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Most countries where the travel restrictions have been lifted still require that passengers flying into the country have an RT-PCR negative report both while boarding as well as after landing in the destination country. While most travellers have accepted this as standard procedure, efforts are being put in by the various governments to get a validity for their vaccination programs to reduce the inconvenience to their citizens. Most countries have got into agreements where all those who are fully vaccinated do not need to undergo the otherwise mandatory quarantine.
Air travel is an industry that has still not recovered fully from the aftermath of the COVID19 virus and every country is struggling to ensure that a third or fourth wave of the pandemic does not occur. One of the ways that they can ensure this does not happen is by having strict controls on the people who enter the country so that any new variants can be contained.
Frequent fliers worldwide have now accepted the mandatory RT-PCR tests as a standard procedure, similar to the requirement to arrive at the airport a minimum of 4 hours in advance. However, a recent survey conducted is revealing some disturbing news.
There have been rumours that passengers are getting addicted to the repeated RT-PCR tests that they have to go through. A standard traveller would need to get an RT-PCR test done 72 hours before flying, another one at the airport, and then one after landing at the destination. Rather than trying to avoid taking these tests, creating a ruckus or faking the reports, travellers have been surprisingly cooperative and willingly complying with all the requirements. As this is not standard behaviour expected from regular travellers, it has triggered a debate whether the RT-PCR tests themselves have something to do with it.
There have been claims that the extremely sensitive nose has pleasure sensors that trigger dopamine release in the brain when stimulated by the nasal swab used for the tests. A team of academics at the Science Department of Lovely Professional University have been assembled to test this hypothesis and we await the results.
Air travel is an industry that has still not recovered fully from the aftermath of the COVID19 virus and every country is struggling to ensure that a third or fourth wave of the pandemic does not occur. One of the ways that they can ensure this does not happen is by having strict controls on the people who enter the country so that any new variants can be contained.
Frequent fliers worldwide have now accepted the mandatory RT-PCR tests as a standard procedure, similar to the requirement to arrive at the airport a minimum of 4 hours in advance. However, a recent survey conducted is revealing some disturbing news.
There have been rumours that passengers are getting addicted to the repeated RT-PCR tests that they have to go through. A standard traveller would need to get an RT-PCR test done 72 hours before flying, another one at the airport, and then one after landing at the destination. Rather than trying to avoid taking these tests, creating a ruckus or faking the reports, travellers have been surprisingly cooperative and willingly complying with all the requirements. As this is not standard behaviour expected from regular travellers, it has triggered a debate whether the RT-PCR tests themselves have something to do with it.
There have been claims that the extremely sensitive nose has pleasure sensors that trigger dopamine release in the brain when stimulated by the nasal swab used for the tests. A team of academics at the Science Department of Lovely Professional University have been assembled to test this hypothesis and we await the results.
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By NITTEN NAIRMost countries where the travel restrictions have been lifted still require that passengers flying into the country have an RT-PCR negative report both while boarding as well as after landing in the destination country. While most travellers have accepted this as standard procedure, efforts are being put in by the various governments to get a validity for their vaccination programs to reduce the inconvenience to their citizens. Most countries have got into agreements where all those who are fully vaccinated do not need to undergo the otherwise mandatory quarantine.
Air travel is an industry that has still not recovered fully from the aftermath of the COVID19 virus and every country is struggling to ensure that a third or fourth wave of the pandemic does not occur. One of the ways that they can ensure this does not happen is by having strict controls on the people who enter the country so that any new variants can be contained.
Frequent fliers worldwide have now accepted the mandatory RT-PCR tests as a standard procedure, similar to the requirement to arrive at the airport a minimum of 4 hours in advance. However, a recent survey conducted is revealing some disturbing news.
There have been rumours that passengers are getting addicted to the repeated RT-PCR tests that they have to go through. A standard traveller would need to get an RT-PCR test done 72 hours before flying, another one at the airport, and then one after landing at the destination. Rather than trying to avoid taking these tests, creating a ruckus or faking the reports, travellers have been surprisingly cooperative and willingly complying with all the requirements. As this is not standard behaviour expected from regular travellers, it has triggered a debate whether the RT-PCR tests themselves have something to do with it.
There have been claims that the extremely sensitive nose has pleasure sensors that trigger dopamine release in the brain when stimulated by the nasal swab used for the tests. A team of academics at the Science Department of Lovely Professional University have been assembled to test this hypothesis and we await the results.
Air travel is an industry that has still not recovered fully from the aftermath of the COVID19 virus and every country is struggling to ensure that a third or fourth wave of the pandemic does not occur. One of the ways that they can ensure this does not happen is by having strict controls on the people who enter the country so that any new variants can be contained.
Frequent fliers worldwide have now accepted the mandatory RT-PCR tests as a standard procedure, similar to the requirement to arrive at the airport a minimum of 4 hours in advance. However, a recent survey conducted is revealing some disturbing news.
There have been rumours that passengers are getting addicted to the repeated RT-PCR tests that they have to go through. A standard traveller would need to get an RT-PCR test done 72 hours before flying, another one at the airport, and then one after landing at the destination. Rather than trying to avoid taking these tests, creating a ruckus or faking the reports, travellers have been surprisingly cooperative and willingly complying with all the requirements. As this is not standard behaviour expected from regular travellers, it has triggered a debate whether the RT-PCR tests themselves have something to do with it.
There have been claims that the extremely sensitive nose has pleasure sensors that trigger dopamine release in the brain when stimulated by the nasal swab used for the tests. A team of academics at the Science Department of Lovely Professional University have been assembled to test this hypothesis and we await the results.