GREG WHO?:

Texas Governor Greg Abbott wouldn't want you to mistake his push to forbid private companies and others from issuing vaccine mandates as just another attempt to court conservative voters or tee up a White House bid. His executive order seeking to ban mandates in his state plainly says it's part of a larger plan "aimed at protecting the health and safety of Texans."

Sure, the order hopes to curtail "federal overreach" and stymie the Biden administration's "bullying," but don't attribute that to partisan hackery. After all, the goal is "achieving the least restrictive means of combatting the evolving threat to public health."

Fortunately, two major airlines based in Texas understand that vaccinations are one of the most effective ways to protect public health in the Covid-19 era. They plan to ignore Abbott's browbeating. Other companies large and small should follow suit, no matter the political standoffs and threats in Texas and elsewhere.

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