Personally, I am more likely to shop online or do without rather than go into a store with poor safety protocols.

I will move my shopping to stores that require masks or do my shopping online for the few things I need. I suspect lifting the mandate will be a mixed bag for the merchants.

First thing I did once I was fully vaccinated was go back inside the grocery store instead of curbside pickup. Soon after that, our idiot governor dropped the Texas mask mandate. I made it about 3 or 4 weeks--seeing increasingly fewer masks every time I went in. That, plus talk about all the imminent travel for the 4th of July holiday and I said, "Screw it, I'm going back to curbside pickup." Haven't gone back inside yet.

It used to be the central topic of conversation but now hardly a peep. It seems the last six weeks has changed. Hopefully it continues.

was down to about 1.5% in early June, but then it soared up to about 15% over the next several weeks. It was even higher elsewhere in the state. A couple of days ago it was 5.6% and trending downward, but it feels to me like it could easily spike again, especially with holiday gatherings. Our idiot governor and GOP state legislature seem to do everything they can to aid and abet the virus.