Amid Record Pandemic Travel, What's Safe? And The Debate Over Vaccine Passports
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🗓️ 7 April 2021
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In the future, some travelers may be required to verify their vaccine status to enter a stadium or attend a wedding. Dr. Zeke Emanuel, a professor of medical ethics at the University of Pennsylvania and former member of President Biden's Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board, tells NPR so-called vaccine "passports" can be made secure and private.
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| 0:00.0 | For better or worse, Americans are on the move. |
| 0:03.9 | The Atlanta airport was packed Sunday evening. |
| 0:06.4 | It felt almost pre-pandemic. |
| 0:08.4 | In the days before Easter weekend, more people passed through TSA checkpoints than at any |
| 0:13.7 | point during the pandemic. |
| 0:15.5 | We're talking across the country. |
| 0:17.6 | This morning it could be another busy day at South Florida airports with many residents |
| 0:21.2 | looking to get away from Miami to Seattle. |
| 0:24.5 | The security line at Seattle's international airport twisting and turning its way out |
| 0:28.4 | of ticketing and, well, into the parking lot. |
| 0:31.6 | And while Atlanta might be home to one of the busiest airports in the world, the crowds |
| 0:36.2 | were still kind of a shock. |
| 0:37.7 | We were talking. |
| 0:38.7 | We were just so surprised by how many people you saw when you walked in. |
| 0:41.8 | Right, Michael. |
| 0:42.8 | This place was slammed, aligned through security. |
| 0:46.2 | Very, very long surprised me even when we walked inside. |
| 0:50.0 | It's not hard to see why more people are traveling. |
| 0:53.5 | Restrictions are on the decline, vaccine eligibility is expanding, and according to a recent |
| 0:59.8 | Gallup poll, fear of COVID-19 is at an all-time low. |
| 1:04.2 | Just 35% of Americans are worried about getting sick. |
| 1:08.4 | So let me just tell you, I put my 87 and 80-year-old father and mother on a plane and brought them |
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