On Monday April 18th, I woke to a Wall Street Journal article which proclaimed that the Biden Administration had a new Wuhan policy. Individuals would henceforth be responsible for their own health decisions. Shocking. Adult Americans permitted to make their own decisions? This meant that the Biden pandemic strategy, assuming that Biden actually has a strategy on any issue, had been changed to permit personal choice on vaccine boosters and the wearing of masks. Later that same day, to quote Ilhan Omar, “somebody did something” that exposed the supposed new policy as just the latest Biden Administration bullshit story. Federal District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, in Tampa Florida, issued an opinion which struck down the Biden Administration’s mask mandate for transportation. On February 2, 2021, Corrupt Demented Imbecile Joe Biden ordered, via the Centers for Disease Control, that face masks be worn on all transportation. Judge Mizelle ruled that the CDC had exceeded its authority in ordering the wearing of masks on public transportation, because the authority of the CDC is limited to ordering “sanitation” measures in cases where a known or suspected infection is introduced into the country. The CDC rules extended to transportation within the country, which is the province of the States, as an exercise of their police powers. Judge Mizelle reasoned that if the government’s interpretation of “sanitation and other measures” extended to a mask mandate, it easily could be extended to require vaccines, the installation of air filtering systems, plexiglass dividers or practically any other mandate, no matter how onerous or damaging to the economy. So the mask mandate was struck down. Coming as it did on the heels of the announcement that personal health decisions were now going to be permitted (as though the government ever had the authority to restrict such decisions) you’d think that Judge Mizelle’s decision might have been a welcome development that let the Biden Administration off the hook. The last thing the government wants to do is make a decision that it might get blamed for. The Court decision was the perfect dodge, especially for Joe Biden, whose motto seems to be, “Not much I can do about it.” This one was tailor-made. “Sorry. I’d like to help, but the Court ordered it.” But no such luck. Proving once and for all that it had no real intention to restore personal freedoms it had no right to infringe in the first place, the Biden Administration contemplated an appeal of the Court’s decision. This development simply proves the old adage that, if Democrats didn’t stand for hypocrisy, they’d stand for nothing at all. The Court’s decision was met with celebration in many circles. When airline pilots announced that the masks could be removed, passengers cheered. They no longer had to pretend they were eating for five hours to permit maskless breathing on flights. But there was no joy in Leftville. The fascist regressives sensed a disturbance in “The Force,” the mass delusions of rectitude which permit no suggestion that their actions are wrong. Wasting no time, they went into duck and cover mode, the Biden defense system, which consists of lies, deception, idiocy, and delay. Hours after the Court’s decision, Biden’s B.S. Secretary, Jen Psaki, was unable or unwilling to answer multiple questions about whether travelers must still wear masks. She called the ruling a “disappointing decision.” Instead of a “mandate,” Psaki referred to the CDC’s “recommendation,” which was to continue masking on public transportation. Note to Jen – when they can fine you $2,000 for violating it, it’s not a “recommendation.” When asked why the White House Press Corps could sit in a crowded room without masks while White House still recommended masks for travelers, Psaki responded, “I’m not a doctor.” This is fitting, because her boss is not really a president. The CDC mask on planes mandate has never made sense, medically, or logically. It never made sense that people were required to wear masks on airplanes, but could congregate in crowded restaurants, schools and at sporting events without masks. Months ago, airline executives told Congress that the planes are equipped with High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters. These filters are considered the “gold standard” of air filtration systems, which trap 99.97 percent of particles 0.3 microns in diameter. For context, a human hair is 50 microns across. About 40% of air on planes is filtered through the HEPA system, and the remaining 60% comes in fresh from outside the cabin. Simply put, the airplane filters do what masks fail to do; trap particles as small as viruses. The CDC mandate was due to expire in 15 days. But predictably, the Left went nuts at hearing that a Trump appointed judge had struck down their power-grab. They bashed the decision and the judge personally. They predicted doom. Forgetting that they once revered judges who blocked Trump policies, they decried a “power-drunk juristocracy,” which they claimed proves our “system” – of checks and balances — “is badly broken.” Actually, all it proves is that you can’t fix stupid. Only a wild-eyed Leftist imbecile could describe the exercise of unlimited dictatorial executive power as “a check and balance.” The Administration immediately bent to the Leftist will, but only after Sleepy Joe once again uttered an unapproved opinion. Asked whether people should continue wearing masks, Joe said, “It’s up to them.” Psaki then contradicted her boss, saying the policy was to keep recommending masks. The Justice Department then said it was considering an appeal. Then, abrogating its own authority, the Justice Department said it would appeal if the CDC told them to do so. Now, this was really stupid, as Justice put the legal decision in the hands of the very agency which had just been declared by the Court to be unauthorized to make such a decision. Since then, the CDC has told Justice to appeal “to protect CDC’s public health authority beyond the ongoing assessment.” Translation – “if we let a court do this, who knows where it may stop. We might have to obey the law.” Whatever happens, the Leftist Karen Brigades are vowing to keep wearing masks no matter what. I think they got the idea from watching their Antifa friends burning buildings. I’ve seen some of those bastards, and I recommend they wear masks at all times, virus or no virus. In short, the Florida court decision struck a blow for sanity, but the Biden Administration wants no part of sanity, and its supporters are beyond reason. The bottom line – you want to wear a mask, wear a mask. Just leave me alone. If your mask is effective you have nothing to fear from me. If your mask doesn’t work, then forcing me to wear one too isn’t going to make you any safer.
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