TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY FRANCOIS PICARD - "Texas bar offers glimpse of a world without Covid or constraints"
People drink and eat at Truck Yard beer garden in Houston, Texas, on April 9, 2021. - "It's great to be able to see people's faces -- you don't see them smile underneath their masks," exulted Tom Williams, who on a recent trip to Texas was discovering the big state's decidedly casual approach to Covid-19. Sitting in a Houston bar, he was struck by the contrast between the laid-back attitude of clients there and the far more cautious approach prevailing in his small hometown of Steilacoom, near Seattle, in faraway Washington state. (Photo by Francois PICARD / AFP)