{"id":1076870,"date":"2021-12-02T14:14:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T19:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1076870"},"modified":"2021-12-02T14:14:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T19:14:15","slug":"anthony-fauci-im-not-so-sure-if-vaccines-should-be-required-for-domestic-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anthony-fauci-im-not-so-sure-if-vaccines-should-be-required-for-domestic-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Fauci: &#039;I\u2019m Not So Sure&#039; if Vaccines Should Be Required for Domestic Flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanthony-fauci-im-not-so-sure-if-vaccines-should-be-required-for-domestic-flights%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1076870&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Dr. Anthony Fauci said he is \u201cnot so sure\u201d if vaccines should be required for travelers on domestic flights, making the remark during Wednesday\u2019s press conference in the White House briefing room, where he also admitted the definition of fully vaccinated \u201ccould change\u201d down the road to include those who received a booster shot.<\/p>\n<p>During the presser, Fauci <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2021\/12\/01\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-december-1-2021\/\">detailed<\/a> the first case of the omicron variant in the U.S., popping up in California in an individual who recently traveled from South Africa and is fully vaccinated. During the Q&amp;A portion of the press conference, a reporter asked Fauci if he supports a vaccine requirement for domestic flights.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe President was asked about this earlier this week and said that that had not yet been recommended to him. You\u2019re his chief medical advisor.&nbsp; Do you think that\u2019s something the country should adopt?\u201d the reporter asked.<br \/>\u201cYou know, I\u2019m not so sure we should say that that would be a requirement,\u201d he said, seemingly dismissing the prospect, yet not entirely.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI would say what I\u2019ve been saying all along \u2014 that we have 60 million people in this country who are not vaccinated who are eligible to be vaccinated.&nbsp; Let\u2019s get them vaccinated.&nbsp; Let\u2019s get the people who are vaccinated boosted.&nbsp; Let\u2019s get the children vaccinated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s where we want to go, as opposed to a requirement,\u201d Fauci added.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18978770\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"38\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1236920173.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18978770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1236920173-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Former President Barrack Obama and Chief Medical Advisor to the president Anthony Fauci, talk with elementary school students as they prepare to receive their second vaccine shot at the Kimball Elementary School in Washington, DC, November 30, 2021. (DOUG MILLS\/POOL\/AFP via Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, Americans are keenly aware that the administration is willing to reverse course and mandate vaccines, as it is currently attempting to do through the&nbsp;Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Notably, over a year ago, Fauci said, \u201cI don\u2019t think you\u2019ll ever see a mandating of vaccine, particularly for the general public.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\" readability=\"16.865079365079\">\n<p>\u201cIf someone refuses the vaccine in the general public, then there\u2019s nothing you can do about that,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/09\/11\/fauci-one-year-ago-you-cannot-force-someone-to-take-a-vaccine\/\">said<\/a> at the Healthline town hall in August 2020. \u201cYou cannot force someone to take a vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A reporter at the press conference asked Fauci such requirements \u201cwould maybe be a way to push more people to get vaccinated,\u201d and Fauci said \u201cthat\u2019s a possibility.\u201d However, he emphasized that their goal is to get unvaccinated individuals vaccinated and vaccinated individuals boosted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\" readability=\"28.665183537264\">\n<p>Later on, a reporter asked Fauci if there should be a \u201cat a minimum, be a testing requirement for domestic air travel.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.3458646616541\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dr. Anthony Fauci is a \u201csociopath\u201d and \u201cnarcissist\u201d who deserves to be in jail based on his \u201clie of omission\u201d in January 2020 alone, Peter Navarro told Breitbart News Saturday. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dc6mpS9wcc\">https:\/\/t.co\/dc6mpS9wcc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1462234515724767233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWell, again, that\u2019s some- \u2014 these kinds of things we always talk about and consider.&nbsp; But, right now, I\u2019m not so sure we need a testing for an air travel in this country,\u201d Fauci said, once again seemingly dismissing the prospect, yet leaving the door open for change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always get back to the fact \u2014 is that people should wind up getting vaccinated and boosted if they\u2019re eligible for a boost.&nbsp; I keep coming back to that because that\u2019s really the solution to this problem,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\" readability=\"11.448275862069\">During that same press conference, Fauci <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/01\/ffauci-admits-definition-of-fully-vaccinated-could-change-to-include-booster-shots\/\">admitted<\/a> that the definition of \u201cfully vaccinated\u201d could change down the road, applying only to those who also got booster shots.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci said he is \u201cnot so sure\u201d if vaccines should be required for travelers on domestic flights, making the remark during Wednesday\u2019s press conference in the White House &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1076870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1076870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1076870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1076870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1076870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}