Biden Hails New Mask Rules: Great Day For America

ABC News reports:

President Joe Biden on Thursday celebrated the federal government’s new guidance on mask-wearing. “I think it’s a great milestone, a great day,” Biden said during remarks after walking out into the White House Rose Garden without wearing a mask. “It’s been made possible by the extraordinary success we’ve had in vaccinating so many Americans so quickly. It’s a good day for the country,” he said.”

CNN reports:

Biden said, “You have endured all this. When your country asked you to get vaccinated, you did. The American people stepped up. You did what I consider to be your patriotic duty. That’s how we have gotten to this day.” In a sign of the Biden administration’s embrace of the guidance, the White House emailed staffers Thursday telling them they no longer have to wear a mask on the complex’s grounds if they are vaccinated.