The current transportation mask mandate is likely to be lifted as of April 18, 2022.
The United States Senate voted to overturn the federal transportation mask mandate. This effort was led by Republican Senator Paul, who said that this vote sent a message to unelected government bureaucrats to stop the anti-science, nanny state requirement of travel mask mandates.
Since the start of the Pandemic, masks have been required on planes, but a federal transportation mask mandate was only introduced in January of 2021.
The Senate vote can be vetoed by President Biden. Since the Senate didn't get a two-thirds majority, the Senate can't pass this without Biden's support.
The CDC would not be able to impose a mask requirement in the future if the vote is allowed to stand.
President Biden will veto the Senate's vote and the mask mandate will remain in place. I think this will add pressure on the Biden administration to not extend the transportation mask mandate further.
The mandate was extended from March 18 to April 18 which was shorter than in the past. This vote has a significant majority in the Senate of 57-40, so it is more than just Rand Paul.
I think the current transportation mask mandate extension will be the last one, and that it will be possible to fly maskless in the United States by mid-April.
The United States Senate voted to overturn the federal transportation mask mandate. It is expected that President Biden will veto this, since there wasn't a two-thirds majority.
The implications of this vote are limited, but it leads me to believe that the mask mandate will be lifted as of April 18.
What do you think of the Senate's vote on the transportation mask mandate?
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