Not to be inflammatory, but why? The only benefit I can see is reducing the likelihood of new strains getting into the US, but to me this is like a swimming pool requiring people to be dry before they get in.
It would make sense as part of a national strategy, no doubt. But on it's own, I don't see the value in this?
Especially since it doesn't apply to passengers transiting through the US, so technically not everybody on the flight will have to do this, meaning you're going to spend a lot of time in an enclosed place with (as a complete guess) 80% covid negative people and 20% YOLO people. That's, err, that's exactly how covid spreads...
Actually, I would say this is more like taking a shower before entering the pool. It reduces the chances you are going to bring in grime into the pool.
Of course the pool itself is not very clean, but this way you improve the quality of the pool while you FINALLYYYYY put in some chemicals (vaccines) into the water.
Agreed 100% that this needs to be part of a national strategy in which testing, vaccine deployment, and strong community guidelines are used in conjunction to really beat COVID-19
It would make sense as part of a national strategy, no doubt. But on it's own, I don't see the value in this?
Especially since it doesn't apply to passengers transiting through the US, so technically not everybody on the flight will have to do this, meaning you're going to spend a lot of time in an enclosed place with (as a complete guess) 80% covid negative people and 20% YOLO people. That's, err, that's exactly how covid spreads...