Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, said Monday that the U.S. should “seriously” consider a vaccination mandate for domestic travel as states across the country face surges in COVID-19 cases from the more-transmissible omicron variant.
Asked whether he would recommend to the president a vaccination requirement for domestic travel, Fauci declined to answer, but he emphasized that these types of conditions for boarding flights could push more people to get vaccinated and that’s a desirable outcome.
The U.S. currently mandates that most foreign nationals traveling to the U.S. be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, but has not instituted one for domestic travel. Biden’s employer vaccination requirements have been mired in legal wrangling, with the Supreme Court set to hear arguments in early January in cases seeking to overturn them.
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