Vaccination required

[George K]

U.S. developing plan to require foreign visitors to be vaccinated

The Biden administration is developing a plan to require nearly all foreign visitors to the United States to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as part of eventually lifting travel restrictions that bar much of the world from entering the United States, a White House official told Reuters on Wednesday.

The White House wants to re-open travel, which would boost business for the airlines and tourism industry, but is not ready to immediately lift restrictions because of the rising COVID-19 case load and highly transmissible COVID-19 Delta variant, the official said.

Meanwhile, in Texas:

A border city in south Texas declared a local disaster this week as it struggles to respond to surging cases of the coronavirus among migrants as thousands are released by the Border Patrol onto the street every week.

Last week, a record-high 7,000 migrants were released in downtown McAllen, where they were immediately tested for the coronavirus through a city contractor. More than 1,500 people tested positive over the past seven days, according to a city document issued Wednesday, compared to a total of 7,000 confirmed cases over the past five months. Those who test positive are told to quarantine for two days but are ultimately released into the public.

The city said in a statement that the "shockingly large number of immigrants" released by Customs and Border Protection into the city overwhelmed Catholic Charities, which provides humanitarian services in the city for migrants. "This significant change increases the threat of COVID spread or other lawlessness within the city," the city said.

[Loki]

Healthcare, education, entertainment- basically everywhere you look vaccinations or daily testing is becoming mandatory. The train has left the station.

For the immigrants I believed they are tested regularly and if positive I believe they are quarantined. Do I have that right?
Yes there is a difference between the populations of citizen and illegal immigrant treatment but that wouldn’t be an excuse for me not to get the vaccine.

I also wonder if vaccines were mandatory would it cause a massive influx for folks who want and can’t get the shot in their country???

[George K]

@loki said in Vaccination required:

For the immigrants I believed they are tested regularly and if positive I believe they are quarantined

The story says that 1500 positive people were released into the town. The "are told to quarantine for two days."

Two days, not two weeks.

[Horace]

@george-k said in Vaccination required:

@loki said in Vaccination required:

For the immigrants I believed they are tested regularly and if positive I believe they are quarantined

The story says that 1500 positive people were released into the town. The "are told to quarantine for two days."

Two days, not two weeks.

It's the thought that counts.

[Loki]

@george-k said in Vaccination required:

@loki said in Vaccination required:

For the immigrants I believed they are tested regularly and if positive I believe they are quarantined

The story says that 1500 positive people were released into the town. The "are told to quarantine for two days."

Two days, not two weeks.

Well that would be the kind of mixed message that undercuts leadership credibility. I haven’t seen the counter argument to that.

[Jolly]

The ones that are caught might get tested. The ones that don't, never get tested.