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Abbott just signed executive order in Tx! No Vaccine Mandates! 🙏🏼❤️🇺🇸❤️🙏🏼
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bans COVID vaccine mandates
Rebecca Falconer
Rebecca Falconer
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a border security briefing on June 30, 2021 in Weslaco, Texas.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott during a June briefing in Weslaco, Texas. Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has issued an executive order banning COVID-19 vaccine mandates by any Texas government entity and urged state lawmakers to pass it into law during the ongoing special session.
Why it matters: The announcement comes as Texas grapples with a massive surge in coronavirus cases and as the state reported the most COVID-19 hospitalizations since the pandemic began.
Driving the news: Abbott took the action in response to the FDA granting full approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for those ages 16 and older.
He previously banned vaccine passports implemented after emergency use authorizations.
"Vaccine requirements and exemptions have historically been determined by the legislature, and their involvement is particularly important to avoid a patchwork of vaccine mandates across Texas," Abbott said in a statement.
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