A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials in the coronavirus pandemic.
As President Joe Biden searches for slogans, excuses, and scapegoats to explain his miserable wreck of a presidency, I would suggest one for the handling of the never-ending COVID saga: “Not as bad as China.”
The airline industry is continuing to call for the end of the federal mask mandate, making it clear “we need to remove these mandates” as federal health officials extend it yet again.
The City of Philadelphia could reinstitute its indoor mask mandate, over one month after the Health Department moved the city into the “All Clear COVID Response Level.”
A total of 21 states filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday, as a means of blocking the federal COVID-19 mandate requiring masks for airline travel and other modes of public transportation.