Three weeks of huge Democrat supported protests and the numbers go up...whoda thunk it.

The protests are killing people.

Unless you are protesting, then it is ok to not wear a mask. If approached by LE, simply shout out "no justice, no peace" and set fire to something.

Abbott is just doing everything possible to keep the state open for business. If cases get out of hand and more travel restrictions are put on us by other states that's going have a major impact on the economy. Wearing a mask doesn't hurt the economy. He's trying to protect our state financially.

I don't have a problem wearing a mask for three reasons:

1. Humility: I don't think I have COVID, but I don't factually know that. I've read enough to know some folks are asymptomatic yet still able to spread the virus. It makes sense that a face covering would minimize viral spread were I to sneeze or cough out in public.

2. Kindness: I have no clue what the people I happen to be near might be battling with. I'm 38 and healthy as an ox. I have zero fear of the virus. The person next to me could have cancer, maybe caring for an elderly parent, or have a child at home with an immune disease. Just the basic golden rule here.

3. Community: I want my community to stay open. I want businesses to do as well as they can during this extremely tough time. More and more scientist are agreeing that masks do help slow the spread. Slowing the spread buys doctors more time to get better at treating the virus and gives businesses a better chance of staying open. https://www.foxnews.com/health/us-coronavirus-deaths-projected-reach-180000-october

It's very scary.

Numbers say you're more likely to get murdered in St. Louis, East St. Louis, or Gary Indiana than you are to die if you catch this virus.

Protect the at risk group, and that includes them doing their part as well to be safe, and get on with it. At least we don't have leadership directing wuflu positive patients back into nursing homes.

Yes, the deniers and the protesters that weren't wearing masks and being careful haven't helped our situation.
We need to move forward by wearing masks, safer distancing, sterilizing hands and surfaces.
Texans are a motivated group of problem solvers and can do this.

Agree, we all have a duty to help protect and improve the health of our family, coworkers, friends, and neighbors.

How does this blow anyone's mind? The pandemic has been on the loose for 6 months. Daily case numbers are reported at both the country and state level. 30 days in a month. 50 states. 3141 counties in the US. So quick math here... 6*30*50 =9000. 6*30*3141=565,380 565,380 + 9000 = 574,380. So states and counties have reported daily case numbers over 1/2 million times so far combined. Most of those case numbers have been between 1-999. You are surprised that you can google any three digit number and find an article on it related to COVID cases? It's not a conspiracy, it's math.

Did you also know that if 23 people are in the same room there is a 50/50 chance 2 of them share the exact same birthday? (month and day). Math. It's cool.

Isn't that for businesses only like the other mask mandates in the state?

Yep, effective 6/29/20. Mandatory for business's, strongly recommended for public. fine only applies to business's.
https://www.bellcountytx.com/COVID19/Directive%20_7_Rev.pdf

Hey Mr. Pick, do you call people out in public? Or is this just an outlet for you?

My wife went to school to become a surgical tech, graduating in May '19. We had our daughter in April '19, so she didn't go looking for a job immediately after graduating and passing her state test so she could stay home with the baby. Fast forward to February/March of this year and she's ready to start looking around. Lined up a few interviews at local hospitals and bang Rona shuts down elective surgeries. We're blessed that she doesn't "have" to work at the moment, but I do know she's ready and this will likely frustrate her a little bit.

Thanks for posting the article.

My wife works for THR in Fort Worth. They just opened a second floor dedicated to Covid. The number of cases they are treating has doubled.

Looks like for now it covers 4 counties.

Wawi, can we come to your restaurant without a mask on?