It actually differs from airport security in one crucial way: vaccination actually works, and it will continue to work. Airport security measures, at least the ones commonly discussed, the ones that spring up after 9/11, have zero effect these days, since the threats they were supposedly intended to combat were solved the moment cockpit doors were required to remain locked at all times.

Vaccines work, boosters work, masks work, lockdowns work, and testing works. And the combination of these measures works. They operate in tandem. I am not advocating keeping all of these measures forever—merely noting that they are not, in fact, really that comparable to airport security.

Well they do have some effects. For example, I won't even think about flying, except if it is necessary because of my work.

Same as covid measures. I won't even think about participating in activities requiring me to have a green pass, except if it is necessary because of my work.

Tandem is operating just fine. The thing is that it is going to operate forever now and it is not going to be pretty.

I advocate keeping all of these measures forever.

Before you flame me - I don't think they are to be used constantly, or all at the same time. They are all valuable tools to reducing the pain, suffering, and lost productivity of respiratory illnesses. I'd like to see universal masking in schools during flu season, for example. Limited group of people, limited time, but would happen every year. Maybe there's a trigger for a "bad" flu season.

It's insane to say we should not use things that work because they might be useful in the future. We just need to be smart about how we use all these interventions, WHICH WE ABSOLUTELY ARE.

Im really sad to see that you are willing to sacrifice children (our future) in order to avoid a "bad" flu season.

Who’s sacrificing children? Is this more Trumpy projection?

Making children wear masks and vaccinating them against the virus that mostly doesn't affect them seems like a sacrifice on the altar of "hours lost". I'm not from the USA, and I am not following USA's political scene, so I can't answer your second question.

You need to update your knowledge on what "sacrifice" means, and how children are actually affected by the virus.