Different Vaccines
Having a mandatory vaccine entry requirement to protect a country from virus transmission may be great in theory but it’s not that easy.
There are going to be multiple versions of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by different pharmaceutical companies, in different countries, with varying safety standards and effectiveness rates. Who decides which vaccines are good enough and how will nations protect against what could be a new ‘black market’ of vaccine certificates?
One solution proposed by the International Air Transportation Association (IATA) was a COVID-19 ‘Travel Pass’, a tool which fundamentally serves as a COVID passport in the future of travel regulations and protocols.
This system all depends on widespread adoption by international countries, and looking at the difference in how each country has handled the pandemic thus far, this ‘travel pass’ is still highly unlikely to be adopted worldwide.
Bryan
Monday 30th of November 2020
Don't worry Ira, I cannot be offended. But the Covid doomsayers will have to accept that life goes on. Air travel continues, many countries are open and many will continue to open in 2021. Happy days will be here again, no matter how badly some people thirst for negativity!
Bryan
Sunday 29th of November 2020
I don't want to start a war in the comments of this wonderful travel blog, but we are all free to do what we want. Multiple vaccines have been found safe and effective. Some of us (not you, as is your choice) will happily inject ourselves with the Covid-19 vaccine and freely travel the world. Others will choose not to, which isn't such a bad thing. The airport lounges won't be as crowded and the Starbucks line will be shorter!
Bryan
Sunday 29th of November 2020
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but I am starting to think people love the misery. Good thing you people weren't around when World War 2 ended. Imagine the comments: "Yeah, but they say Hitler's not really dead. The Japanese Empire could rebuild and then we'll all be dead. Doom and gloom! What's wrong with a little optimism?
Ira
Monday 30th of November 2020
Brian, it's called being realistic, not doom and gloom. Too many people think that the vaccine is a magic silver bullet. It's not a Hollywood movie where you shoot the mothership and all our troubles are gone in a blink or an eye, people coming out of their homes looking up to the rainbow painted sky.
I'm not here to start an argument as well, sorry if this offends you, just my two cents :)
Victoria
Sunday 29th of November 2020
I wouldn't classify having to inject yourself with an unproven vaccine that could potentially harm you in the long term just to travel, as "optimism"
Ironic how for the past year the world is prepared to destroy itself to avoid getting this virus at all cost. Yet now everyone can barely wait to inject themselves with the same virus (albeit a weakened version)
Victoria
Sunday 29th of November 2020
Couldn't agree more with this article. Just adding my 2 cents...if airlines and countries only welcome vaccinated people, we may end up with not enough people that are eligible to travel.
There's a physical limit in the production and distribution of the vaccine. It would take months to achieve enough of a number of vaccinated people that are allowed to travel. Airlines may well be flying empty planes in the beginning months.
And if it only gives you a couple of months of immunity, then there's a never ending cycle of people needed to be vaccinated.
Bryan
Sunday 29th of November 2020
Thanks Trevor. LOVE the site. I am using this to travel around Latin America and plan my travel for 2021. This sounds like a commercial, but no other site is as up to date on entry requirements as yours. THANK YOU!
Trevor Kucheran
Sunday 29th of November 2020
Thanks Bryan we appreciate you being a loyal reader!