Bloomberg Reporting USA to open
Sep 20, 2021, 2:41 pm
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Airports exist in their own space time continuum. It’s perfectly acceptable in my book to be consuming champagne at 6.45am when faced with sitting in a metal tube for a number of hours
Sep 20, 2021, 3:03 pm
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I think there is a subtle difference between 'drinking Champagne' vs 'having a general drinking problem'. From what I've seen people who were lucky enough to get a glass did not seem to require to check into the Betty Ford clinic on the same day.
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Sep 20, 2021, 3:18 pm
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Sep 20, 2021, 3:46 pm
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I just booked LHR to EWR for second week of December. I could be wrong but it seemed like BA was literally adding more flights as I was booking.
Is it likely they will continue to add flights now? Presumably they were running a hugely reduced service until this announcement with some planes still grounded?
I ask because I'd actually prefer the weekend before so might try and keep an eye out for new times being added
(Sorry for the double post...)
Is it likely they will continue to add flights now? Presumably they were running a hugely reduced service until this announcement with some planes still grounded?
I ask because I'd actually prefer the weekend before so might try and keep an eye out for new times being added
(Sorry for the double post...)
Sep 20, 2021, 4:20 pm
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GGL agent said that that they'd spent most of the morning rearranging flights from this year into next, and most of the afternoon sorting out US bookings. I did a bit of both myself.
Sep 20, 2021, 4:37 pm
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This has nothing to do with the USA only getting around to opening its borders as far as I am aware.
Sep 20, 2021, 7:39 pm
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case in point. I had a glass of the Lanson Rose in GF around 6:45AM last Sunday. As it happens, I originated from the US West Coast, so effectively 10:45PM local time. Seems a perfectly reasonable time for bubbles.
Sep 20, 2021, 11:28 pm
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A White House source told the BBC that the question of whether people who have had the AstraZeneca vaccine or 12- to 18-year-olds who have only had one jab
would be allowed in under the new rules was a level of "granular detail" that was still being worked out, though this would affect millions.
On the other hand
The CDC on Monday pointed to its prior guidance when asked what vaccines it will accept.
"The CDC considers someone fully vaccinated with any FDA-authorized or approved vaccines and any vaccines that (the World Health Organization) has authorized," said spokesperson Kristen Nordlund. That list could change pending additions by either agency, she said.
U.S. to relax travel restrictions for vaccinated foreign air travelers in November | Reuters
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Sep 21, 2021, 12:24 am
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What the CDC says really doesn’t matter. This was an arbitrary Presidential act from the start back in 2020.
It is all going to come down to what it is possible to implement and the administration has already indicated it may be in phases. One of those phases could in theory exclude people that have not gotten vaccinated with a US approved vaccine. Until the final rules are published, nobody knows the exact details as to the how and when each phase will be implemented.
It is all going to come down to what it is possible to implement and the administration has already indicated it may be in phases. One of those phases could in theory exclude people that have not gotten vaccinated with a US approved vaccine. Until the final rules are published, nobody knows the exact details as to the how and when each phase will be implemented.
Sep 21, 2021, 12:48 am
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What the CDC says really doesn’t matter. This was an arbitrary Presidential act from the start back in 2020.
It is all going to come down to what it is possible to implement and the administration has already indicated it may be in phases. One of those phases could in theory exclude people that have not gotten vaccinated with a US approved vaccine. Until the final rules are published, nobody knows the exact details as to the how and when each phase will be implemented.
It is all going to come down to what it is possible to implement and the administration has already indicated it may be in phases. One of those phases could in theory exclude people that have not gotten vaccinated with a US approved vaccine. Until the final rules are published, nobody knows the exact details as to the how and when each phase will be implemented.
“The White House said the final decision on what vaccines would be accepted is up to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The CDC on Monday pointed to its prior guidance when asked what vaccines it will accept.
"The CDC considers someone fully vaccinated with any FDA-authorized or approved vaccines and any vaccines that (the World Health Organization) has authorized," said spokesperson Kristen Nordlund. That list could change pending additions by either agency, she said.”
Sep 21, 2021, 2:47 am
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Sep 21, 2021, 2:58 am
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This press briefing was held in the afternoon, I don't see anything we don't know already?
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, September 20, 2021
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, September 20, 2021