HEALTH. Anthony Fauci is the main medical adviser of the White House / EFE
The nation’s leading infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said he would support mandating COVID-19 vaccines for air travel. “If you want to get on a plane and travel with other people … you should be vaccinated,” Fauci said on The Skimm podcast on Friday.
The context: Last week, the Biden administration proposed that employers with more than 100 workers mandate COVID-19 vaccination or offer weekly testing. However, airlines consider that it is not feasible to apply vaccination mandates on passengers.
- A study conducted by the Department of Defense in partnership with United Airlines found that the risk of exposure to COVID-19 on board an aircraft is “practically non-existent.”
- When masks are worn, there is only a 0.003% chance that saliva particles from one passenger will enter the respiratory space of another seated next to them.
What do they say? The American Travelers Association responded that while they support getting vaccinated, the mandatory vaccination requirement during domestic travel should not be upheld for long.
- Fauci did not specify in the interview whether the vaccination mandate he supports would be only for those over 12 years of age or for all travelers.
- The coordinator of the response to the coronavirus of the White House, Jeff Zients, said that no action is “off the table.”
- United CEO Scott Kirby has called the suggestion “logistically impractical.” While Delta CEO Ed Bastian considers it a “logistical dilemma.”
Main source of the news: ABC News
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