‘Short-sighted’ and ‘ill-timed’: 8 healthcare leaders react to federal mask ruling

Many health experts expressed concern over how the CDC’s authority might be diluted in future outbreaks after a federal judge in Florida struck down the nation’s mask mandate for public transportation April 18.  Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle’s ruling leaves it up to individual airlines and local transit agencies to decide whether to keep or drop the mask requirements. Many of the nation’s major airlines said they were dropping their mask requirements following the ruling.  The ruling said the federal transportation mask mandate “exceeds the CDC’s statutory authority.

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