Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bans 'any entity' from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order banning "any entity" in the state from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
[/size][/color]"The COVID-19 vaccine is safe, effective, and our best defense against the virus, but should remain voluntary and never forced," Abbott said in a press release Monday.
Abbott's executive order prohibits "any entity" in the state from compelling an individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccine "who objects to such vaccination for any reason of personal conscience."
The order applies to both employees and consumers who refuse to receive the vaccine due to "religious belief, or for medical reasons, including prior recovery from COVID-19."
The order will also "supersede any conflicting order" that has already been made by local jurisdictions, authorizing the "maximum fine" allowed under Texas law for any entity that fails to comply with the order.

Abbott also issued a message to the state's Senate and House of Representatives formally requesting the legislature to consider drafting legislation codifying a similar order into law.
The governor's move may have come in response to President Biden's September executive order that will require employers with more than 100 workers to require the vaccine or submit to weekly testing for the virus.
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"In yet another instance of federal government overreach, the Biden Administration is now bullying many private entities into imposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates, causing workforce disruptions that threaten Texas's continued recovery from the COVID-19 disaster," Abbott said of that order at the time.
Currently, 52% of Texas residents are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Does this mean all those medical workers get their jobs back?

If so, TX will have the only fully staffed hospitals in the country, while everywhere else, they’re closing down wards because of all the nurses they’re firing.

Yes, and we all know how good Texas is on 2A and Castle Doctrine, crime, death penalty, etc.

The fact that some rapists, murderers still choose to hang around Texas is just proof of how stupid criminals really are.

Keep in mind that many attempted armed robberies, burglaries, rapes, murders, etc. are met with an armed owner -- Castle Doctrine -- and don't make it alive to the hospital, much less to trial or death row. Any felons shot "in the line of work" don't get to become a death penalty statistic.

Currently, 52% of Texas residents are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

I wonder if this number is correct.  I know very few who have succuмbed

You and every other conservative in the country...

Texas also has the best homeschooling laws, no state income tax, some kind of farm animal in nearly everyone's backyard, and now few abortions.

Biggest negative is property tax.  $500 per month where I live, in a starter home.

It depends on where you live. I don't live in a city, and mine is $100/month less than that for my 2 houses (plus outbuildings) and 5 acres.