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Biden Says Easing of Mask Rules by Governors Is ‘a Tough Call’

  • Several Democratic-led states are dropping virus mask mandates
  • Biden talks of virus’s toll on ‘psyche of the American people’
Joe Biden walks on the South Lawn of the White House on Feb. 10.

Joe Biden walks on the South Lawn of the White House on Feb. 10.

Photographer: Ken Cedeno/CNP/Bloomberg

President Joe Biden said that easing coronavirus mask requirements was “probably premature, but it’s a tough call” while acknowledging that the pandemic has had “a profound impact on the psyche of the American people.” 

“It’s worrisome to people. They’re trying to figure out,” Biden said in an interview with NBC News broadcast Thursday night.