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Travelers react to end of the federal mask mandate

NJ Transit made masks optional on all its buses and trains

Aired 04/19/2022

NJ Spotlight News

Travelers react to end of the federal mask mandate

Clip: 4/19/2022 | 4m 4sVideo has Closed Captions

NJ Transit made masks optional on all its buses and trains

“There was actually a big cheer on the plane,” one traveler at Newark airport reported, after flight attendants announced the CDC’s controversial mask mandate would no longer be enforced. Most major airlines ditched mask mandates after a federal judge in Florida ruled Monday the CDC had overstepped its authority when it ordered the restriction to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Aired 04/19/2022

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