From TheNewAmerican.com…..
Coronavirus cases have dropped to a record low in Texas roughly three weeks after the state lifted its mask mandate and reopened businesses.
“Today the 7-day Covid positivity rate dropped to a new recorded low: 4.95%. Hospitalizations dropped to a 6-month low. This week we have 1 million 1st vaccines available,” Texas Governor Greg Abbott wrote in a tweet on Sunday. “Everyone now qualifies for a shot. They are highly recommended to prevent getting Covid but always voluntary.”
On March 2, Abbott joined a growing number of governors across the United States who are easing coronavirus restrictions. Like the rest of the country, Texas has seen the number of cases and deaths plunge. Yet lockdowners tore into Texas, telling it to keep the restrictions that keep people jobless, poor, and dependent. Just like the rest of the country, under the lockdown, Texas’ economy, the second largest by GDP in the United States and ninth in the world, took a huge hit.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, more than $42.4 billion in unemployment has been paid out just in Texas. From March 2020 to March 2021, 7.2 million unemployment claims have been filed in the state. The Texas Workforce Commission says that’s more than the previous five years of claims combined. Most who filed have since returned to work, but at last count, 322,060 Texans were still making continued claims for jobless benefits. On top of that, Texas is coming off a deadly freeze that led to massive power outages and food shortages.
