{"id":415867,"date":"2022-03-14T05:27:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T02:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cdcs-silly-stalling-on-flight-masks\/"},"modified":"2022-03-14T05:27:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T02:27:47","slug":"cdcs-silly-stalling-on-flight-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cdcs-silly-stalling-on-flight-masks\/","title":{"rendered":"#CDC\u2019s silly stalling on flight masks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25714b7bc7e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25714b7bc7e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cdcs-silly-stalling-on-flight-masks\/#%E2%80%9CCDCs_silly_stalling_on_flight_masks%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;CDC\u2019s silly stalling on flight masks&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cdcs-silly-stalling-on-flight-masks\/#Have_virus_will_travel\" >Have virus, will travel\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cdcs-silly-stalling-on-flight-masks\/#Whats_the_delay\" >What\u2019s the delay?\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCDCs_silly_stalling_on_flight_masks%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;CDC\u2019s silly stalling on flight masks&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Transportation Security Administration, following the recommendation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will extend its mask mandate for airplanes through mid-April. Once again, the CDC is behind the curve.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The TSA announcement comes as virtually all states and major cities have dropped their indoor mask mandates in response to plunging numbers of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths. It also comes a week after the CDC eased its mask guidance for communities which overnight reduced recommendations for indoor masking from roughly 95 percent to about 37 percent of US counties. The numbers have only improved since \u2014 CDC\u2019s latest update shows that 98 percent of Americans who live in 94 percent of US counties need not mask.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CDC\u2019s guidelines moved from measuring community transmission to measuring community levels of disease \u2014 how much strain the virus is placing on a community\u2019s health-care system as indicated by new COVID hospitalizations, the share of hospital beds occupied by patients admitted for COVID and new COVID cases. The new guidelines recognized that with the predominant, highly contagious but <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly mild, Omicron variant, measuring transmission became much less important.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/20211223_zaa_s197_255-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The TSA will extend its mask mandate for airplanes through mid-April. \" class=\"wp-image-21515877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/20211223_zaa_s197_255-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/20211223_zaa_s197_255-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/20211223_zaa_s197_255-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/20211223_zaa_s197_255-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The TSA will extend its mask mandate for airplanes through mid-April. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Paul Hennessy\/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Have_virus_will_travel\"><\/span>Have virus, will travel\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When asked why airports and airlines should maintain mask mandates even if the cities in which they\u2019re located have abandoned them, White House press secretary Jen Psaki answered that air <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ers aren\u2019t \u201cstatic.\u201d People traveling from a high COVID-19 zone could arrive at low-level COVID-19 areas, still posing a transmission risk. That sounds like an argument for banning travel rather than a justification for masks on planes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The rationale in the new CDC guidelines for recommending masks in the minority of communities that are classified as medium or high level was to alleviate the strain on medical resources in those communities, not limit the spread to other communities. Even if the new rating guidelines roughly correlate with transmission risk, that would, at most, suggest prescribing mask wearing for people on flights originating in cities with medium or high levels instead of maintaining them for all flights \u2014 which, as noted above, is a very small group of communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/AP22068672681230.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"White House press secretary Jen Psaki commented that air travelers aren\u2019t \u201cstatic.\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-21515875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/AP22068672681230.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/AP22068672681230.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/AP22068672681230.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/AP22068672681230.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>White House press secretary Jen Psaki commented that air travelers aren\u2019t \u201cstatic.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The need for and efficacy of masks on airplanes has never been especially clear. Air quality on board an aircraft is much better than most other indoor environments. Half of the onboard air supplied is fresh air from outside and the other half is passed through High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters that are more than 99.9 percent effective at removing viruses. Cabin air is refreshed 20-30 times an hour, 10 times more than in most office buildings, and the air flow is from top to bottom, not along the length of the aircraft.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_the_delay\"><\/span>What\u2019s the delay?\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Even prior to the onset of the Omicron surge, a systematic review concluded that it is unclear if masks prevent in-flight transmission of COVID since most studies are of low quality and \u201cdid not provide clear data on the masking of passengers and crew.\u201d The rationale for in-flight masking is even less compelling now since Omicron has spread easily despite mask mandates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/USA-COVID19-FLIGHT-CANCELLATIONS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Masking on airplanes has lead to confrontations mid-flight.\" class=\"wp-image-21515878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/USA-COVID19-FLIGHT-CANCELLATIONS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/USA-COVID19-FLIGHT-CANCELLATIONS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/USA-COVID19-FLIGHT-CANCELLATIONS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/USA-COVID19-FLIGHT-CANCELLATIONS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Masking on airplanes has lead to confrontations mid-flight.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA\/MICHAEL REYNOLDS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Perhaps, the most disturbing thing about the TSA\/CDC announcement was Psaki\u2019s explanation that the CDC will first \u201cendeavor\u201d to engage in \u201cconsultations\u201d about new travel guidelines \u201cbetween now and April.\u201d Did the CDC have another pandemic to attend to for the past few months? Was there something that impeded revising the travel standards at the same time as the community mask standards revision?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The TSA and CDC should complete their \u201cconsultations\u201d quickly. Airline masking has not only been an uncomfortable inconvenience. It has led to several contentious confrontations between unruly passengers and aircrews which endanger the lives of everyone on board. It should not take another month to ease these increasingly irrational regulations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Dr. Joel Zinberg, MD, is a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and director of public health and wellness at the Paragon Health Institute.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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