The White House is resisting lifting U.S. travel bans on a broad swath of foreign countries, despite a rising chorus of voices both inside and outside the administration questioning whether they are still necessary in the fight against Covid-19.point to Jeff Zients, the coordinator of the White House’s coronavirus pandemic response, as the main obstacle standing in the way of easing the longstanding restrictions, according to five people familiar with the matter.
Some senior officials in the Biden administration, including Cabinet secretaries and doctors, have expressed support for easing the restrictions as long as travelers coming into the U.S. can prove they have received vaccinations or provide a negative Covid test. But the administration remains resistant to asking businesses, including airlines, to require proof of vaccination, according to two senior administration officials familiar with the deliberations.
The White House did not directly address the criticisms of Zients. But it countered that it’s focused on restarting international travel safely. “They just don’t have an answer. It feels to me like this is an, ‘We’ll know it when we see it,’ and they don’t want to be tied to any certain criteria,” the airline lobbyist said.
At a news conference Thursday, alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Biden pledged to provide more information about when the restrictions will be lifted in the coming days. He said he brought in Zients when Merkel raised the question during their bilateral talks earlier in the day.
Co-Con? Corporate Greed? No one dies of OLD AGE anymore? The pof 'WITH Covid' are MILLIONS in extra billings? Follow the money! The Judas Principle. ©, from the book, 'The LIGHT; The Rainbow of Truths - The Jesus Christ Code'© Evil has two wings.
If they are pro-vaccine passports, there should be very real political consequences.
Alex_Panetta Tourists from Turkey or Russia can enter the US as the ban does not apply to them. But Germans or Austrians can’t, even though their infection rates are much, much lower. This travelban makes no sense scientifically… border travel
Thank you for covering this, and please continue to do so. We need real information, not the click bait other media sources are providing. The Delta variant is already here, travel bans aren't going to stop it or any other variant out there. It's time to reunite our families.
So he's the one behind the 'we are guided by science' phrase? Check the daily infection rates of Russia, Argentinia, Colombia, Indonesia (!), Bangladesh, Iraq (all not banned) And then compare it to Germany (banned). That's not science. That's ignorance! LoveIsNotTourism
When Trump had Atlas, everyone bitched because he wasnt an epidemiolgist. Biden picks a fucking dude with a political science BA to replace a physician and thats ok with, cant make it up 🤣🤣🤣
I speak for all Americans when I say we do not want Biden in office.
jeffzeints is bigger than POTUS to over rule his decision to re open the borders for families. I am shocked and appalled LetsFireZients
Lift the motherfucking ban and stop listening to Jeff Zients who is not qualified to make decisions in public health because his degree is in political science. liftthetravelban loveisnotourism
loveisnotourism letsfirezients
Thank you for covering this. The nonsensical travel ban on EU/UK continues to separate thousands of binational couples/families still after 17+ months despite vaccinations, etc. The silence from POTUS WhiteHouse CDCgov on this issue is more than insulting. LoveIsNotTourism
Must be nice to fuck with families because of petty politics, well done JeffreyZients! Hope you never get cut off from yours!
Good...covid is going rampant again..
Not allowing vaxed UK/EU travel to USA for so long is an abomination. Not science just sick ego-power grab”czar”-Harms millions of voters-destroying minority businesses&union jobs-separates families! POTUS-please Dump Trump Travel Ban Now-common sense compassion. WhiteHouse
That's because they're xenophobes and racist.
Someone explain - You have travel bans but allow 1 MILLION ILLEGALS into the country during a F.,...ing PANDEMIC and blame everyone else. Still allowing hundreds/thousands a day. Nothing done. HARRIS/BIDEN this is your fault. COVID SPREAD is your fault! Stop blaming others!
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