Ugh.
Reuters first reported that President Joe Biden would announce an extension of the administration’s mask mandate on public transportation early Tuesday. Major U.S. airlines were reportedly briefed on the extension by officials from the TSA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); a call between government officials and aviation unions is scheduled for Wednesday, per Reuters.
Biden in January issued a flurry of executive orders that, in part, mandated masks on all forms of public transportation, including airports, commercial aircraft, trains, public maritime vessels and ferries and most bus services.
The TSA first imposed the mandat from February through May, later re-upping the requirement with an expiration date of Sept. 13. A spokesperson for the agency said in an emailed statement to Spectrum News that the TSA has extended the directive through January 2022.
“TSA will extend the directives through January 18, 2022. The purpose of TSA’s mask directive is to minimize the spread of COVID-19 on public transportation,” the spokesperson wrote.
As long as Truck Driver Joe is president or another Democrat, there will always be a mask mandate.