FILE - Socially-distant fans look on during the fifth inning of the MLB spring training game between the Texas Rangers and the San Francisco Giants on March 01, 2021 in Surprise, Arizona. RELATED: Scientists say COVID-19 could become endemic but pose less of societal threat over time"Please hear me clearly: At this level of cases, with variants spreading, we stand to completely lose the hard-earned ground we have gained.
These variants are a very real threat to our people and our progress. Now is not the time to relax the critical safeguards that we know can stop the spread of COVID-19 in our communities, not when we are so close," she said.Meanwhile, Texas on Tuesday became the biggest state to lift its mask rule, joining a rapidly growing.