{"id":1077418,"date":"2021-12-02T16:43:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T21:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1077418"},"modified":"2021-12-02T16:43:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T21:43:33","slug":"biden-extends-mask-requirements-for-air-travel-through-the-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-extends-mask-requirements-for-air-travel-through-the-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Extends Mask Requirements for Air Travel Through the Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-extends-mask-requirements-for-air-travel-through-the-winter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1077418&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">President Biden announced Thursday his administration will, once again, extend the mask requirements for travel on aircraft, train, and other forms of public transportation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0IhL5YBf7j0\">Speaking<\/a> at the National Institutes of Health (NIH ) about the \u201cwinter\u201d strategy for combatting the virus, Biden announced the extension to the rule, forcing passengers on planes to wear masks.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnd we are extending the requirement, both internationally and domestically, to wear masks for travel on aircraft, train, public transportation, through the winter months,\u201d Biden said during the speech.<\/p>\n<p>The expected expiration of the extended mandate is March 18, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/exclusive-us-extend-transit-mask-mandate-through-mid-march-sources-2021-12-01\/\">reports<\/a>. The mandate was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/17\/report-biden-to-extend-transportation-mask-mandate-through-january\/\">slated<\/a> to end January 18, 2022, but even that was an extension, as the deadline prior to that was&nbsp;September 13. However, the&nbsp;Transportation Security Administration (TSA) extended the rule in August.<\/p>\n<p>It was nearly one year ago that Biden vowed to require masking \u201cwherever possible\u201d as part of his plan for the first 100 days in office.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWear your mask for just 100 days. It\u2019s the easiest thing you can do to reduce COIVD cases, hospitalizations, and death,\u201d Biden said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever your politics or point of view \u2014 mask up for 100 days. Once we take office. 100 days to make a difference. It\u2019s not a political statement, it\u2019s a patriotic act,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>It has been far past 100 days, and given the constant extensions, Biden\u2019s plan did not appear to \u201cmake a difference,\u201d as he predicted. Rather, states that had some of the most stringent coronavirus restrictions, including universal masking, are now experiencing some of the highest case rates of the coronavirus in the nation. Florida, which never had a statewide mask mandate in place, has continued to report the lowest case rate per capita in the nation for weeks.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13130072\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"39\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/coronavirus-outbreak-new-york-city-apr7-2020-AP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13130072\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/coronavirus-outbreak-new-york-city-apr7-2020-AP.jpg\" alt=\"A patient is wheeled out of Elmhurst Hospital Center to a waiting ambulance, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York, during the current coronavirus outbreak. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said last week that as city hospitals fill up, some patients could be moved to other facilities in the state to ease the crunch on local medical centers. (AP Photo\/Kathy Willens)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A patient is wheeled out of Elmhurst Hospital Center to a waiting ambulance, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York, during the current coronavirus outbreak (AP Photo\/Kathy Willens).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Biden administration, while continuing to promote masking, is simultaneously pushing vaccinations and booster shots, despite the fact that public health officials originally sold vaccination as the primary way to reach a state of pre-pandemic normalcy \u2014 namely, a time without masks and social distancing. Individuals were widely told that they would be able to return to pre-pandemic days, yet now, the administration is continuing to slap additional requirements on vaccinated individuals as well.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, Biden announced stricter requirements for international travelers, forcing them to provide a negative coronavirus test within one day of departure, regardless of their vaccination status. He claimed the new timetable, a switch from three days, will provide additional protection as scientists study the omicron variant. The announcement came one day after it was revealed that the first case of the variant has been identified in the U.S., in a fully vaccinated individual.<\/p>\n<p>Biden concluded his speech by asserting that the actions \u201ccome from a position of strength\u201d and are those that \u201call Americans can rally behind.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden announced Thursday his administration will, once again, extend the mask requirements for travel on aircraft, train, and other forms of public transportation. 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