Fri Aug 20, 2021 – 2:56 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – A Democratic member of Congress has introduced legislation to ban unvaccinated American citizens from flying.
The legislation, if passed, would “direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that any individual traveling on a flight that departs from or arrives to an airport inside the United States or a territory of the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID–19.”
While someone who has received two doses of vaccination may breathe a sigh of relief, the latest push for regular booster shots could bar even vaccinated people from boarding a flight.
The legislation, from Rep. Richie Torres of New York, specifies “fully-vaccinated” to mean someone who has received “all recommended doses of a COVID–19 vaccine.”
His bill has an exception for “an individual who is ineligible or medically unable to be fully vaccinated against COVID–19,” but contains no language about religious or philosophical objections.
The legislation has only one co-sponsor so far, Democratic Rep. Ed Case of Hawaii. Only half of the island state’s population have been fully vaccinated. This means if the legislation is passed and signed into law, half of Hawaii residents would
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