Biden criticizes Republican governors over decision to end mask mandates

President said US on the cusp' of being able to change nature of Covid but the last thing we need is Neanderthal thinking'

Joe Biden criticized Republican governors of Texas and Mississippi on Wednesday, calling their decisions to end state-wide mask mandates a big mistake".

The US president said the country was on the cusp of being able to fundamentally change the nature of this disease" with the distribution of vaccines and added: The last thing we need is Neanderthal thinking that in the meantime, everything's fine."