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By JOHN KANELIS \/ johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is considering whether to lift the state’s mask mandate that’s been in effect since July.<\/p>\n

My request to the governor? Don’t do it. Not yet. Please.<\/p>\n

I am going to go with what I understand are guidelines set by medical experts familiar with the COVID-19 virus. The Texas Tribune reports:<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Centers for Disease Control recommends<\/a>\u00a0that people who have received two doses of the vaccine continue to avoid crowds, stay at least 6 feet away from people who live outside their households, and wear masks to cover their nose and mouth.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation\u2019s top infectious-disease doctor, has repeatedly said that\u00a0he does not know when Americans<\/a>\u00a0will be able to return to normal, but that they may still need to continue wearing face masks into 2022.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gov. Greg Abbott weighing end to mask order, other Texas coronavirus rules | The Texas Tribune<\/a><\/p>\n

I have received both doses of the Pfizer vaccine. Effective tomorrow, my bride will have received her two doses. We’re going to keep wearing masks despite a decision to withdraw the mandate … if Gov. Abbott is foolish enough to do it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

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By JOHN KANELIS \/ johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is considering whether to lift the state’s mask mandate that’s been in effect since July. My request to the governor? Don’t do it. Not yet. Please. I am going to go with what I understand are guidelines set by medical experts familiar with the COVID-19 virus. … Continue reading Shuck the mask? No thanks<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[9423,2006,9304,9261],"class_list":["post-46749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-news","tag-covid","tag-greg-abbott","tag-masks","tag-pandemic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46750,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46749\/revisions\/46750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}