President Joe Biden strongly criticized Wednesday, March 3 the lifting of anti-Covid restrictions in certain American states, a controversy called to find echoes in other countries when they have managed to obtain the precious vaccines.
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Texas announced the day before the end of the wearing of the obligatory mask and the reopening of
"100%"
of the businesses as of next week.
Mississippi made the same choice, as of Wednesday: “It's time!” Tweeted Governor Tate Reeves.
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 prehistoric reasoning which asserts that all is well now,
" Take off your masks "," Forget it all, "launched the Democratic president, faithful to the message of caution he hammers on the subject of 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).
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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, of Moderna, and for a few days, of Johnson & Johnson, whose first injections began on Tuesday.
More than 78 million injections have already been carried out in the country (for Pfizer and Moderna, it takes two per person).