{"id":1170437,"date":"2021-12-29T19:19:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T00:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1170437"},"modified":"2021-12-29T19:19:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T00:19:30","slug":"fauci-officials-keeping-an-open-mind-to-domestic-vaccine-requirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-officials-keeping-an-open-mind-to-domestic-vaccine-requirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Fauci: Officials Keeping an &#039;Open Mind&#039; to Domestic Vaccine Requirement"},"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\">20<\/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%2Ffauci-officials-keeping-an-open-mind-to-domestic-vaccine-requirement%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=1170437&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/AP21308575864627-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday said public health officials are maintaining an \u201copen mind\u201d when it comes to the prospect of implementing a domestic vaccine requirement, although he echoed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Rochelle Walensky by asserting that it is not happening at this \u201cparticular time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fauci made waves this week after suggesting that officials are open to requiring vaccines to travel on 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>\u201cWhen you make vaccination a requirement, that\u2019s another incentive to get more people vaccinated,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/fauci-us-should-consider-vaccine-mandate-for-us-air-travel-2\/\">said<\/a> during an appearance on MSNBC on Monday.&nbsp;\u201cIf you want to do that with domestic flights, I think that\u2019s something that seriously should be considered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2021\/12\/29\/press-briefing-by-white-house-covid-19-response-team-and-public-health-officials-76\/\">asked<\/a> about this controversial topic during Wednesday\u2019s press conference with the White House&nbsp;COVID-<span class=\"dewidow\">\u2060<\/span>19 Response Team and Public Health<span class=\"dewidow\">&nbsp;<\/span>Officials, Fauci backed off a bit, making it clear that such a requirement is \u201con the table\u201d but adding that they do not believe it is necessary at this moment due to masks and filtration on planes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had said, and I\u2019ll say it again, that we \u2014 when we talk about keeping America safe and keeping our citizens safe, everything that is an intervention is always on the table and always discussed. And we discuss it regularly on \u2014 literally on a daily and a weekly basis,\u201d Fauci began.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe difference between requiring a vaccination before you get on a plane to come from out of the country into the United States is for the obvious reason of keeping infection, particularly new variants, out of the country,\u201d he continued, explaining that officials feel like the masking requirement and filtration on planes is \u201csufficient to keep people safe\u201d for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, as is very clearly the case for domestic travelers, as I mentioned, we want to keep them safe, but we believe that the requirement achieves that goal,\u201d he continued, making it clear that the potential vaccine requirement is not out of the question entirely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there\u2019s a need to do more beyond this masking, mainly having a vaccine issue, we will seriously consider that as new information arises,\u201d Fauci said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, it\u2019s just keeping an open mind that the situation may change,\u201d he added. \u201cBut at this particular time, we do not feel that is necessary to make that a requirement for domestic flights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walensky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/29\/cdc-director-rochelle-walensky-vaccine-mandate-domestic-travel-we-consider-all-policy\/\">expressed<\/a> the same sentiments during a Tuesday interview with NPR, explaining that a vaccine requirement for domestic travel is indeed a&nbsp;\u201ctopic of conversation\u201d but \u201cnot something we\u2019re revisiting right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/28\/joe-biden-to-impose-domestic-travel-vaccine-mandate-if-medical-experts-approve\/\">made<\/a> it clear this week that he will impose the vaccine requirement if medical experts approve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday said public health officials are maintaining an \u201copen mind\u201d when it comes to the prospect of implementing a domestic vaccine requirement, although he echoed Centers &#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-1170437","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\/1170437","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=1170437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170437\/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=1170437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1170437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1170437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}