1. WSJ: The Biden Travel Ban
Manage your expectations about Covid reopening.
It’s customary for a new American president to strike a tone of openness and optimism upon taking office, but these are not ordinary times. Fear is the theme of this year’s inauguration week.
Manage your expectations about Covid reopening.
It’s customary for a new American president to strike a tone of openness and optimism upon taking office, but these are not ordinary times. Fear is the theme of this year’s inauguration week.
2. For most people, air travel restrictions are not the most difficult of the government-imposed limits on liberty imposed in the time of Covid. Certainly they harm fewer people than school closures.
3. And flight restrictions can be helpful, especially if the virus isn’t already spreading widely at the flight’s destination. But at this point what exactly are the U.S. public health gains from banning inbound air travel by people who have recently tested negative?
4. Remember, continuing to block visitors makes it harder to persuade other countries to admit travelers from the U.S.
Biden administration has other plans. The only border they seem keen to open is our southern border, because Covid takes a back seat to new voters.
The End
Biden administration has other plans. The only border they seem keen to open is our southern border, because Covid takes a back seat to new voters.
The End
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