We never thought we’d say this, but we want to smell the subway again.
The vaccinated are allowed to go without masks on the streets, in restaurants, in stores, in offices. But still on the subway and other rail lines they must wear one. It’s pointless and performative. It’s time to lift the mask mandate.
The pandemic is over, as New York’s (maskless) ticker-tape parade Wednesday and the grand fireworks this weekend attest. The unvaxxed should still mask in many places, but for others — the vaccinated majority, by the way — it’s an irrational burden.
Legally, it’s now on President Joe Biden: The day after taking office, he ordered that face-coverings be worn on all forms of public transportation — planes, trains, buses, boats. The feds issued broad requirements for transit agencies, like the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, that last until at least Sept. 13.
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