thevaccinereaction--2020-12-07--Wanna Fly? Proof of Vaccination, Please.

The idea that people would be prohibited from boarding and traveling on a commercial aircraft unless they can show proof of having received a COVID-19 vaccine is no longer considered “ fake news ” or “ misinformation ” worthy of censorship by corporations operating social media platforms .
Within the next few months , or even weeks , flying on airlines may become even more problematic and invasive of our privacy than it has been since the 9/11 terrorist attacks began negatively transforming the experience of air travel for passengers .
Airlines Prepare to Ask for “ Immunity Passports ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will likely be the first airline to require international travelers to show proof they have been vaccinated against the SARS-CoV-2 virus that can cause COVID-19 symptoms before boarding its aircraft .
In a television interview last month , Qantas ’ CEO Alan Joyce acknowledged : Other airlines may quickly follow Qantas ’ lead .
Joyce noted , “ I ’ m talking to my colleagues in other airlines around the globe and I think it ’ s going to be a common theme across the board.
” 1 2 In April 2020 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ed Bastion , said , “ We will make whatever changes to the business model that will be necessary.
” 5 6 This may include asking passengers to present “ immunity passports ” if required by the U.S. government .
“ If it turns out immunity passports will be a new form… You think about everything that came out of 9/11 with TSA and homeland security and new public agencies .
Could there be a new public health agency coming out that requires a new passport to travel ?
We ’ ll be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Bastion said.5 6 In a recent article in The Vaccine Reaction , Rishma Parpia reported that the International Air Transport Association ( IATA ) announced on Nov. 23 that it would soon complete development a “ digital passport ” known as The IATA Travel Pass mobile application that would display SARS-CoV-2 test results and proof of COVID-19 vaccination .
The app would also list national entry rules and details of the nearest testing laboratories in various countries.1 According to The Associated Press , Jill Chung , a spokesperson for South Korea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , said it was a real possibility that airlines would require passengers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 .
But Chung noted that such a decision is not something airlines should make independently but , rather , in coordination with national governments.7 Air New Zealand has taken a similar position , stating : “ The question is whether airlines should be the arbiters of public health policy , ” says Jeffrey Kahn , PhD , MPH , director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics in Baltimore , Maryland .
“ I ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they were required to as part of public health , but that would require a federal approach to the pandemic .
We haven ’ t had that.
” 8 Proof of Vaccination is Not the Same as Evidence of Immunity Perhaps the more central question , however , may be whether COVID-19 vaccines will prevent spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus or only reduce the potential for a vaccinated person to suffer a severe case of COVID-19 that leads to permanent health problems or death .
If the vaccine does not prevent SARS-Cov-2 infection @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no purpose for the airline industry to require proof of vaccination for passengers to board a plane under the guise of guaranteeing that vaccinated persons will not spread the virus to other passengers.8 Asked whether the messenger RNA ( mRNA ) COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer , Inc. ( and its German partner BioNTech SE ) and Moderna , Inc. will prevent people from becoming infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus and transmitting it to others , the companies and medical professionals admit they do not know yet.9 10 11 “ These COVID vaccines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t know if they prevent transmission , ” says infectious disease epidemiologist Chris Beyrer , MD of the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health .
“ What ’ s being measured in the [ human clinical ] trials is whether or not they prevent disease , mild , moderate and severe disease , ” explains William John Moss , MD , director of the International Vaccine Access Center at the Bloomberg School.9 10 11 Anthony Fauci , MD , director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vaccines are not designed to prevent infection with and transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus .
He has stated that preventing symptoms of COVID-19 is the “ primary endpoint ” of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines .
In Dr. Fauci ’ s view , getting rid of SARS-CoV-2 is a “ secondary endpoint.
” 12 13 Nonetheless , it appears this scenario of conditioning air travel to one ’ s willingness to get vaccinated will be played out sooner rather than later .
It is hard to believe , but there are a few @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was coming for decades .
In 1993 , for example , Barbara Loe Fisher , co-founder and president of the National Vaccine Information Center ( NVIC ) , began declaring in her public speeches that the day would come when Americans would be penalized with travel restrictions for refusing to get government recommended and state mandated vaccines .
Who will be threatened and punished next for refusing a flu shot ?
The answer is YOU , me , and every American .
We are next in line because when doctors trade in their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after their own is just the first step on the road to going after the rest of us .
If this latest power grab is allowed to set precedent in America , the only question in the future will be : how many vaccines will we be forced to take or lose our jobs , our health insurance , our right to enter a hospital , or receive medical care , or get on a plane , or check into a hotel if we can ’ t prove we have gotten vaccinated ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a speech given at the Vaccine Injury Epidemic Event ( VIE ) on the National Mall in Washington , DC , Fisher said : Can you get any more prescient than this ?