Americans Split Over Mandatory Vaccines for Air Travel: Skift Survey
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This is America, the land of the free and hyper-polarized. Sadly. Though good news, enough will exists across the country for a vaccine requirement for air travel, but the vocal opposition will unlikely let it happen.
Every thing in America is political these days and coming into 20 months into the pandemic, every part of it even coming out of it has now been weaponized beyond recognition.
Witness the controversy around vaccine mandates for airlines employees, United moved decisively and early and has for most part been very successful with its staff, while Southwest hedged and is now in the crosshairs in media, political sphere and social platforms as a result.
When it comes to vaccine requirements for travelers, in this case airline passengers, it isn't a surprise there is a very mixed opinion on the mandatory need for showing vaccine card/pass to fly, whether domestic or internat
