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Covid-19: Biden denounces the “Neanderthal reasoning” of some states

is a standoff that begins between US President Joe Biden and several US states. The occupant of the White House strongly criticized Wednesday the lifting of anti-Covid restrictions decided by Texas and Mississippi. Texas announced Tuesday the end of the wearing of the compulsory mask and the reopening of “100%” of businesses as of next week. Mississippi made the same choice on Wednesday: “It’s time! Governor Tate Reeves tweeted. A “big mistake” for the president.

These measures, justified in particular by the massive vaccination campaign underway, dismayed the new master of the White House. This is a “big mistake,” said Joe Biden, following in the footsteps of key federal health officials. “The last thing we need is a Neanderthal reasoning which says that all is well now:” take off your masks “,” forget all that “,” launched the Democratic president, faithful to the message of caution he hammers on the about the pandemic. “This is not the time to lift all restrictions,” also insisted in the morning Rochelle Walensky, director of the American Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC).

Encouraging figures

These calls to continue efforts, in a country weary of a year of fluctuating restrictions, are struggling to be heard in the face of competition for good news. First, the daily case and death levels are much lower than they were a few weeks ago.

Then, the vaccination campaign is in full swing, with now three authorized vaccines: those of the Pfizer-BioNTech alliance, Moderna and, for a few days, Johnson & Johnson, whose first injections began on Tuesday. More than 78 million injections have already been made in the country (for Pfizer and Moderna, it takes two per person).

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