The White House wouldn’t rule out a vaccine mandate for domestic air travel as the U.S. reopened airports to fully vaccinated international travelers Monday – after nearly two years of restrictions.
‘We say this all the time – everything is on the table,’ White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during a briefing Monday after she was asked about potential vaccine requirements for domestic travel.
‘We just don’t have an announcement to preview right now on this,’ she continued. ‘So I don’t have anything more to share on the domestic travel.’
The comment is concerning for people who oppose the administration imposing vaccine mandates on private industry.
It’s especially a sore spot after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration last week imposed widespread vaccine mandates on private companies and businesses with 100 or more employees.