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March 24, 2022 at 11:57 PM
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By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – March 25, 2022 It would appear that…
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – March 25, 2022 It would appear that the CEO's of ten major airlines have had enough of the Federal Government's policies of masking, testing, and vaccination status affecting their ability to safely convey the nation's air travelers. Central to a letter penned by the CEO's was the idea that masking in the cabin of a commercial airliner was devoid of any science claiming it was necessary. Masking restrictions forced on commercial airline companies have presented them with a host of unintended consequences, from alienating those that refuse to fly masked to violent encounters between passengers and crew over masking itself. Airline executives contend that many places in the United State no longer require masking in indoor events where conditions that exist in airplane cabins are in no way less "safe". Clearly masking on public transport has run its course. If it actually worked, someone would have noticed. It hasn't, and passengers and airline employees have noticed that it hasn't prevented the spread in a very short time period world wide. A recent outbreak of the variant Omicron version of Covid-19 was able to travel world wide in a month from relatively isolated South Africa. Clearly airline traffic had the most to do with that. Science, pointed out by airline executives has evolved and masking is no longer a safe nonpharmacuetical prevention of the transmission of the virus. Similarly, the "vaccine" jabs currently being administered are no guarantee of immunity. Couple that with the fact that most Covid cases are either asymptomatic or have relatively mild symptoms and do not readily lead to transmission. The Biden Administration has recently extended the restrictions on commercial travel to April 18th with no clear science to explain the extension, other than politics. A recent vote in the US Senate 57-40 is asking for the restrictions to be lifted. Biden has announced he would be vetoing the effort should it be successful in the House of Representatives. Why is that? Delta CEO, Ed Bastian, said that the directive no longer fits the current environment in the state of Covid with improved medical advancements and public health metrics. In simpler terms, something the president might appreciate, your restrictions not only haven't worked, but are a gigantic headache for the airline industry. Further the directives place thousands of airline employees forced to enforce directives in the path of an uptick in violent confrontations over masking. Of the nearly 7,000 uncontrolled passenger exchanges in the past year, 70% are related to masking violations by passengers. This alone in light of the changing landscape surrounding the Corona virus, should put elimination of these measures at the front of the line. They clearly have not worked and are creating far more problems than are being solved. It continues to be breathtakingly obvious that Biden no longer understands the damage his indiscriminate meanderings through his incoherent brain cells are doing to the Country. America for the most part is done with Covid and the Pandemic. Biden fails to understand this and continues to clutch his executive orders and Centers for Disease Control directives to his chest like a child unwilling to release a favorite toy. It becomes a question of whether or not the Country will be damaged beyond repair if this feckless man continues to "lead"….

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Published March 24, 2022 at 11:57 PM
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