Cheers, fear as federal judge strikes down US mask mandates for travel

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The major airlines and busiest airports rushed to drop their requirements, but many sided with the CDC in recommending that people be voluntarily masked.

The major airlines and many of the busiest airports rushed to drop their requirements on Monday after the Transportation Security Administration announced it wouldn’t enforce a January 2021 security directive that applied to airplanes, airports, taxis and other mass transit.

A video showed some passengers on a Delta Air Lines flight cheering and applauding as they took off their masks upon hearing an announcement that they were now optional. One man could be seen happily twirling his mask on his finger.,U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention overstepped its authority in issuing the original health order on which the TSA directive was based.

The Justice Department declined to comment on whether it would seek an emergency stay to block the judge’s order. The CDC also declined to comment.

 

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Nothing that happened yesterday restricts anybody's ability to voluntarily mask. Knock yourself out. Wear all the masks you want. Go ahead. Just leave everybody else alone.

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