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Where Things Stand: Mask Optics

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WILMINGTON, DELAWARE - JANUARY 15: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden takes off his mask as he arrives at the Queen theater to lay out his plan on combating the coronavirus January 15, 2021 in Wilmington, Delaware. Presi... WILMINGTON, DELAWARE - JANUARY 15: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden takes off his mask as he arrives at the Queen theater to lay out his plan on combating the coronavirus January 15, 2021 in Wilmington, Delaware. President-elect Biden is announcing his plan to administer COVID-19 vaccines to Americans. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) MORE LESS

February 4, 2021 12:58 p.m.

Without naming the former President, the Biden administration has been intentional from the start about being everything the Trump White House was not. Especially on COVID-19.

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