I live in Texas and am surprised by the people upset about this. A lot of businesses will probably still require masks. Honestly the main problem is that they have scared people for so long with the hysteria that now they think masks save them from everything.
Of course there are people saying “but he isn’t following the science!”
Honestly If you can’t see that the virus will spread regardless of lockdowns or masks. If you are high risk take further precautions
I love how when people talk about that we're not following the science they aren't following the science about how somebody without any symptoms can't spread the illness. the main reason all of us are wearing masks is because we thought a symptomatic spreading was a thing which has been proved by that article in nature that it can't happen. Out of 10 million people they studied only 300 were asymptomatic carriers and not a single one of them actually spread the illness.
That's the science
My dad said that when you scare people and treat this like some zombie apocalypse then of course you will have people terrified once mandates are lifted. Media is responsible for the fear mongering. At least partly responsible
And the media will never be held responsible for any hysteria they caused.
*Whistles the Punisher theme"