Coronavirus, week 75: Abbott and Paxton vs common sense

First, nearly 6,000 Texans have died of COVID in the past month. And, my county is still below 35 percent vaccination.

And yet, Kenny Boy Paxton is now suing school districts with mask mandates, even though he's essentially admitted elsewhere that he can't enforce Strangeabbott's executive order, and even though TEA isn't enforcing it. (One wonders if this is in part Wag the Dog territory, and if that in turn is because the FBI's investigation of Kenny Boy's corruption is heating up.)

And, Kenny Boy's lawsuits are happening also even though the Lege, though asked by Strangeabbott, refused to pass legislation banning mask mandates.

 

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Joe Pinsker says our current murky landscape is like Waiting for Godot.

Remember Sarah Palin's "death panels"? Arguably, the white wingnut state of Idaho now is one.

Katelyn Jetelina explains the Mu variant.

Michael Hardy looks at Dimmit County, where nearly everyone has either had COVID or been vaccinated for it.