NewsWatch: Expert ‘mortified and disgusted’ by Texas reopening plan; it ‘will kill Texans,’ says top Democrat

News that the governor of Texas, Republican Greg Abbott, will lift the state’s face mask mandate and allow businesses to fully reopen on March 10 was met with a wave of alarm on Wednesday, as health officials warned the U.S. is not out of the woods yet, even as the vaccine program looked set to get a needed boost.