DOJ says it will appeal to revive mask mandate -- if the CDC determines it's still needed
Source: CNN
(CNN)The Justice Department said Tuesday it will appeal a court ruling that struck down the federal government's mask mandate for travelers -- but only if the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention determines the mandate is still necessary to protect public health.
"The Department of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention disagree with the district court's decision and will appeal, subject to CDC's conclusion that the order remains necessary for public health," spokesman Anthony Coley said in a statement.
"The Department continues to believe that the order requiring masking in the transportation corridor is a valid exercise of the authority Congress has given CDC to protect the public health. That is an important authority the Department will continue to work to preserve," Coley said.
The CDC was set to assess whether the mandate was still needed until May 3, and Coley said any appeal would come after that date.
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And more and more are being filed to basically eliminate the whole point of a "public health system" in order to upend federal Public Health laws - a number of which were also implemented in many states post-WW2.
Their "arguments" have been along the line that the country is no longer "in an emergency" and with that, like here in PA last year, they have been limiting or removing the authority of the President or governor or County officials to even declare a "health emergency" (or in some cases, ANY "emergency" ).
as the numbers began to bottom out and what was the result? The same fucking thing that happened the last 6 waves - a new variant appeared and ran rampant or is about to run rampant, through the area. That is why we re-implemented it. And it has already been challenged in court by more RW loons (although an earlier suit was tossed out here).
These "mandates" weren't meant to be "permanent" and adding masking as a mitigation feature is NOT a "lock down end of the world" strategy either - which is essentially how these mandates have been mis-characterized by the RW and the media, where many (blue) counties and municipalities have just given up because of the cost and time needed to fight these endless suits.
I.e., - throwing up their hands to say - if they want to get sick or die, then let them get sick and die.
The distortions about using MITIGATION to reduce the severity of waves, have been a load of nonsense from day one and have real consequential negative effects. We know it will never "go to zero" but if you keep it tamped down, then we can continue to go about our lives.
The below was the perfect historic case study of why a century later, "mitigation" can be found to work (and Philadelphia was the unfortunate victim of idiocy back then by not using common sense) -
Link to tweet
@BradNitzWSB
This graph shows why social distancing is so important.
In 1918 Philadelphia did not, but St. Louis did. Let’s all work to minimize our numbers now. This is temporary.
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3:30 PM · Mar 12, 2020
There has been a lot of use of what has become a "talking point term" - "new normal" - but a refusal to actually shift behaviors to move to the new normal, which may include periodic (NOT PERMANENT) restrictions to keep the boiling pot down to a simmer until this thing runs its course.
Wait until they see the effects of this aweful decision in November.
