Federal Judge Voids National Mask Mandate for Airports, Planes, Other Public Travel

“A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate covering airports, planes and other public travel,” the Associated Press reported on Monday.

“The decision Monday by U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa also said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention improperly failed to justify its decision and did not follow proper rulemaking,” the report added.

The CDC recently extended the mask mandate until May 3, althought it was set to expire on April 18. The excuse provided was that the CDC needed more time to study the BA.2 omicron subvariant of the coronavirus.