A discarded mask is seen on the floor inside New York's John F. Kennedy Airport on Tuesday, a day after a federal judge in Florida struck down the CDC's mask mandate for public transportation. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
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Airline passengers, some not wearing face masks following the end of the federal mask mandate, sit during a American Airlines flight operated by SkyWest Airlines from Los Angeles International Airport to Denver, on Tuesday. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Judge Kathryn Mizelle was confirmed as U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida in November 2020. U.S. Federal Government hide caption
Delta updated its statement Tuesday to remove the reference to "an ordinary, seasonal virus." A spokesperson told NPR over email that it had done so "for clarity and accuracy." Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Travelers line up wearing protective masks indoors at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago in December 2021. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle voided the national travel mask mandate on Monday. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption