Here's how travelers in Indianapolis reacted to being allowed to use public transportation without a face covering now that the mask mandate for travel has ended.
The Transportation Security Administration made that decision after a federal judge in Florida voided that mandate Monday evening.Cheers of excitement roared on flights as attendants announced the mandate had been lifted.Ashley Lowrie says flying from Indianapolis with her three children is going to be much easier now without masks.Airport passengers could be seen with and without masks."We feel happy like you're free. Don't gotta keep wearing masks.
This decision comes as local COVID-19 hospitalizations have dropped. Hospitals are still full of other patients. The Marion County Public Health Department says vaccination rates have also dropped nearly 95% since January.
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