Dr. Anthony Fauci’s backing of mandatory vaccinations for air travel is unsurprisingly facing pushback from the travel industry
Air travel is ‘overwhelmingly’ safe, the U.S. Travel Association says, after Fauci said ‘if you want to get on a plane and travel with other people that you should be vaccinated.’
"U.S. Travel has long maintained that there should be no mandatory vaccination requirement for domestic travel. Such a policy would have an unfair, negative impact on families with young children who are not yet eligible to get the vaccine," said Tori Emerson Barnes, U.S. Travel Association EVP of public affairs.
"While U.S. Travel does not endorse a national vaccine mandate, we continue to believe that vaccines are the fastest path back to normalcy for all, and we strongly encourage all who are eligible to get a vaccine immediately."
There is as yet no push to make vaccinations compulsory for air travel although Democrat Rep. Don Beyer last week tabled legislation requiring it or a negative Covid test for planes and Amtrak trains.
Although he supports a vaccination mandate, Dr. Fauci isn’t proposing it and there is no sign at the momment that the government will either.
