Time for a fact check: Yes, Gov. Greg Abbott did, in fact, issue an executive order adding religious worship to the state's list of essential services.
. The president’s guidelines include instructing sick people to stay at home, maintaining appropriate distance between people, practicing good hygiene, and frequently sanitizing shared spaces and high-touch surfaces.
Citing detailed guidance from the CDC, Abbott's and Paxton’s guidance also states that some houses of worship"must" avoid large gatherings“Texas is a big state and the transmission rate of COVID-19 varies in different communities,” the joint guidance explains. “If a community is experiencing substantial community spread of COVID-19, then the houses of worship in that community should cancel all in-person gatherings of any size,” the document also says.
“I was surprised, just because there’s such a need for big groups not to gather, and because houses of worship seem to be doing such a really good job of handling services remotely,” Austin Mayor Steve Adler
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