‘Masks Required’ Signs Are Coming Down in Texas, Mississippi

Articles on some states lifting their mask requirements quotes Thomas A. Russo, MD, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases. “Close spaces that are crowded with poor ventilation is the feeding ground for this virus,” Russo said. “By lifting both of them simultaneously, you’re just asking the virus to go ahead and do its thing that it’s already demonstrated it’s so good at.”