You Won’t Fly Qantas Without A Covid Vaccination!

[Manforallseasons]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-55048438

International air travellers will in future need to prove they have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to board Qantas flights, the airline says.

The Australian flag carrier's boss, Alan Joyce, said the move would be "a necessity" when vaccines are available.

"I think that's going to be a common thing talking to my colleagues in other airlines around the globe," he said.

Australia shut down its international borders early in the pandemic and required those returning to quarantine.

The country has more recently relied on lockdowns, widespread testing and aggressive contact tracing to push daily infections nationwide close to zero.

In an interview with Australia's Nine Network on Monday, Mr Joyce said Qantas was looking at ways of changing its terms and conditions for international travellers as the industry, which has been hit hard by travel restrictions, looks at ways of moving forward.

[StevieWonders]

Questions have already been raised as to whether this will stand up in the face of anti-discrimination legislation. However Australia already refuses child support (I think - certainly some government benefits) if the parents refuse vaccination for their children unless there’s a defined medical exemption. The PM has already said vaccination won’t be mandatory.