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Mask ruling raises fears over US’s ability to fight future pandemics

Court’s decision on face coverings threatens to make it harder to tackle new outbreaks, say experts

In a few years, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is hoping to be able to predict outbreaks like a forecaster might do the weather, following the launch of its new pandemic forecasting unit on Tuesday.

But thanks to legal setbacks for the Biden administration, including a ruling earlier this week by a Donald Trump-appointed judge in Florida, its attempts to fight them could be frustrated.

Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle on Monday ruled the CDC’s requirement for all passengers to wear masks on public transport was not lawful and should be immediately overturned.

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