marie hiebert, - activities as well. interesting points. marie hiebert, froml activities as well.for disease control and prevention strategic and international studies. thank you. —— murray. presidentjoe biden has called the decision by texas and mississippi to drop mask—wearing requirements as "neanderthal thinking". he warned that relaxing rules prematurely would put us advances in the battle against covid—19 at risk. but a number of states are ignoring that warning — and are ploughing ahead to re—invigorate their stalling economies. here is president biden speaking at the oval office. i hope everybody�*s realised 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 were able to get vaccines in people's arms. we've been able to move that all the way up to the end of may to have enough for every american, to get every adult american to get a shot. and the last thing, the last thing we need is neanderthal thinking that in the meantime, "everything's fine, take "off your mask, forget