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(LifeSiteNews) — Airline industry executives joined forces Wednesday to craft a letter urging the Biden administration to drop its “now-outdated” mask mandate for airports and airplanes.
According to the CEOs, since “99 percent of the U.S. population no longer need to wear masks indoors” per the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “[t]he science clearly supports lifting the mask mandate.”
Dated March 23, the letter was addressed to U.S. President Joe Biden and was signed by 10 CEOs representing some of America’s most prominent airlines.
The executives of Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Atlas Air, Delta Airlines, FedEx Express, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines Holdings, and UPS Airlines signed onto the letter.
“The persistent and steady decline of hospitalization and death rates are the most compelling indicators that our country is well protected against severe disease from COVID-19,” the CEOs wrote. “Given that we have entered a different phase of dealing with this virus, we strongly support your view that ‘COVID-19 need no longer control our lives.’”
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