Why isn't vaccination proof required for domestic flights?
by Hugo Martín, Los Angeles Times
Dec 28, 2021
3 minutes
To go into restaurants, visit gyms, go on a cruise or see the new "Spider-Man" movie in theaters, you need to show proof of vaccination in many parts of the country. But you don't need proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to board a commercial flight within the U.S.
With coronavirus cases rising and airlines canceling thousands of flights due to outbreaks among staff, there is mounting pressure to change that.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, President news Monday that it would be "reasonable to consider" a vaccination requirement for domestic airline passengers. He did not say whether he had made this recommendation to Biden.
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