Rand: I hated flying during COVID... We were told to mask up between eating peanuts or we were a threat to the plane

X ^ | Oct 1 | Sen. Rand Paul

[RandFan]

@SenRandPaul

We were told to mask up between peanuts or be treated like we were taking down the plane. That kind of absurdity fed secret watchlists where spite or bias could brand us threats.

We ended Quiet Skies, but we must stop government secrecy, over-classification, and surveillance of Americans.

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[philled]

I live in a state that inflicted none of the Covid nonsense. It was eye-opening to me to see other areas that were under their governments thumb. I flew commercially eight times in 2020-21. The 2020 flights weren’t terrible because they were sparsely populated and they weren’t fanatical about masks. That changed in January 2021 and flying really became unbearable. It got even worse the next few months with the “vaccine cards” such that Grayhound and hitchhiking seemed to be viable alternatives. It did ease but since the customer service bar was reset to an incredibly low level it hasn’t returned to pre-COVID mediocrity. I’ve flown a couple of Canadian airlines this year and the flight crews were about half a step up from “surly.” Commercial flight experience has changed significantly in the forty years I’ve been doing it. Now it is just something to be endured.

[9YearLurker]

But he never spoke up about all of Congress exempting themselves and their staffs from the Covid mandates that were enabled by their legislation.

[Gene Eric]

he can run his mouth just like anyone else, but few in governance & medicine have the moral credibility to opine on this definitively unmitigated disaster

[NoLongerTrappedInNY]

I live in a similar state (possibly the same one as you), so the insanity around flying really ticked me off since I was able to avoid most of the insanity in my daily life. Whenever I flew during Covid times, I sat at an airport bar till the last minute, nursing an overpriced drink - no mask. While on the plane itself, I used a “fake mask” (black nylon & pretty breathable). While watching those with “real” masks continually fuss with them & touch their faces.

[sopo]

Flying was and is still a great way to get sick

[sopo]

Flying was and is still a great way to get sick

[hoosierham]

I am saddened that so much medical misinformation was used to destroy lives and businesses by evil,stupid officials mandating useless shots and masks..

[1Old Pro]

We were told to mask up between peanuts or be treated like we were taking down the plane.

I despise many elected officials. In NYS Andy Cuomo forced us to buy a "meal" which amounted to a bag of chips or a Cuomo meatball for $5 every time you walked up to an outdoor bar to get a draft beer during covid. Beyond ridiculous, meglomaniacs.

[ABN 505]

I had a shopping cart full of groceries and was waiting in line when the clerk told me I was over the six ft. line. I looked and the cart was 2” over the line. I left the cart where it was and walked out the door. I have not shopped there since.

[Republican Wildcat]

This is insane. I didn't know about this

Oh baloney...you didn't know about it? It was widely discussed - telling you to mask up between bites of food.