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Gotten The Vaccine? One Country Reduces Its Requirements For You To Visit. Others Should Follow.

Jan 20 2021

The Seychelles is dropping its 10 day quarantine requirement for people who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

As bad as the next couple of months are going to be there’s a strong likelihood we’re approaching the end of the pandemic, but most governments will be slow to react to improving conditions. Travel restrictions will likely persist longer than necessary.

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Inflight Mask Fights Will Rise This Winter. The New CDC Testing Rule Will Make It Worse.

Jan 14 2021

Back in November I predicted that mask disputes on planes would become more common over the winter and that seems to becoming the case, at least based on social media reports and continued reporting from airlines on the number of people banned over masks. Even tiny Alaska Airlines is now over 300 passengers banned.

Starting January 26 the CDC will require all passengers flying to the U.S. to have received a negative Covid-19 test within 3 days of travel. For everything else that’s been written about the new requirement, it’s likely to accelerate mask disputes since everyone on board will have tested negative on flights to the U.S. already.

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