Leaders | Open up
Most covid-19 travel restrictions should be scrapped
The rules are ineffective, illiberal and often useless
FOR A LUCKY few, the mid-20th century was a golden age of air travel: there was plenty of room and the cabin crew were attentive. Back then foreign trips were glamorous and mass tourism was unknown. Sound familiar?
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