President Biden attacked Republican governors in Texas and Mississippi on Wednesday, accusing them of “Neanderthal thinking” after his decision to reverse COVID’s security policies, including mask terms.
“We were able to move this by the end of May to have enough [vaccines] for every American, to make every adult American have a chance, “Biden told White House reporters on Wednesday.” The last thing we need is Neanderthal thinking.
Despite the warning issued by health officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about a fourth resurgence of coronavirus cases earlier this week, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves said all state regulations would be lifted from Wednesday.
RED STATES ABANDON MASK MANDATOS, BIDEN SAYS: ‘NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO TURN OFF’
“Starting tomorrow, we will suspend all of our county mask obligations and companies will be able to operate at full capacity, without any state-imposed rules. Our hospitalizations and the number of cases have plummeted and the vaccine is being quickly distributed. It’s time! “he said in a tweet on Tuesday.
Likewise, Texas Governor Greg Abbott pointed to lowercase counts and increased vaccine accessibility as a justification for repealing all state regulations for coronavirus as of March 10.
“With medical advances in vaccines and antibiotic therapeutic drugs, Texas now has the tools to protect Texans from the virus,” Abbott said on Tuesday, warning Texans that companies will be able to operate at 100 percent capacity and that masks are no longer needed.
The governor’s offices did not respond to questions from Fox News about the threats of a fourth wave, as variants of COVID are increasing.
But New York Democrat, Congressman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, used Twitter to express his frustration at the decision, saying it “endangers the entire country and beyond”.
“We are in a pandemic. We know that the spread of COVID is not contained in an orderly manner across state borders, and explosions in COVID cases can increase the likelihood that new variants of COVID will develop or spread to new places. It is dangerous.” , she said.
Adding in a separate tweet that “93.2% of Texans are not fully vaccinated.”
On the same day that Biden beat Republican lawmakers for allowing business owners to open their doors again to help put food on the table, a disturbing new report on COVID from across the border surfaced.
The Biden administration’s border patrol has released more than 100 illegal immigrants to Texas since the end of January, with a positive test for the coronavirus after its arrival, officials in a city on the U.S. border with Mexico told Fox News.
The coronavirus has infected more than 28.7 million Americans and has killed more than 518,000 since the pandemic began a year ago, according to data from John Hopkins.
Biden announced that the United States will have enough vaccines by the end of May to vaccinate 300 million people, almost the entire country, but warned that the effects of the vaccine will be delayed.
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“Shoot somebody in the arm and shoot the second shot …[is] it will take time. And it’s critical, critical, critical, critical that they follow science, “Biden told White House reporters.” Wash your hands, hot water, do it often, wear a mask and keep social distance. “