TSA Extends Mask Mandate Into April

Above, a United Dreamliner jet at Los Angeles International Airport. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

It is a good thing that I am not planning on flying anytime soon. The thought of sitting for hours with a mask on is not at all appealing. I've done it.

The TSA (under what authority I have no idea) is extending the mask mandate for planes and other forms of public transportation into April.

According to an article in TravelPulse:

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced it would extend the mandatory mask mandate on public transportation until at least April 18.

According to NBCNews.com, government officials from the White House and TSA said they are working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on a revised policy framework for when the mask mandates can be safely lifted.

The facial covering requirements were set to expire on March 18, but now have been extended for another month. The decision to extend the mandate come as every state has now lifted the protocols or announced plans to drop them in the near future.

To read more, go here. 

Masks: A Load of B.S.

Above, only one worker at Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q in Albuquerque is wearing a mask. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

During my recent trip to the Wells Fun Run in Wells, Nevada, mask-wearing was imposed on travelers at all of the airports (Albuquerque, Salt Lake City and Twin Falls) and on all Delta Airlines planes by the feds. The only places not imposing masks on people were in the casinos and restaurants in Wells. Very few, if any, wore masks at the Wells Fun Run. At least I don't remember seeing any.

It is totally ridiculous to mandate masks on people who have already been vaccinated. I am one of them (I was given the Pfizer vaccine in February).

All this is allegedly due to the spread of the so-called "Delta Variant" of COVID-19. Of course, the feds have to create panic over this so they can control the populace. Frankly, I think all of this is a bunch of B.S.

Thinking masks will protect people from the virus is like keeping mosquitoes our of your yard with a chain-link fence!

Before leaving New Mexico last Friday, I stopped in at Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q in Albuquerque Thursday to pick up dinner before heading to the KOA Kampground. Only one of the workers was wearing a mask and I didn't hear anyone complain.

Curious.