Texas restaurant covered in racist graffiti after owner went on CNN to oppose lifting mask mandate

He claimed that “more than 2.5 million Texans who were lab-confirmed for COVID-19 have recovered since the beginning of the pandemic, and experts note the total number of Texans who have recovered from COVID-19 is likely 4-5 times that amount.” In the executive order, he also mentioned that “the number of active COVID-19 cases is the lowest since November, meaning more Texans are recovering from COVID-19 than contracting it.”

“We do the right thing. Our governor has betrayed us but that doesn’t mean we have to follow him blindly,” he had said. Mr Nguyen had closed the shop for six months during the pandemic and had decided to reopen and follow all Covid-19 safety protocols issued by Texas’ Department of State Health Services.

Meanwhile, there had been widespread objections to the Texas reopening. The Houston Health Department had also issued a warning close to the reopening given the new highly contagious coronavirus variant. The department, as per news reports, had mentioned that the new highly contagious UK variant had been found at “31 of the city’s 39 wastewater treatment plants.”

“We do know is that there is a fairly large amount of the UK variant in our community and it is spreading,” Dr David Persse, the chief medical officer for the city of Houston, said. Dr Peter Hotez, the dean of Baylor College of Medicine had said, “I worry we’re in for the perfect storm. We’re lifting restrictions, the B.1.1.7 variant is here in a big way, and we’re lagging behind on vaccinations. None of that is good news.”