Editorial: Tolerance at 30,000 feet needed as face masks are no longer required on planes
by Chicago Tribune Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune
Apr 20, 2022
3 minutes
On Monday, a Florida federal judge, Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, struck down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mandate requiring masks while traveling on planes, trains and automobiles, assuming the last of those is an Uber or a cab. She declared the regulation an overreach of government power.
In divided America, the news was greeted with a predictable binary of alarm and glee: many passengers and a White House spokeswoman expressed dismay, but some pilots even announced
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