While a majority of U.S. travelers say proof of vaccination should be a requirement to fly, the U.S. airline industry has pushed back.
U.S. airlines have been vetting the Covid-19 vaccine credentials of travelersThere is no national contact tracing program in place for airline passengers flying within the United States, and no way for Americans flying domestically to know whether they may have been exposed to a fellow passenger infected with Covid-19.
That is in stark contrast to Canada, where contact tracing information for travelers is readily available on a run by the Canadian government since the beginning of the pandemic. The data includes inbound and outbound international flights and all domestic flights within Canada. When Canadian health authorities receive a report that a recent traveler tested positive, the flight is entered into the database. This allows recent travelers to look up whether anyone on their flight tested positive so they can watch for symptoms.
Currently, the Canadian database for international flights shows that during the five-day period from November 8 through November 12, at least eight flights originating in the United States carried passengers to Canada who later tested positive for Covid-19. These flights flew out of an array of U.S. airports — Miami, Chicago, Columbus, Seattle, Palm Springs, Los Angeles, Denver and Dallas — and were operated by Air Canada, Delta, WestJet, United and American.
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