Agreed, apart from the lower cost for the traveller it is no improvement. It also puts marginally less load on the medical lab facilities in the country you are flying out of which may be stretched. Still a waste of resources though and it's arguably immoral and unethical to knowingly waste healthcare resources. Booking a trip right now for November - by when we hope common sense will have prevailed (although that commodity is in short supply here in the nation's capital right now...).
Dave