{"id":1435634,"date":"2022-04-13T14:00:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T18:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1435634"},"modified":"2022-04-13T14:00:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T18:00:25","slug":"biden-administration-extends-federal-transportation-mask-mandate-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-extends-federal-transportation-mask-mandate-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Administration Extends Federal Transportation Mask Mandate Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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-administration-extends-federal-transportation-mask-mandate-again%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=1435634&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Holiday-Travel-Ramps-Up-As-Omicron-Cases-Surge-4-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The Biden administration on Wednesday extended the federal transportation mandate for two weeks, the Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZekeJMiller\/status\/1514255657511358466?s=20&#038;t=a20x38MRAvptPDAfy83YSw\">continue<\/a> to force passengers to mask on airplanes, trains, and at transportation hubs while the agency monitors the Chinese coronavirus.<\/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>The initial face mask mandate for air travel went into effect on February 1, 2021, with an expiration date of May 11, 2021. But it was extended through September 13, 2021, and then to January 18, 2022. On March 18, 2020, it was extended to April 18.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Many airline CEO\u2019s, along with many congressional Republicans, had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/24\/it-makes-no-sense-airlines-demand-biden-drop-mask-mandate\/\">hoped<\/a> the Biden administration would allow citizens to fly without face coverings, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/08\/airlines-demand-passengers-don-masks-between-bites-and-sips\/\">citing<\/a> the high air quality in aircraft.\u00a0Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2020\/12\/20\/exclusive-rand-paul-masks-are-all-about-submission\/\">told<\/a> Breitbart News that mask mandates \u201care all about submission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019d be one thing if we were told you have to give up your liberty, you have to give up your freedom, we\u2019re going to save your life,\u201d he said. \u201cBut what if you have to give up all your freedoms and they\u2019re wrong on the science?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Monday,\u00a0Ashish Jha, the White House\u2019s coronavirus czar, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/mask-mandate-planes-transport-may-get-extended-covid-czar-says-rcna23853\">told<\/a> NBC News the termination of the mandate was \u201cabsolutely on the table\u201d but warned the CDC director\u00a0\u201cis going to make her decision based on the framework that the CDC scientists create, and we\u2019ll make a decision collectively based on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fauci on the state of Covid in the US: \u201cIt certainly is not the quote \u2018crisis\u2019 that we had when we getting 900,000 cases a day and the hospitals were being stressed,\u201d he told <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KateBolduan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KateBolduan<\/a> <br \/>\u201cBut we&#8217;re not at the level that I would feel comfortable to say, \u2018forget about it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manu Raju (@mkraju) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkraju\/status\/1514274868526735363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the last few months, most Democrat-controlled localities have dropped mask mandates with the exception of the federal transpiration mask mandate. The AP reported the CDC will not lift the forced masking because there is an uptick in cases.<\/p>\n<p>The BA.2 omicron subvariant has been responsible for almost 72 percent of all new American cases, and is increasing in states such as Arizona, Nebraska, and New York. On Monday, Philadelphia reinstated its indoor mask mandate after coronavirus cases increased by over 50 percent in the last ten days.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"nl-signup-inline\">\n<p><strong><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong>and\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/gettr.com\/user\/wendellhusebo\">Gettr<\/a>\u00a0@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration on Wednesday extended the federal transportation mandate for two weeks, the Associated Press reported. 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