Confusion reigns in Texas as legal fight over mask mandates rages between Abbott and local officials

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : The same goes for Fort Bend ISD -- another district that was set to require masks, but changed course in defiance of Fort Bend County Judge KP George's mask order for the county, which includes public schools.
55% : Less than a day later, a lower court judge essentially reinstated the Bexar mandate for public schools -- though not without acknowledging the confusion.
50% : A number of cities, counties and school districts in the past week have defied Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order banning mask mandates and made mask-wearing mandatory in public schools in a bid to try to prevent the highly contagious delta variant from infecting schoolchildren too young to get vaccinated -- and to keep hospitals from overflowing with COVID-19 patients.
47% : Dallas County had the most wide-ranging mask mandate in the state -- covering public schools, colleges, businesses and many government buildings.

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