
Some travelers, faced with fewer colds, will still mask in flight
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Some frequent travelers noticed they got sick less often during the federal mask mandate for air travel. Despite the end of the mandate, some fliers say they will continue to wear masks.
(CNN) — Jessie Festa was seated on an Alaska Airlines flight at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport waiting to take off for Pasco, Washington, when a flight attendant announced wearing masks during the flight was no longer required.
"The reaction around me was jubilation," Festa, a travel blogger who lives in New York City, wrote via email. "Everyone started cheering and ripping off their masks."

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has told multiple associates and allies that there’s no chance he will bow to President Donald Trump’s calls for him to resign, vowing to withstand several more months of the president’s unprecedented, multi-pronged assault over Powell’s refusal to lower interest rates.