"test facial recognition for boarding and TSA checkpoints" is not a solution to security theater. Checking ID is not a bottleneck. Simple solution: treat everyone like pre-check and up the random checks.
If only they could do something similar for inbound longhaul flights. Out of dozens, I think I've had one that didn't hold for 5-20 min somewhere over London.
I'd like to see FlightAware stop posting articles related to COVID, or at least disable the comments section, which always ends up being little more than elementary schoolyard bickering and name calling.
PCR tests are not unreliable or prone to false results (I am a PhD who is active in this field). The tests that do not work well are the 'rapid tests' that attempt to detect antibodies in blood. You're better off flipping a coin.
This was a false alarm and is not true. The government announced yesterday that things are to remain as-are until (likely) October 1, 2020, at which point, there will be a mandatory 14-day quarantine for all travelers from high risk countries (as per the official list from the Robert Koch Institute on that particular day), UNLESS a negative COVID-19 test is obtained after entering Germany (no more pre-travel testing). The likely policy will be a mandatory 5-day quarantine for those who test negative, which kind of makes sense since getting tested immediately after an intercontinental flight is unlikely to detect a very recent infection.
Summary: from October 1 there is likely to be a mandatory 14-day quarantine for travelers from high risk countries, 5-day quarantine for those who test negative after arriving in Germany.
