pot stirrer
I'm not sure that "Texas reopening" is any major news. It's been open since mid May.
The only real difference is the removal of the statewide mask mandate. Businesses including retailers may continue to require masks of their employees and customers as they see fit, according to their own set of safety protocols.
Since bars and restaurants are already open, and nobody's wearing a mask after they sit down, I don't anticipate any change in outcomes there.
The only real potential change in outcomes I can see is maybe at grocery stores and other retailers. I anticipate many of them will remove their own mask requirements for customers, so that they don't put their employees in confrontational situations with customers who don't want to wear masks, and no longer feel compelled to without a state mandate in place. I don't know how large a % of people that will be, but I don't think it's really going to be enough to move the needle strongly.
tl;dr version-- Much ado about nothing, Texas is already open so can't "reopen" at this time, that happened in May.
