TSA Extends Airplane Mask Mandate

[Callalily]

I'm okay with this extension.

https://www.afar.com/magazine/tsa-extends-airplane-mask-mandate-into-april?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=031022%20MaskMandateExtend&utm_term=Daily%20Wander%20%28Have%20opened%20newsletter%20before%29

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. So am I.

People packed in like sardines, close to one another, who knows what viruses they carry when they sneeze or cough.

I remember when the smoking section was more in the back of the plane. Smoke still made its way throughout the plane before ventilation systems were greatly improved.

[Callalily]

2. I'm still wearing my mask while at the grocery store,

and of course avoiding crowds. I haven't had a cold or the flu in over three years and I'd like to keep it that way.

You are right, being on a crowded plane is not the time to stop masking.

[Dial H For Hero]

3. From what I've read in other stories on this subject, this appears likely to be the last extension.

(Barring new covid variants, etc.). I certainly hope so, given an upcoming trip in May overseas.

[VarryOn]

4. Let's hope...

I just returned from a few days in Florida attending a golf tournament. I wore two different masks thewhole trip--one traveling down and one traveling back. No doubt, the worst part of the trip. Many people aren't wearing them anymore at the airports. While at the Jacksonville Airport, once I realized a large number werent wearing theirs, I dispensed with mine. Not one word was said; not even the evil eye from a Karen.

I wear only a KN95 when I do wear a mask. The majority on my flights were wearing cloth masks.

My vote is to leave this vestige of pandemic. It's time.