Originally Posted by ShyGuy

I gotta take my old man spectacles and look at the calendar again. Overly extended mask mandate was ending Apr 18. The CDC said to study the new BA v2 variant, they wanted to extend the mask mandate through May 3. Then the Florida judge overturns the mandate. Now the DOJ is trying to overturn the decision. What's the chances of an appeal decision coming before May 3? Since it's probably not, why would the government pursue this if the new extension was ending May 3?


At this point one would have to be an idiot if they really thought the CDC would let it go after May 3. They were going to make up an excuse and extend it again from May 3 to end of May. Then again in June. Then again in July. And again, and again. Probably until the Republican wins in November.

How does ANY of this have to do with science? There is literally NO mandate in the rest of America. People are maskless in homes, schools, offices, concerts, buildings, gatherings, parks, restaurants, indoor stuff, outdoor stuff, everything. So why does putting a mask on for a flight help? They were maskless before the airport and will be maskless leaving the airport. If Covid is gonna spread, it's spreading anyway because there are no more mask protection in the rest of American life. Sorry but this looks like a theater now, nothing more.