[See NewsBusters for more.] MSNBC just can’t quit the pandemic. On Wednesday’s Hallie Jackson Reports, medical contributor Dr. Kavita Patel declared that masks are even more necessary today than they were in the past and that pilots who made in-flight announcements on the striking down of the mask mandate put people’s lives at risk.
Guest host Garrett Haake wondered about the timing of the ruling, “You’ve cases having a bit of an uptick especially in the northeast. Obviously the decision to get rid of the mandate was a legal one made by a federal judge. From a public health standpoint, do you think it's an appropriate time to make that decision?”