Gov. Reeves axes mandate for masks in Mississippi; replaced with ‘recommendations’

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves is massively scaling back COVID-19 protocols in Mississippi.

He is replacing all current executive orders with “recommendations.”

This effectively ends all mask mandates within the state.

The only rules remaining in place will limit capacity of indoor arenas to 50% and rules governing K-12 schools.

https://www.wlox.com/2021/03/02/live-gov-reeves-announces-welcome-change-covid-order/

Texas, too:

AUSTIN — Texans will no longer be required to wear a face mask in public and all businesses can open at full capacity starting next week, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.da...f-texas-covid-19-restrictions/?outputType=amp

Texas is apparently opening up completely, while Mississippi will still have a few restrictions, but there you have it.

 

That's great news. It gives one hope that this is finally coming to an end.

 

Cool!

 

I expect more states will go this route, but it remains to see how Basement Joe responds.

 

I'll be watching the evening news to see how the networks handle it. It's really becoming a tale of 2 cities. Also will be interesting to see how this plays out regarding whether new spikes occur because of relaxing the mandates.

 

I see the Twitterverse has the hashtag "VoteHimOut" trending. I thought maybe they were talking about Biden ( lol ) but since Twitter is 80% Liberal influencers, they're talking about Abbott.

If Reeves had been the only governor to lift the ban that hashtag would certainly targeted at Reeves.

 

Oh new localized spikes will occur because of the lifting of mandates, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't have been lifted. It becomes a question of whether or not the mandates are still being effective at the state level. For instance, Texas has high rates are in some border areas and those areas will likely remain at high rates for awhile so keeping people locked down in areas with lower caseloads doesn't really serve any purpose.

 

Mississippi has kept a couple of restrictions in place.

The only rules remaining in place will limit capacity of indoor arenas to 50% and rules governing K-12 schools.

The new order begins March 3 at 5 p.m. and will extend until at least March 31.

These seem reasonable enough and should allay fears of schools and large indoor gatherings becoming superspreaders. The last thing we want is to yo-yo back and forth with restrictions, but we really can't wait for the virus to disappear to open things up.

The one thing I'm not clear on is whether churches are considered "indoor arenas" and that needs to be clarified.

 

Probably only the large mega-churches.

(of course the question is exactly how large)

 

Yes, the border will likely always have higher cases of Covid since those communities have a higher percentage of multi-generational people living under one roof, most of the healthy have jobs where they can't "work from home", and a large number of legal migrants on work visas crossing the border daily. Also, now that Biden has rescinded Trump's "Wait in Mexico" policy for asylum seekers, and are back to "catch and release", the migrant floodgate is open for "new business". lol

Until people in the U.S. and in Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala are vaccinated or the "wave" passes, the border will have high rates. As you said, no point in punishing the entire state with restrictions.





https://news.yahoo.com/border-patrol-release-asylum-seekers-200829155.html

 

Huh. Here, Gov. Abbott has allowed churches to remain open to protect 1st Amendment rights since the pandemic started. Some churches closed or changed to outdoor or internet services at their discretion (which is how it should be, IMO).

Our local news is full of local governmental departments voicing their displeasure with the return of personal freedom. lol

 

If the Brazil P1 strain moves north, that open border policy is going to kill a lot of people.

 

Since I don't go to church, I had to look it up. There have been "guidelines" but no mandates regarding churches here. So a church is not an "indoor arena". Apparently any changes in services here have been, as you say, at their own discretion.

 

I heard on the radio this morning that Houston has found all known strains already. Just a little news blurb I heard while driving to work, so no details.

Anyway, mutating is what viruses "do for a living". Any place which doesn't already have a new variant, will have one at some point.

The Covid vaccine will be like the flu vaccine where every year scientists throw darts to predict the most prevalent and severe strains and formulate that year's vaccine accordingly. Some years will be a hit and some will be a miss.

People act like humanity has never dealt with viruses before because of all the panic rhetoric coming from media and from the medical "experts" who make big bucks on pharmaceuticals.

 

Just did a quick search. Covid is acting like a virus, mutating and spreading everywhere.



https://www.click2houston.com/news/...9-variants-spreading-rapidly-in-houston-area/

 

The problem with the P1 strain is that people who have already had COVID can be reinfected with that one. I have seen estimates ranging from around 25% to greater than 60% of brazil's cases are people who had round 1 and now are being hit with that one. I am not sure our current vaccines would be effective in slowing it down much. Anyway, whatever happens, happens. I just don't think the end of the tunnel is as close as people think.

 

There is no "end" of the tunnel for Covid. Just like influenza, different strains will rotate each year. Once in a while a particularly virulent "new" strain will appear, or the experts don't guess the right strains and get the vaccine formula wrong, and we'll have a harsh cold/flu/virus season.

Most viruses get less severe as they mutate, but eventually a "bad one" crops up for the short run. A virus which kills a lot of people is not a successful virus. Viruses need to NOT kill their hosts so that they can spread and multiply.

 

“Joe Biden has fewer functioning brain cells than a Neanderthal and continues to listen to clowns like Fauci, who’s been wrong at every turn, but he’s got the nerve to criticize states who abandon mandates that aren’t supported by science? Screw him,” one source familiar with the forthcoming order changes in Alabama told Breitbart News.

Exclusive — Sources: Alabama to Ditch Mask Mandate Too (breitbart.com)

 

It is amazing to so closely screw up the COVID pandemic as the leaders did in the 1917 Flu pandemic.

The Waves of Death that extended after initial infections with more deadly are rolling dice with opening up back to "normal".

These new variants basically are free expand its capability, and the idea that "the virus is going do what it does" is playing with fire.

Another six months of being careful is a small price to save what could be millions of deaths if we allow COVID free reign before vaccines and care are in place. We are all ready seeing variants that can sicken and kill younger people, and much more virulent transmission.

People are playing with fire.

 

People are playing Russian Roulette with the injections that are not vaccines.

Is there any psychological insight provided by the fact that so many people are calling something that is not a vaccine a vaccine?

I see strong similarity to using a test not designed for diagnostic purposes for diagnostic purposes.

When everything the American people believe is false, the success of our misinformation efforts will be apparent.

 

"Russian Roulett" is an action that involves producing 1 death per 6 plays.

Currently, the MRNA vaccines may, repeat may, cause 1 death in every 10 or 20 MILLION deaths, and avoids MILLIONS of serious illnesses.

To state this clearly:

1. One death per millions is a very lousy game of Russian Roulette 1-shot 5 dud.

2. The MRNA indeed a "vaccine", except that is so much better a technology compared to "chicken eggs cooking in a heat lamp of bits of living or dead actual tissues", the technology should get much more descriptive name, like Super Charged Quick Modifying Saving Life technology.

It certainly not perfect, for sure, but it is an amazing improvement.

 

mRNA injections are not vaccines according to traditional and existing legal and medical definitions.

That you believe it is simply shows how effective propaganda is.

Next you will be telling me the sky is green and the grass is blue, or up is down and down is up, or we live under a system of constitutional governance.

When everything the American people believe is false....

 

Oh good, with no more masks in Mississippi the welfare state, the economic burden will be reduced 2%.

 

If it's anything like Florida, no more masks will also mean no more mask litter. No more biohazard face diapers littering the streets and sidewalks.

 

At least masks are big enough so that people can see and avoid them. Not so much with clouds of COVID19 virus.