences.<\/p>\n<p>When Abbott announced the end to the mask mandate, Texas\u2019 7-day average for new cases was at 7,259 \u2013 it\u2019s now roughly half that. Daily cases have also declined by about half since the mask mandate was lifted. Deaths also continue to drop.<\/p>\n<p>Writer Drew Holden pointed out the statistics on Twitter, noting that \u201cwhen you look at mainstream media coverage about how Texas\u2019s decision was going to be a disaster, for some reason nearly all the stories are from the first week of March, and there haven\u2019t been really any since mid-March, before the predictions came due.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.45671641791\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83e\uddf5THREAD\ud83e\uddf5<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow will be 3 weeks since Texas lifted it\u2019s mask mandate. Coronavirus cases have been steadily declining since, w\/ yesterday the 18th day in a row of decreases.<\/p>\n<p>But you may remember the left &amp; the media promised the reverse would happen. And I\u2019ve got receipts.\u2935\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrewHolden360\/status\/1377041557837250560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When Abbott announced the end of the mask mandate in Texas, prominent Democrats jumped to call him a murderer, with President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-mocks-texas-and-mississippi-for-reopening-dropping-mask-mandates-neanderthal-thinking\">saying<\/a> that Texas and Mississippi\u2019s reopening of their economies was \u201cNeanderthal thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a big mistake,\u201d Biden said earlier this month. \u201cLook, I hope everybody\u2019s realized by now these masks make a difference. We are on the cusp of being able to fundamentally change the nature of this disease because of the way in which we\u2019re able to get vaccines in people\u2019s arms. We\u2019ve been able to move that all the way up to the end of May to have enough for every American, to get every adult American to get a shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last thing, the last thing we need is Neanderthal thinking that in mean time everything\u2019s fine, take off your mask,\u201d Biden continued. \u201cForget it. It\u2019s still matters. \u2026 And it\u2019s critical, critical, critical, critical that they follow the science. Wash your hands, hot water, do it frequently. Wear a mask and stay socially distance. And I know you all know that, I wish the heck some of our elected officials knew it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) also blasted Abbott\u2019s decision, calling it \u201cabsolutely reckless\u201d and insisting that California would go in the opposite direction, The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/absolutely-reckless-gov-newsom-condemns-states-such-as-texas-for-reopening\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be doubling down on mask wearing, not arguing to follow the example of Texas and other states that I think are making a terrible mistake,\u201d Newsom said.<\/p>\n<p>California had a higher case load than Texas earlier this year, but had fewer new daily cases than Texas at the time of Abbott\u2019s announcement, a trend that has continued. California had about 1,000 fewer new cases than Texas on Tuesday, but the state remains largely locked down, a move that is hurting its economy.<\/p>\n<p>As Holden pointed out, numerous other Democratic politicians and mainstream media outlets also predicted a new surge of deaths and cases in Texas, predictions that haven\u2019t come to pass. Further, some Democrat-controlled states that are still heavily locked down have more new daily cases than Texas, such as Michigan and New York. The 7-day average in New Jersey is also higher than it is in Texas.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly a month after Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX), announced he was lifting the state\u2019s mask mandate, new daily cases in the Lone Star State continue on a downward trend, once &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311445,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4779.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"It\u2019s Been Nearly A Month Since Texas Governor Lifted Mask Mandate And COVID Cases Continue To Fall","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-359099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4779.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"It\u2019s Been Nearly A Month Since Texas Governor Lifted Mask Mandate And COVID Cases Continue To Fall","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}