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There is a superficial plausibility to this, and could be true to some extent.

More likely than serious border controls, however, is heightened surveillance and tracking measures to monitor disease spread.

A new Patriot Act for the age of Pandemic.

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Natural reaction to the 9/11 attacks would have been same--open borders is over.

Instead, the surveillance state enhanced itself dramatically while doubling down on open borders.

Pandemic era different of course-but the prevailing incentive structures maybe not so different.
Something that is not usually reflected in libertarian discourse is the inherent tradeoff between border security and civil liberties within borders.

I brought this up in small meeting with @GenMhayden --who laughed in my face...
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