![AUSTIN, TX - MARCH 03: Customers leave Walmart on March 3, 2021 in Austin, Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott announced today that the state will end its mask mandate and allow businesses to reopen at 100 percent capacity on March 10. Montinique Monroe/Getty Images/AFP
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Customers in masks leave a Walmart in Austin, Texas. Getty
Customers in masks leave a Walmart in Austin, Texas. Getty
Texans divided as state prepares to lift Covid restrictions
Governor Greg Abbott announced that coronavirus measures such as compulsory masks will be lifted on March 10