GEORGE TOWN, Aug 3 The Penang state government welcomed the Federal Court’s declaration that its anti-party-hopping law is constitutional and valid. Chief Minister Chow Kon.
order that lifted the travel mask mandate. now, this past april, a federal judge struck down the requirement to wear masks on planes, buses and public transit declaring to be unlawful. i want to bring in pete williams. and i ve been flying a lot lately and i don t see a lot of folks on the planes wearing masks. at this point it is a personal choice. if you want to, you do. so what is the likelihood this mandate could get reinstated? i d say in the current climate zero chance. and that is really not what the appeal is about. the federal government is mounting this appeal because it doesn t want a federal court ruling remaining on the books that says the cdc does not have the authority to require wearing masks on public transportation. remember the government said a month ago that they would appeal the order. so this latest filing is the justice department s detailed argument on why it thinks the judge got it wrong when she said
if the government was aware of this, we kind of should have been more proactive. in getting our number one formula before the shortage got to this point. did the u.s. government drop the ball here? i don t think that the u.s. government dropped the ball. certainly i can speak for the usda, we moved as expeditiously and quickly as possible. i think the key lesson for us learned from the pandemic and this is that efficiency is certainly important. still ahead, a federal court ruling could shake up pennsylvania s still too close to call senate republican primary. plus a top trump ally sits down with the january 6th select committee. those stories and sports and a check on the weather when we come back.
numbers low. but they mean something different than they did a year ago. they mean something different because people are vaccinated and boosted. they mean something different because we have a lot more therapeutics available. we have to change our behavior and respond in a different way as the pandemic evolves. i think at this point responding with care and caution but not overreacting is critical. one of the ways we have changed our behavior, thanks to a federal court ruling this week, is there are no mask mandates on planes, on trains, on buses. you mentioned that deaths are at their lowest rates. hospitalization numbers are better. many airlines and transportation systems did follow suit and lift their mandate. so, take aside the legal dispute right now. do you believe a federal mask mandate on transportation is necessary? so, let s go back to about ten days ago when the cdc scientists asked for a 15-day extension. why did they ask for that? all the stuff we ve been talking abo
lot of people have about what do you do with information like that, that case counts are rising? first of all, absolutely right. we would have reacted to this differently a year ago. cases are still important. infections are still important. we want to keep infection numbers low. but they mean something different than they did a year ago. they mean something different because people are vaccinated and boosted. they mean something different because we have a lot more therapeutics available. we have to change our behavior and respond in a different way as the pandemic evolves. i think at this point responding with care and caution but not overreacting is critical. one of the ways we have changed our behavior, thanks to a federal court ruling this week, is there are no mask mandates on planes, on trains, on buses. you mentioned that deaths are at their lowest rates. hospitalization numbers are better. many airlines and transportation systems did follow suit and lift their mandate. so,