{"id":1134616,"date":"2021-12-20T16:20:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T21:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1134616"},"modified":"2021-12-20T16:20:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T21:20:39","slug":"democrats-urge-health-officials-to-require-vaccination-or-negative-test-for-domestic-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-urge-health-officials-to-require-vaccination-or-negative-test-for-domestic-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Urge Health Officials To Require Vaccination\u00a0Or Negative Test 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\">24<\/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%2Fdemocrats-urge-health-officials-to-require-vaccination-or-negative-test-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=1134616&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--><div><\/div>\n<p>A group of Democratic lawmakers sent letters to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday asking officials to require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to fly domestically.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenFeinstein\/status\/1473009657887301632\"><u>letters<\/u><\/a>, sent to FAA Administrator Steve Dickson and CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, were signed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, along with Reps. Eric Swalwell of California, Donald Beyer of Virginia and Richie Torres of New York. The lawmakers cited the recent emergence of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus as justification for the request.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTravel at our nation\u2019s airports has essentially returned to pre-pandemic levels but the risk from COVID-19, including from its new variant Omicron, continues to present a major public health threat,\u201d the lawmakers wrote. \u201cRequiring proof of vaccination or a negative test for domestic flights would improve public health and address concerns that passengers have about flying.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.566666666667\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Air travel has essentially returned to pre-pandemic levels but COVID-19, particularly the omicron variant, continues to pose a major public health threat. We\u2019re urging the CDC and FAA to start requiring proof of vaccination or a negative test for all domestic flights. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nZIg6P6BbE\">pic.twitter.com\/nZIg6P6BbE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenFeinstein\/status\/1473009657887301632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The CDC currently <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/02\/cdc-vaccinated-travel-coronavirus-airline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">requires<\/a> either a negative test or proof of vaccination for international travel, and the lawmakers argued that airlines and health agencies could easily adapt their health systems and protocols to accommodate the proposed requirements for domestic travelers. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/23\/google-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-opposition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Hundreds Of Google Employees Sign Letter Opposing Company\u2019s Vaccine Mandate)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The proposal follows <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/20\/israel-ban-travel-us-omicron-variant-covid-19-canada-germany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">decisions<\/a> by several countries to ban international travel as the Omicron variant spreads across the world. It remains unclear how severe the variant\u2019s impact will be on the U.S. health system, and cases have already begun to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/20\/south-africa-gauteng-epicenter-omicron-cases-dropping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">drop<\/a> in South Africa, where Omicron originated.<\/p>\n<p>When reached for comment, the&nbsp;FAA referred the Daily Caller News Foundation to the CDC, who did not immediately respond to the DCNF\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of Democratic lawmakers sent letters to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday asking officials to require proof of vaccination &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"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-1134616","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\/1134616","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\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1134616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134616\/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=1134616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1134616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1134616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}