CDC Still Might Impose Negative COVID-19 Test Restriction on Domestic Travel

In a recent interview this past weekend with Transportation Secretary P. Buttigieg, he indicated that the Biden administration was still actively working with the CDC actively on the topic of imposing domestic negative COVID-19 tests for travel. The requirement hasn't been ruled out just yet.

This comes after the travel industry has pushed back against the prospect of forcing negative COVID-19 tests for domestic travel, suggesting that it would only cause more harm to the struggling industry.

Many travelers would not even travel if this becomes a requirement and they've already got a wide variety of precautions in place such as social distancing and mask requirements etc. They've called the forced testing proposal an unnecessary consideration.

This could cause more damage to the tourism industry that is still is suffering greatly with travel rates down significantly right now from where they'd usually be.

Officials are still warning Americans that they also shouldn't be traveling right now, even though it looks like more are getting comfortable with the idea of booking hotels and vacations this year already.

The US Travel Association has also voiced their concern with the idea of forced domestic testing for COVID-19, saying the idea is impractical and would divert valuable public health resources from other priorities.

Airline CEO's have also spoken out, calling it a horrible idea to try and move forward with. For now there are no plans to move forward with it but that doesn't mean things couldn't change quickly if they decide to.

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