© European Press AgencyDr. Anthony Fauci said he would support the adoption of vaccine requirements for air travel.
"I would support that if you want to get on a plane and travel with other people that you should be vaccinated," the White House chief medical adviser said in an interview with theSkimm podcast,
The Hill reported.
On Friday, White House coronavirus response team coordinator Jeff Zients
said the administration is "not taking any measures off the table" when asked if it had "ruled out" ever implementing vaccine or testing requirements for domestic flights.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said later in the day: "We are always looking at more we can do to protect and save lives. Obviously, he made a significant and bold
announcement yesterday, so I don't have anything to preview โ predict or preview for you, but we'll continue to look for ways to save more lives."
She was referring to Biden's announcement Thursday that businesses with 100 employees or more would have to require that staff either get jabbed or be tested weekly โ or face heavy fines.
Dr. Anthony Fauci said he would support the adoption of vaccine requirements for air travel.EPA
The president also
directed the Transportation Security Administration to double fines levied against travelers who refuse to wear masks.
Meanwhile, Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) announced Thursday that he would
introduce legislation requiring travelers to present proof of vaccination or a negative test within 72 hours of boarding a domestic flight or traveling on Amtrak trains.
© SOPA Images/LightRocket via GettTravelers wearing protective face masks arrive at Orlando International Airport.
On Sunday, US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy defended the Biden administration
not requiring proof of vaccination for air travel, saying that unvaccinated people need to be able to fly during emergencies.
Murthy said on CNN that it was "reasonable" to consider implementing vaccine rules for travel but also necessary to take into account "equity concerns."
"We know that when it comes to mandating vaccines for travel there are important issues around equity that would have to be worked out, to ensure that people, for example, if they have to travel in the case of emergency to see a relative who got sick, would be able to do that, even if you know they weren't vaccinated," he said.
© Getty ImagesA man receives a nasal swab COVID-19 test at Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport.
Republicans have reacted angrily to the vaccine requirements, accusing the Biden administration of an unconstitutional overreach of power.
In the
Skimm This podcast, which was taped Friday and is set to be released Thursday, Fauci also reiterated his support for student vaccine mandates, arguing that such an inoculation policy exists for other illnesses.
"When you hear us say should you mandate vaccination for children to be able to attend school, some people say, 'Oh, my goodness. That would be terrible to do that.' But we already do that and have been doing that for decades and decades," the top infectious diseases doc said.
"I don't know what school you went to, but the school that I went to, you had to be vaccinated for measles, mumps, rubella, polio, or otherwise you couldn't go to school," Fauci said as the highly infectious Delta variant continues to spread.
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Which I personally find quite ironic - because from an early age on, every reference to the Nazis ("fascists" in Eastern Bloc terminology) in the mainstream media was immediately followed by a "Never again !".
And here we are ...
Oh joy...
As they pocketed the weapons research of the Third Reich - jet planes, flying wing aircraft, submarines, guided missiles, cruise missiles, ICBMs (von Braun), and (yes !) nuclear weapons.
The German's also had Die Glocke or whatever it was called. I do think there was some truth in that, how much though, is anyone's guess. I can't remember where, but I read that Project Looking Glass (PLG) might have come from ze German's but I've also read it was bestowed by aliens so who knows with that one, if it's even real.
Apparently, Hillary had a go with PLG in the run up to the 2016 race and it predicted she'd win. That's why she never had a conceding speech, only a winning speech, and that's why she refuses to admit she lost, and is so angry. Again, could be just hearsay but I like that one lol.
Just throwin' it out there.
I have a neighbour in the late 50s who had successfully battled cancer a few years ago. And while he is aware of the corruption and media lies on local level, he still firmly believes in "science", the medical establishment, and the state.
Thus he took the shot in April this year. From that point on, things went continuously south. Still walking his dog daily and doing an occasional 10+ miles bike ride before, he now can barely make two or three steps, requires diaphers, and complains about terrible pain.I don't think he makes it through the year.
While it hurts me to see that, I know this is solely the consequence of his choice, and his responsibility.
One might ignore reality, but one cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.
We have one fat chick (mid 20s) in our department, but she had been this way for years.
I'm still waiting for my vaxxed workmates to show first signs of trouble. I registered already two obituary mails in my company this year, affecting men in the late 50s.
I hope the vaxed don't suffer and slip away peacefully, but I don't think they're designed that way.
I think the black box vans will have a pretty good business in the last quarter of the year.