Right now, if I wanted to, I could book a flight this afternoon from my hometown here in Memphis and be in Chicago by this evening. One of the few concessions I would have to make in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, of course, is wearing a mask for the duration of that flight. However, in light of the worrisome new Omicron COVID-19 variant, potential new Biden administration travel restrictions could soon complicate the process of booking and taking that hypothetical flight.
A reporter recently asked White House press secretary Jen Psaki if the US should extend newly-announced rules for international travelers to domestic flights, too. The logic is as follows: This week, the first instance of someone with the Omicron COVID variant was found in California. If we're banning flights from certain South African countries, where this variant was discovered, why do we allow an open and unobstructed continuation of flights from California to anywhere in the US? Since that same COVID strain that precipitated the new international flight rules has now been found in the Golden State?
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