Delta's announcement ending mask mandates received a stealth edit.
Airlines drop mask mandate ahead of summer travel. FOX Business' Grady Trimble with more.
Delta Air Lines edited its statement announcing the end of the federal mask mandate to call COVID-19 a "more manageable respiratory virus" on Tuesday. Delta's original statement had stated that COVID-19 "has transitioned to an ordinary seasonal virus." Delta and a slew of other airlines announced masking was now optional on flights after a federal judge in Florida struck down the Biden administration's national mask mandate covering airplanes, airports and public transportation."We are relieved to see the U.S.
"We are relieved to see the U.S. mask mandate lift to facilitate travel as COVID-19 transitions to a more manageable respiratory virus – with better treatments, vaccines and other scientific measures to prevent serious illness," Delta's new statement reads. "Thank you for your support in complying with the federal mask mandate and keeping each other, and our customers, safe during the pandemic.
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