http://www.newsweek.com/texas-lifts-covid-restrictions-vaccine-rollout-lags-behind-most-states-1575133 > Residents of Texas are no longer under a state mask mandate and businesses can open at 100 percent capacity—but the health crisis is far from over. > The loosening of COVID restrictions came into effect about a week after Governor Greg Abbott said the Lone Star State would be able to protect citizens from COVID thanks to the rollout of multiple vaccinations, alongside antibody therapeutic drugs.