Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed an executive order prohibiting the city from implementing certain COVID-19 measures, and Austin Mayor Steve Adler is not very satisfied. In fact, the news made him so frustrated that he complained about it in an interview on Friday.
“The COVID situation that is happening in our community right now is very terrible,” Adler said in an interview with CBS AustinThe Democratic Mayor also said, “The governor’s ignorance of science and data is fundamentally wrong.”
Abbott’s executive order prohibits the use of vaccine passports and wearing masks. This measure will replace any local laws that conflict with the governor’s order.
The mayor hinted that he might take legal action to circumvent Abbott’s executive order. He says:
“The district court has twice allowed local health authorities and local elected officials to execute orders that are inconsistent with the governor’s order. Of course we can go there and do it a third time.”
CBS Austin noted that “Travis County’s numbers are getting close to boosting [the city] Entering Phase 5″, and in July, the Austin Public Health Department reported more than 4,150 new COVID-19 cases, 19 of which died from the coronavirus. Adler seems to suggest that lack of vaccine regulations may lead to more Death. He said:
“Everyone on the ventilator is someone who has not been vaccinated. In fact, we have so many people who have not been vaccinated, which means we have a very fertile soil for the virus to spread in our community.”
The mayor also stated that companies should require their customers and employees to wear masks until the rise in coronavirus cases returns to a manageable level. He says:
“The more places we need masks, the better we are. [sic] I think it would be great if people who run large venues need masks. “
He also expressed his support for children to wear masks when they return to school.
I can tell you now that the Austinians disagree with Adler’s proposal. As I wrote when I wrote this article at Golden Corral, none of the customers wore a mask. Employees wear masks, just like most food service organizations in Austin—but nothing more.
Even in grocery stores, most people don’t bother to wear masks, including employees. Despite being a left-leaning city, people are still trying to get back to normal-despite the local government’s attempts to push us to live like 2020.
In fact, last week, Austin residents, including me, received a large number of text messages from the Austin Public Health Department urging us to wear masks indoors-even at home-and even if we are vaccinated, we must wear them in stores. Facial mask. These messages were followed by automated calls, trying to scare us into complying with their suggestions.
Fortunately, Abbott’s executive order will ensure that these “recommendations” remain unchanged.People like Adler in the city council will Love Disregard the residents’ ideas and impose more restrictions. So far, they have been kept in the bay.
