Posted December 18, 2020
Airlines are considering vaccine mandates for passengers. Action Alert! “COVID vaccination records, please.” You just may start to hear these words at airports. Quantas Airways, Australia’s largest airline, has said they will likely require passengers to get vaccinated before they can travel. The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the trade association for the world’s airlines, is developing a travel pass that displays users’ COVID test results and vaccination status. These developments are all the more concerning as the FDA comes under pressure to approve a vaccine for which the public has not received full transparency. We’re potentially facing a situation where private airlines require a vaccine whose benefits and risks we are unable to assess—we cannot accept it. Read more.