COVID-19 prompts new TSA security measures at Sea-Tac Airport

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The Transportation Security Administration has rolled out new procedures at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and other airfields in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19 by implementing social distancing and contact-less security sweeps.

The biggest safety protocol changes involves boarding passes, which won't be given to the TSA agent at the security line.

Instead, travelers will retain their boarding passes and hold it up so the TSA agent can visually inspect it. Passengers will then be instructed to place their drivers license or passport into an electronic card reader that will verify its authenticity.

"The use of this self-service system reduces touchpoints in the security checkpoint," the agency said in a written statement.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/covid-19-prompts-new-tsa-security-measures-at-sea-tac-airport/ar-BB18GRZz?ocid=hplocalnews

[DonaldsRump]

1. Great, so we get to touch the ID reader, and the gloved TSA folks don't

Makes sense. Or not.

That is actually absurd. How will TSA write all those cryptic notes and circles that they make on the boarding passes now?