Previously a federal judge overturned the federal mask mandate for transportation, thereby allowing travelers to make their own choices. The DOJ has appealed that decision after the CDC said it wanted the mask mandate to remain in place. The status of that litigation is unknown.
Today, the CDC has announced a semi-permanent extension of the federal transportation mask mandate with no expiration date noted. [Announcement Here] That means all travelers on airplanes, trains, busses and ridesharing will be required to wear facemasks again, including inside the terminals and operational hubs of those transportation nodes, pending the outcome of the DOJ appeal to the federal court.
CDC Announcement – “At this time, CDC recommends that everyone aged 2 and older – including passengers and workers – properly wear a well-fitting mask or respirator over the nose and mouth in indoor areas of public transportation (such as airplanes, trains, etc.) and transportation hubs (such as airports, stations, etc.).
[…] This public health recommendation is based on the currently available data, including an understanding of domestic and global epidemiology, circulating variants and their impact on disease severity and vaccine effectiveness, current trends in COVID-19 Community Levels within the United States, and projections of COVID-19 trends in the coming months.
[…] “CDC continues to recommend that all people—passengers and workers, alike—properly wear a well-fitting mask or respirator in indoor public transportation conveyances and transportation hubs to provide protection for themselves and other travelers in these high volume, mixed population settings. […] Additionally, it is important for all of us to protect not only ourselves, but also to be considerate of others at increased risk for severe COVID-19 and those who are not yet able to be vaccinated. Wearing a mask in indoor public transportation settings will provide protection for the individual and the community.” ~ Rochelle Walensky, CDC Director
If the Biden administration lose the court appeal to reinstitute the mask mandate, this announcement by the CDC would appear to be moot, they couldn’t enforce it. However, if the Biden administration is successful in their appeal, the mandatory mask wearing returns.
Put another way….. If the Biden administration lose the appeal, the people wearing masks will be the COVID worshippers. If the Biden administration win their appeal we all have to wear them.
The mandate created by Joe Biden did not have legal structure. It was a dictatorial fiat that exceeded the capacity of the executive branch to create. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle found the CDC exceeded its statutory authority with the mask mandate and violated the rules that guide CDC regulations. {LINK} After Joe Biden arbitrarily announced the federal transportation mandate, the CDC triggered enforcement of the mask mandate without any required time for public feedback on a new regulation.
Congress could easily write a law authorizing mechanisms for the CDC and TSA to use in enforcement of a federal Transportation mask mandate; but they won’t – because the public doesn’t support it. However, the Biden administration doesn’t care about majority public opinion, they are fine-tuned to push virtue signaling as a political strategy.
The White House is very committed to all their mandates around COVID-19, the mask mandate is no different. From the perspective of the professional political left, the theater of forced mask wearing represents the visible power and authority of government to rule the lives of the irrelevant proles.
Any pesky legal rulings, that seek to reduce or remove the power of government, are viewed by the left as arbitrary and insignificant efforts to block their almighty power of government. They can choose to wear a mask if they want, but that’s not really the issue behind the mask mandate. The true power of the left is in the ability to force everyone to comply to their whims regardless of individual freedom.
The Covidians who define themselves by their adherence to the dictates of the U.S. government, will be happy with this position from the CDC today. They worship at the altar of COVID science and use masks as an expression of their sanctimonious feeling of superiority. However, in an election year where the overwhelming majority of the American people have had enough of this political science, this CDC position may fuel an even more angry response.
Rule By Fiat …. is not who we are.
SparrowHawk, you might be alone on this one.
Who we are is what we allow ourselves to be. And what those who are supposed to fight on our behalf are willing to ignore.
In the end, the old saying that you get the government you deserve has an uncomfortable measure of truth. In our case, we got the GOP we deserve. Unable to change it, unwilling to leave.
Eff these fools……
Time for a Mask Rebellion.
Let “mass transportation” go for a week with NO RIDERS and see what happens.
Around here mass transit has gone for months with no riders, and it doesn’t bother the state. It’s hard to eff a fool while he’s effing you. (not that I tried)
Wouldn’t know how that works. We have none.
Our ancestors were able to hop a train and go just about anywhere they wanted. Not us.
That is not progress.
Guess I won’t be flying/taking trains to any city outside of my immediate area which will be my OWN transportation!!!!!
JB can go jump into a vat of bat guano for all I care. I will NOT succumb to this ridiculous bullsh!t!!!!!!!!!
NOTE: don’t forget that the FEDS cannot track your cellphone — even if it is turned off. Every few seconds (even turned) off, the phone PINGS the nearest cell phone tower…each phone has its own identifier on the sim card…
That would ruin a very useful vat of bat guano.
Get yourself a Faraday Bag for movement.
“Cannot?!”
You mean they can. And do. Keep it in a mylar bag (chips bags work) to block the signal if it’s important to you. ; )
Is there no way to block the automatic ping?
What happens is what always happens. The taxpayers will foot the extra costs. Gooberment will have their mass transportation alternatives to driving cars or riding horses.
No, just civil disobedience. They can’t arrest everyone. We must stop complying.
Arresting people is so 2010. Disabling your reach is 2022 and beyond. That wireless account you pay for is at the mercy of the government.
A lot of them recently accepted fed funds which requiresd they waive fees.
An Elon Mask Rebellion.
I like it.
There’s still 40% of the people that would still vote for him. Go figure.
AND all of them are brain-dead sheeple!!!!! God can’t even help them…Forgot-the 40% don’t believe in God!!!!
Who said it’s “over?” Totalitarianism is never “over,” not by a long shot. The WEF will own us until we all become transhuman cockroach eaters ..and like it.
Sundance said it was over about two weeks ago. I warned it was not…
Marxists will never give up their quest to destroy, covid is their latest grandiose grail in their pursuit of a built back better world of misery.
“At this time, CDC recommends ”
I fail to see how a recommendation is a mandate.
The cdc is saying one should continue to wear a mask not one shall wear a mask.
The CDC has also issued “guidelines” which also is automatically interpreted as mandate.
WORM LANGUAGE!!!!!!!
CFR speak
Well I don’t speak WORM.
Thank you for pointing that out. So few read past the headlines. Recommends is the key word here.
I think it was intentional by the CDC because as you know they are currently under the microscope by a court.
It was about 2 seconds after the injunction was issued against the hideous mask mandate that the airlines announced they wouldn’t be requiring them. It will be interesting to see if they tell the patent factory CDC to stick their recommendation where the sun don’t shine. Or will they revert to type to become tools of the Fascist country we have become.
strategic and calculated maneuvering to rig elections
Yes! This is merely a step in that direction. As soon as they can coerce the courts to allow the mandates indefinitely the blue states and some RINO-led red states will go whole hog and mandate masks everywhere and demand mail-in ballots to avoid “dangerous” voting lines. It has all been pre-planned….
People shouldn’t have to put the masks back on until the court rules on it. What BS
We shouldn’t have to put them on regardless.
CDC can kiss my ass
And a few other parts as well
my sediments exactly! Biden and the cdc can go to hell! The jails aren’t big enough to hold every one
I have two children who are “two years and older” who have never once had a mask on their faces, and as long as I’m alive, they will not.
Thank you!! When I see my precious nieces with those rags on, I just want to scream. Their mom says she hopes that masks are forever because her kids have been so much ‘healthier’.
Those poor kids have a mom who -somehow- missed the fact that getting colds /flus when you’re a kid is a good thing and makes you stronger.
Their immune systems won’t even know what to do if they get their 1st cold at age 15.
Exactly! But try and tell her and she practically puts her fingers in her ears!
“Recommend” whatever you like.
Sounds like time for another Mediabear parody music video.
A link in case anyone wants to see and listen for themselves.
https://mediabearstore.com/blogs/music-videos
Great work!
They must make you wear the muzzle, take the yoke, they must break the wild ones.
Civil disobedience is required. Sit ins. Rallies at airports. Shut down the capital. Opose the dictators before they march on all of us.
My husband just flew to and back from Florida last week without a mask. I’m sure he’ll be loathe to put one back on again.
I’m not wearing one anymore either anywhere. I don’t even do the nasal spray anymore, well, maybe sometimes, but not routinely.
I don’t think we have an outbreak here and I wonder what these other “outbreaks” are anyway. Vaccinated people getting something? I heard it’s mostly vaccinated people with negative efficacy.
If Trump flaunted a judicial proceeding this way, they would be yelling for his scalp.
Funny how they announced this after stealing all the air with the court and abortion. Never let a ____ go to waste. Never.
And Biden never stops Bringing the Pain to Americans. Never.
There is only one way we are ever going to stop this avalanche of abuses. Because they will never stop abusing us as long as they are breathing. Never.
Try to remember that Biden is only a sock puppet and has no idea what is going on around him. Barack Hussein Obama is his puppet master and I remember the country voting to install that Communist twice already. I am not optimistic about the ongoing masking project to humiliate honest people and hide BLM and Antifa rioters from the cameras.
Obama is just a puppet as well but with better prepared speaking skills. Don’t lose focus; the real puppet masters are the unelected king makers present in both Biden and Obama’s cabinet or staff.
I will not wear a mask. I don’t have to wear a mask. Tell me why?
Just because perverted freak say so, NO. All I know mass transit of the days in 1930/40’s took people to their death. I now have a need to avoid mass transit of any kind just to be safe.
My mind set is developing into, I look forward to the war to end all wars. You know the one where, sword are turned into plow shears and they know war no more.
war of the all wars will end in the glorious Ukraine…….
When will the DOJ appeal be decided?
My vacation to Alaska is dependent on this.
I have three air travel trips scheduled in the next 2 months. So ready for this mask sh*t to go away. Let those who believe it is in their best interest to wear a mask go ahead and wear one…
You have to get vaccinated to protect those whose previous vaccinations and boosters have failed to protect them.
We still need justice and truth about the Covid.
I feel so sorry for the doctors that stood up for us and early treatment. Their careers are in the toilet for following their conscience and their desire to help people and now all they have is what’s left of Covid to treat. When this finally goes away, what’s going to happen with their careers and making a living like they had? Some were head of critical care, some were professors, privileges at hospitals, all forced to leave because they wanted to save lives. It really makes me cry.
How do we as a people show they were right and restore their careers to some degree? This country desperately needs justice for all the lies and needless deaths.
True, but no one wishes to deliver it.
“The Covidians who define themselves by their adherence to the dictates of the U.S. government, will be happy with this position from the CDC today.”
Have you ever seen such a humorless, sanctimonious collection of neo-Marxists. At least back in the days of Abbie Hoffman’s Yippies, leftists had a sense of humor. Even sarcastic humor, as in the case of HST.
These mask lovers don’t value a smile the way normal, well adjusted people do.
Can someone please give a reasonable answer as to why Biden has completely different ears than I remember from when he was VP?
For the same reason Nancy P. was recently overseas but it was not her.
The permanent criminal class that now run this country are a bunch of sick lowlifes.
The midterms are getting closer and the commiedems will pull out all the stops. When all else fails, they will take you to war.
We gave up “rule by fiat” back in 1776. We gave up everything fought for 3 years ago.
CDC = Center for Disinformation and Confusion.
DO NOT COMPLY V DO NOT COMPLY DO NOT COMPLY DO NOT COMPLY DO NOT COMPLY DO NOT COMPLY DO NOT COMPLY
There is no science in these decisions. 70% of the population have natural acquired immunity via virus exposure. The jabs do nothing but degrade your immune system.
Additionally 47 Peer Reviews studies show no efficacy for mask in viral transmission!
602 M people and 35 countries in Europe with populations over 1 M: “A new peer-reviewed study entitled: “Correlation Between Mask Compliance and COVID-19 Outcomes in Europe” has demonstrated that use of face masks, even widespread, did not correlate with better outcomes during the COVID epidemic, based on data from 35 European countries with populations of over one million people each, encompassing a total of 602 million people.”
“Moreover,” the study concludes, “the moderate positive correlation between mask usage and deaths in Western Europe also suggests that the universal use of masks may have had harmful unintended consequences.”
Link: New study: Face mask usage correlates with higher death rates | Israel National News – Arutz Sheva
I just flew out today — no mask. Am I understanding correctly that although Biden admin is appealing, the no-mask ruling by the judge is still in place unless/until another judge reinstates it? So my return flight home in two days is no mask unless some other judge says yes mask? I swear we don’t live in a functioning country anymore.
Underwear and pants! And in Biden’s case, add the diaper.
Well, I fly tomorrow. I had been looking forward to being able to fly and breathe at the same time, so we’ll see what happens. But needless to say, this really pisses me off. FJB
FIGHT. FIGHT. FIGHT.
Keep us posted Chip.
…..wander when this 16 months long circus end……
14 days to slow the spread.
Welp, we knew this was coming when the vids started coming out fr/ China a while ago.
Enjoy! aaargh.
“If the Biden administration win their appeal we all have to wear them.” – Sundance. Oh hell no I won’t wear one because I won’t be riding on an airplane, train, bus and I only rideshare with my wife! But I’m retired so that is one small benefit!
“The true power of the left is in the ability to force everyone to comply to their whims regardless of individual freedom.” – Sundance. Amen! But at what point does this “ability to force everyone to comply” rise to tyranny?? Asking for a friend!!
Even Lefty friends of mine on the West Coast are getting sick of the mask crap and cannot understand why people in their towns are still wearing them.
This could get intesresting.
Let’s collectively refuse to comply. They can’t f’ing arrest us all.
I don’t think so. Fight back hard NOW!
They will keep pushing it to blur their incompetence and sadism.
FJB
“If the Biden administration win their appeal we all have to wear them.”
No, we don’t. That’s the point, isn’t it? This only lasts as long as we continue to comply.
I’m waiting to see what the airlines say about this. Won’t be flying if they go back to masking.
Okay, I finally got it figured out. That Mistress of Truth Weird Gal Jankowiez is Rachel Walensky’s daughter!
Been wearing a mask last few days while spray painting—-you don’t want to paint inside of your nose.
That would be bad, as for a Rona mask, never have never will.
Life is good in the free state of Florida.
and a mask for your palms, don’t want to paint those either.
Same here in Canada.
Obama, Trudeau, Biden, Harris, Freeland ( our Nazi Deputy P.M.)
Are all in, all the time.
IMO the respective countries are on a slow boil to near rebellion.
At the local Aquatic Centre a good mate of mine and fellow “retired guy”was extolling the freedom of Mesa Arizona, he had been there for a two month winter break .
He does not read CTH and watches local news exclusively.
I chuckled and said they ain’t finished down there..to which he replied the mandates are off in their airports etc.
I said just wait.( CTH) has enlightened me to the farce of the Judiciary and its politics.
I will be showing him this tomorrow.
No planes, or trains for the wife and I.
Oh well, we had the good fortune and sense to keep family and friends within driving distance.
Plus, we figure we are saving thousands a year on flights, hotels and rental cars.
Hopefully those desperate to fly or take a train can find a work around.
Funny..though. Numerous countries have now dropped all travel restrictions, but not the Communists Peoples Republics of Canada and the U.S. F.J.B. F. Turdeau, etc
This is a recommendation, SD, not a mandate. And rideshare is completely private.
Sorry Xiden, like your brain, the toothpaste is out of the tube.
We need to remove the excessive amount of power the federal leviathan has obtained for itself and return it to the states and the people where it belongs. If we don’t, then we can only blame ourselves for the resulting tyranny that we’ll get to endure.
Over the weekend my wife and I went to Cleveland public library. We were there for about 4 hours. We went into one of the rooms and they are giant. There was the librarian, me, my wife and a black lady walked in a few minutes after us. Nobody else came in the entire time.
The librarian was sitting behind plexiglass. The black lady read a book with a mask on for almost 4 hours. My wife and I sat about 40 feet away from her and never got near her nor did the librarian.
The mask people are crazy.
FJB was looking for a bump in polls with Roe leak lost it all and more with Mandates for mask helter-skelter. And no change will happen or same as no mask, 2 years mask and vaccine and people still chasing the common cold virus with a COVID test.
What branch of government is the Department of Justice?
Went to Social Security Admin office the other day and had to stand outside in the rain for over forty minutes as only let six people in at a time. Masks mandatory.
Those of us in line that were massless, acted like schoolyard children, laughing and joking loudly with each about the silly people outside wearing masks. We had no shame.
Sadly, though, we did have to wear inside if gonna get that application for ss processed.
The whole thing is a mind game for the masses to feel defeated, belittled, hopeless.
People are getting tired of this Third World living.
Each time new person joined the line we maskless commented the office is living like it is 2020.
On another note, more young people at the office than old. Very well dressed Europeans with children in high-quality foreign clothes in line and coming out, speaking some sort of Slavic. Someone in line thought Ukrainian. Someone else responded that Citizens should go before refugees and those citizens there for retirement benefits should get preferential over everyone else.
Apply online. Worked for me (after 3+ months).
Did. Did not hear five weeks after application submission. No way to call, either.
This does not appear to be a mandate, but rather a recommendation. Am I wrong?
Just my opinion. When you take away a freedom, then give it back, and take it away again…. People will be 3x more resistant …