Considering that Texas still has one of the highest rates of new infections, isn't the decision to remove preventive measures questionable?

Texas please please  leave the United States we have had it up to here with you losers .
You didn't winterize your grid to save money then you begged for federal help because your Governors messed everything up.
 You have a traitorous  incompetent liar of a  Governor who is willing for you to die to slow down the pandemic recovery from covid add lying pos  ted cruz and we had it with you go go now leave you always say you are but your such dam cowards !
Your not worthy to be an American go ahead DON'T WEAR YOUR MASK an get covid .we can do without a lot of you Qanon
texans  since you don't want President Bidden to succeed for all of us.
 One i would love to see just how seriousthe virus  it is would be Mokrie the 
Moron ! 

So basically you're saying the measures didn't work very well and that's why they should be kept. 

I live in Texas

The decision to remove restrictions was recent and I'm not sure has even gone into effect yet.  Covid has an incubation of 2-14 days which means no one has been diagnosed with the virus with restrictions removed. 

No, what matters is the number of people hospitalized. Anyone can get covid, even people that have had both vaccines. For the young and healthy or those with the shots it's like a flu that will pass. Unless people are hospitalized it's not serious. And people need to get back to work. 

Yes, very foolish. The guv just wants people to vote for him next time since he blew the fiasco with the grid.  And per your update, that is just sad but yes, it will happen