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A "flight surgeon" does not have any particular expertise, unless I needed my appendix removed while on an airplane. But tell me his uninformed opinion, anyway ... View more

Are there people who board a plane that have not been informed about the requirements in place regarding mask use? If they cannot meet those requirements, why did thy board the plane??  ... View more

In most states vaccine is available on demand today, so it likely that this excuse is no longer valid. Next excuse?  COVID is rapidly mutating into other variations, one which will eventually not be affected by the existing vaccines. Your refusal to protect yourself adds on more person to a still too large a fraction of the population that are susceptible to infection and maintaining a live population of the virus. The requirement that you, a frequent flyer, is required to be vaccinated to fly will likely force you to be vaccinated. That is a positive, and a strong reason for such a requirement.  You are a poster child for such a requirement.  ... View more

I agree that I do not want anybody on a plane next to me who has not taken the vaccine. When it is permanently approved, what will be the fallback excuse?    ... View more

It is clear that refusing to have a vaccination for COVID (in contrast to all of the other vaccinations you are required to have) is an antisocial action, and adds to the risk of everyone. Your action provides another possibility for the spread and mutation of this disease, increasing its threat to all of us.   For that reason I will be looking for airlines that have a policy that only allows vaccinated passenger. If the airline suffers passenger loss, I will be willing to pay a higher fare to cover that loss.  I do not want you next to me on my next flight. Stay home where you belong.  ... View more