Why Delta Air Lines' health chief thinks the airplane mask mandate will soon be lifted

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Delta's health chief thinks the airplane mask mandate will soon be lifted

The U.S. has continually extended the requirement that masks be worn on planes and in airports, as well as on buses, trains, and other forms of transportation, amid the pandemic, but it is currently set to expire on April 18.

Several airline CEOs, including Delta's Ed Bastian, recently sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking for Covid-era transportation policies to be eliminated.Passengers wearing protective masks wait to board a Delta Air Lines Inc. flight at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on Wednesday, April 7, 2021.

"We've always known from the beginning of the pandemic that all restrictions should be lifted as soon as it's safe to do so," Ting said, adding that there is a transition occurring right now from "a global pandemic to a seasonal respiratory virus."

 

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We should be wearing them in confined public spaces indefinitely to reduce the spread of all disease. It just makes sense.

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