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I should have realized how masking aficionados would react to the dropping of airline mask mandates. They are furious and threatening to not fly, meaning commercial flights could be mercifully free of mask Karens. Doesn’t that sound amazing?
Some quotes from the article:
“When I bought my tickets for me, my wife (who is pregnant), and our unvaccinated 4-year-old, I assumed you would continue to have a mask mandate,” Dr. Jeremy Faust tweeted shortly after the mandate was lifted by U.S. District Court Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Florida. “Now you cancel it and we will have to board our return flight under your new no mask required policy?! Thanks so much.”
“Epidemiologist Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding tweeted that the coronavirus pandemic is not “over” and called for a boycott of Alaska Airlines, which he suggested is an “idiot airline”, until the company implements its own mask mandate.“
“I’m so frustrated,” one user wrote. “We have tickets to fly this weekend, which felt like a tolerable risk only because everyone is required to wear a mask. Now we have to sit in a tube with 200 people (some of whom will certainly be + for Covid) and risk getting sick, or cancel our trip. Pissed.”
I don’t see a downside to not sharing a flight with these people.
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Of what?
They say transsexuality is just a mask.
You know, if there were more true masking aficionados I bet way more people would be into masking.
I mean, folk who wear masks like these:
https://www.countryliving.com/shopping/g33561197/funny-face-masks/
Instead, most maskers don boring disposables or industrial N95s.
Those aren’t fun, and the people that insist on ’em aren’t true aficionados!
#endofrant
Mmm… Welllll…
Transgenderism is just a mask. Transsexuality requires way more commitment.
#agreed
Not the worst cold I ever had, but certainly bad enough for me to stay home even if the law didn’t say I had to.
My favorite quip about the difference between involvement and commitment:
If you had bacon and eggs for breakfast, the chicken was involved. The pig was committed.
Hey, maybe I will take up mask wearing.
You mean like a surgical mask?
I have the Scream, Van Gogh’s Starry Night and a design by Mondriaan, as well.
I still feel shame that I didn’t have to guts to buy a mask that said “masks don’t work”.
I looked into “The Scream” and they wanted 30 bucks for one at a museum store. No thanks. I took a magic marker and made my own that said “TRUMP 2020.”
I don’t remember what it cost, but it is nifty.
Some of the ranting also illustrates how ignorant people, including elected representatives and legal “experts” are.
When a federal government agency exceeds the authority granted to it by law, the government has overreached. Since Rep. Sabadosa apparently missed eighth grade civics, I’ll remind her that the federal government is a creature of limited powers, limited to the powers listed in the Constitution, and limited by enabling legislation voted on by elected representatives in the Congress and signed by the President. Ensuring that the federal government does not exceed its authorized power is precisely one of the purposes of the Courts. When the federal government exceeds its authority, the Courts are the branch that steps in to protect the people from that excess. In this case, the CDC exceeded the authority spelled out in its enabling legislation.
Toobin’s statement is complete nonsense. The judge was not making a judgment on the wisdom of requiring masks. The judge simply found that requiring masks exceeded the authority granted to the CDC by law. I know that many leftists consider “following the law” to be an evil right wing concept, and would prefer a system of autocratic tyranny (assuming they are the tyrants), but it is fascinating that they consider it so unacceptable that many of us still think the rule of law has value.
That which is not prohibited is mandatory. That which is not mandatory is prohibited. All conform to the single behavior.
And other places too, not just Walmart stores!
I swear this was a character on early SNL. or maybe SCTV played by Eugene Levy.
I completely agree re: the surgeon masking example. I have heard people say “well, if they’re good enough for surgeons, they apparently do something”. To which I say, yes, but what is it you suppose they actually do? The surgical masks prevent spittle and moisture from breathing from carrying bacteria into open surgical wounds. I have seen no one even try to make the case that Covid spreads from one’s breath to a wound. Bacterial infections is the main concern in surgery, not viral spread. At least that’s my common-sense opinion. Can any of our resident physicians confirm that opinion?
I still plan to wear a mask if I mow the the lawn….. but I signed up for a lawn service this summer. Would rather have fun on my weekends than mow the lawn. However, last year masks while mowing were a God send.
Yeah, these were indeed funny. Humor is great rebellion.
I wonder if these people realized that most people on the flight got a snack and a drink and just sat with their masks off the majority of the time. I recently had to fly to Las Vegas for a conference and that was my experience. People got a snack , pulled that mask down and took most of the flight to eat/drink. Of course, the magical Covid-19 virus cannot be transmitted when the person is eating or drinking.
As I was saying: DOJ Says It Will Appeal Court Decision to Overturn the Federal Transportation Mask Mandate, if the CDC Asks Them to
Seems like, if they do appeal, what are the chances some other judge would order the mask mandate reinstated pending hearing? I’m thinking, pretty low. And by the time a hearing actually happened, it would be even later…
I’m not sure, but perhaps they are weighing the election year effects. The article by Sundance has this:
“I doubt the CDC will attempt to go through the process to legally reinstitute the mask mandate. The political science just doesn’t support it.
“However, as with all things leftist, narcissistic and Covidian, the moonbat tribe evaluate their worth through the prism of how much they can force others to endure. So, there’s a possibility the religious leaders within the CDC Church of Big Pharma, may just decide to inflict more social damage.”
They want EVERYBODY to wear a mask….