Originally Posted by lobo411

Yes, but to this I would add that the EU has made the first move: they're allowing Americans even though the Americans aren't allowing Europeans. If the reason for the ban is that vaccinated Europeans might bring covid variants to the US... Well, it's a certainty that Americans will be visiting Europe. The risk of a vaccinated American bringing a variant home is exactly the same as the risk of a vaccinated European bringing one here. And to be clear, that risk is functionally zero.

So the EU opening travel to Americans negates the only potentially legitimate objection to America opening for Europeans.