the mask man dade by 15 days as health officials monitor the spread of the ba.2 subvariant. flights attendens are exhausted from having to essentially enforce the man dade. in an interview with nbc, the delta ceo simply sis, it s time for the masks to go. a political win from president biden as he takes heat over his handling at the crisis at the southern border. he sthour l at your favorite diner. or waiting for the 7:12 bus. or sunday afternoon in the produce aisle. these moments may not seem remarkable. but at pfizer, protecting the regular routine, and everyday drives us to reach for exceptional. working to impact hundreds of millions of lives. young and old.
rooms for two-plus years. so grateful to you, friend. thank you for bringing us some cheer this morning. after two years, this is great. happy thanksgiving to you. have a great one. well, the u.s. has set a new pandemic era record for air travel. 2.3 million people passed through tsa checkpoints yesterday. now the justice department is warning against unruly behavior. let s go to pete muntean. i m glad to see the doj is saying prioritize this. these flight attendants and fellow passengers are being put at serious risk. reporter: you know, flight attendants have been on the front lines of enforcing the federal mask man dade. the head of the association
to the rate of spread here in the chicago area. much like a lot of the country sees a rise in covid-19, in part driven by the delta variant. for context, in late june, the positivity rate here in chicago was 0.4%. two weeks ago 1%. now we re a bit over 3%. while that s now high overall, it s not the direction officials want to see things headed, especially not at the rate with which we have seen this increase. one of the most significant metrics is we re over 200 cases a day. the reason that s significant is because that s the threshold mayor lightfoot said they would reconsider a mask man dade. many people thought we were past this, but we re seeing a repeat of decision points we ve seen at many points during the pandemic. for now lollapallooza continues on at full capacity.