Fauci: Vaccine Mandate For Domestic Air Travel ‘Would Be Welcome’

White House COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci said the U.S. government should consider vaccine requirements for domestic air travel. Currently, the United States mandates that non-citizens coming into the country present proof of vaccination and a negative COVID-19 within 24 hours of departure. Travelers who took the Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson vaccines, as well as shots approved by the World Health Organization, are authorized under federal health guidelines. But Fauci said that those requirements should be expanded. “If you’re making a requirement for vaccination for people to get on planes who are coming into the country, that’s understandable,” he told MSNBC on Monday. “You don’t want to bring more cases into the country. But if you’re talking about requiring vaccination to get on a plane domestically, that is just another one of the requirements that I think is reasonable to consider,” Fauci added, without explaining why he believes the requirement is a  …  » Read full article