Mandatory masking has been revoked on trains, planes, airports, and other means of transportation in the US after a Florida judge ruled the mandate to be unlawful on Monday..The travel mask mandate was set to expire on April 18, but the.Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced a 15-day extension last week..US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle ruled that the CDC had overstepped its legal authority when it first imposed the regulation in February 2021..The mask mandate has been overturned and vacated immediately by Mizelle’s ruling in Tampa, Florida..Mizelle said the CDC was a “complete failure” on following administrative policies when bringing the mandate into effect..The case began in July, when the Health Freedom Defense Fund sued the CDC and federal officials over masking requirements, asking the court to declare the requirement as unlawful..The plaintiffs, Ana Carolina Daza and Sarah Pope, had argued in court that the lack of exemptions to vaccine and mask mandates made the requirement “arbitrary and capricious.”.Meanwhile, vaccination and mask mandates for travelling are in full swing in Canada..Masks are required on public transportation, in airports, and on planes..More than five million unvaccinated Canadian citizens cannot board a domestic or international plane, train, or boat..Ewa Sudyk is a reporter with the Western Standard.,.esudyk@westernstandard.news.https://twitter.com/EwasWorkin
