White House Blocked C.D.C. From Requiring Masks on Public Transportation

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Source: New York Times

White House Blocked C.D.C. From Requiring Masks on Public Transportation

The order would have mandated that both passengers and employees wear face coverings on planes, trains, buses and subways and in airports, stations and depots.

By Sheila Kaplan
Oct. 9, 2020, 6:19 p.m. ET

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention drafted a sweeping order last month requiring all passengers and employees to wear masks on all forms of public and commercial transportation in the United States, but it was blocked by the White House, according to two federal health officials.

The order would have been the toughest federal mandate to date aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus, which continues to infect more than 40,000 Americans a day. The officials said that it was drafted under the agency's "quarantine powers" and that it had the support of the secretary of health and human services, Alex M. Azar II, but the White House Coronavirus Task Force, led by Vice President Mike Pence, declined to even discuss it.

The two officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment, said the order would have required face coverings on airplanes, trains, buses and subways, and in transit hubs such as airports, train stations and bus depots. ... A task force official said the decision to require masks should be left up to states and localities. The administration requires the task force to sign off on coronavirus-related policies.

"The approach the task force has taken with any mask mandate is, the response in New York City is different than Montana, or Tuscaloosa, Alabama," said the official who asked not to be identified because he did not have permission to discuss the matter. "Local and state authorities need to determine the best approach for their responsive effort depending on how the coronavirus is impacting their area."

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Apparently this is something else:

Mon Oct 5, 2020:

US Department of Transportation rejected mask mandate on public transportation

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[soothsayer]

1. They're so evil

[napi21]

2. I'm sad that that AH didn't get a really bad case of Covid! He needed something to convince him

just how bad this virus can be!

[llashram]

3. murderous treasonous vicius

disregard of the health and safety of Americans. His "playing it down" has come with such a heavy cost. As a vet dealing with complications of exposure to Agent Orange every time I venture from my house, I am very afraid. This is enraging to me because people believe in this walking infectious POS wannabe dictator still and won't wear masks. Even with their Fuhrer infected. They see him getting better and think that the treatment he's getting will be there for them. Nope. They will just die for their Fuhrer.

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4. Trying to kill us all

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5. Kick