Transit, say, coming into new york city, you don t have to wear a mask when you re on that train, but once you get to penn station, a state-run train terminal, you re then supposed to mask up. in terms of ubers nationwide, uber has said that masks are now optional for drivers as well as riders. but in new york city, the new york city taxi and limousine commission, they oversee ride shares as well as taxis and they say masks are still required in ubers as well as taxis. i got a taxi the other day and he said that masks are now optional. he said he got an alert that that was the new policy. this morning, when i requested it, there was an alert saying you still have to wear one if you re in new york city. but speaking with travelers, in all of these different places, jose, they say that it is just very confusing to keep up with what the rules are. and it s difficult to follow rules when you re not entirely sure what those rules are. jose?
that s what happened on the air. on the ground, the rules are more complicated. joining me from new york, senior scholar at the johns hopkins center for health and security. because i messed this up in the tease. i would give it to you, ellison, would you wear them on a plane, would you wear them on a train, would you where them here or there, would you wear them anywhere? yeah, the answer for new yorkers is they are not entirely sure. they are pretty confused. i have spent the last couple of days, really, since the florida ruling came down when i was in an airport taking public transportation around the new york area and trying to get a sense of what exactly the rules are and what people think of them. the answer is pretty complicated. for ubers nationwide, they say