WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Wednesday called Texas and other states’ decisions to end mask mandates and loosen other COVID-19 restrictions despite warnings from health officials "a big mistake.""I think it's a big mistake," Biden said from the Oval Office. "I hope everyone has realized by now these masks make a difference.
We are on the cusp of being able to fundamentally change the nature of this disease because of the way in which we have been able to get vaccines in people's arms.""The last thing, the last thing we need is Neanderthal thinking that in the meantime everything's fine, take off your mask," he said. "It still matters."Texas on Tuesday became the biggest state to lift its mask rule.