SAN ANTONIO, Texas.- While the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, eliminates the mandatory use of masks and opens the state to 100%, the mayor of San Antonio, Ron Nirenberg, seeks that the population join his efforts against covid-19 and use the mask voluntarily.
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“Opening everything 100% and at the same time rejecting our state’s mask mandate is a huge mistake. Please join me in continuing to wear a mask,” said Nirenberg, who last week had commented on his rejection of the possibility that the first president of the state will eliminate the executive order.
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“Covid-19 is still widespread in our community and infects too many vulnerable residents. We are not out of the woods yet,” the mayor said.
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Over the weekend, both he and Bexar County Judge Nelso Wolff had jointly sent Abbott a letter to reconsider this possibility.
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They told him that science should guide decision-making in the state. “Let science guide us and do our job of keeping Texas healthy and prosperous,” both local leaders wrote.
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The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 43,909 residents of the state while 2,660,791 have been infected, according to data from the Texas Department of Health.
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