Majority Of Americans Want All-Vaccinated Flying [POLL]

NEW YORK — Cases of the coronavirus continue to increase throughout the United States — fed by the highly infectious delta variant — leading to recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for wearing masks indoors, even for fully vaccinated people, living in substantial or high transmission areas.

The CDC has mandated the wearing of face masks on planes, buses, trains and other forms of public transportation, as well as indoors in transportation hubs such as airports and railway stations, but the federal health agency has only recommended delaying traveling until you are fully vaccinated.

As for requiring vaccinations to be on commercial airlines, only United Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines have said their U.S. employees must get vaccinated against the coronavirus, CNBC reported.

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Alaska Airlines said it's considering the same requirement, but other airlines such as Delta, American, Southwest and JetBlue have said they are encouraging staff to be vaccinated. Delta, however, requires new hires to be vaccinated.

Just last week, the Canadian government said all airline and rail passengers, transportation workers and federal employees will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, Bloomberg reported.

Government staff must get the shot by early fall; airline, railway and cruise ship workers and passengers must have proof of vaccination by Oct. 31.

A majority of Americans want vaccination to be required to attend crowded events or travel by airplane, according to a recent poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

The poll stated that 56 percent of respondents said vaccination should be required in order to attend concerts, sporting events or movies, while 57 percent said being fully vaccinated should be mandated for those traveling on an airplane.

Now it's your turn to weigh in on the issue. Vote in our unscientific poll and tell us what you think in the comments.