Fauci fears judge's ruling on travel mask mandate may set "dangerous precedent"

The decision by a federal judge in Florida to block the Biden administration's mask requirement on planes and public transit was "disturbing," Dr. Anthony Fauci told CBS News on Thursday, saying that the Biden administration worried it would set a "dangerous precedent." 

"The CDC has the capability, through a large number of trained epidemiologists, scientists, to be able to make projections and make recommendations. Far more than a judge with no experience in public health," Fauci, the president's chief medical adviser, told CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa on "Red & Blue."  

The Biden administration moved Wednesday to appeal the decision, which came as the agency has been closely tracking an uptick in COVID-19 cases driven by the BA.2 subvariant of Omicron.