New York Congresswoman Grace Meng posted a selfie from her American Airlines flight from New York to Washington, D.C., on Twitter Friday morning as she headed out for the vote on the coronavirus stimulus bill.
One of the first comments wasn’t about the $2 trillion package, but about air travel during the pandemic.
“Can you find out why airlines are still flying similar schedules to pre-lockdown?” a follower asked Meng. “I get that essential travel is required for some, by why not severely limit the flights?’
It’s a question being asked across the country given the deepening coronavirus crisis, with the United States last week surpassing China as the country with the most diagnosed cases and New York as the new epicenter. Government officials are imploring people to stay home. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a request Saturday night asking residents of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to curtail nonessential travel in order to help limit the spread of the coronavirus.
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