Thread by @DrEricDing

LEAKY BORDER—Despite pandemic “closing” the US/Canada border, 30,000 truck drivers continue to travel between 🇺🇸 & 🇨🇦 daily—and with **no mandatory #COVID19 testing** and **no quarantine requirements**. Let that sink in—30,000 truckers per day! Not safe.🧵 vpr.org/post/most-us-c…

2) On an average day, about 30,000 trucks roll across the U.S.-Canada border, carrying more than $1 billion in trade.

Truckers are exempt from any COVID testing rules. And the industry’s trucking association opposes any mandatory COVID test restrictions.🔥google.com/amp/s/cdllife.…

3) If we know air travelers brings #COVID19 cases between countries, why don’t truck drivers?!?! It makes no sense.

I get they are essential, but cmon, allowing 30,000 truckers to cross 🇺🇸 & 🇨🇦 border unfettered by no mandatory testing or quarantine is BEGGING FOR OUTBREAKS!

4) One new theory on Michigan surge is due to Ontario. “Where do we have big surges? We have big surges in Michigan & in Minnesota, and also kind of around Buffalo, New York State. Alright, so what (do) those 3 have in common? They all touch Ontario”
nationalpost.com/news/world/mic…

5) And of course, the vice versa can also be true. Michigan can also be infecting Ontario. But at this point, likely feeding each other’s epidemics. But #B117 surged in Ontario early. Containment is critical.

6) The trucker’s association excuse is ridiculous— “CTA is not supportive of mandatory Covid testing of truck drivers (at the border)”...

7) “The association also pointed out the “extremely minimal” spread of COVID among truck drivers, and the inability of many border crossing locations to successfully implement a testing system, let alone a system for refusing loads of drivers with a positive result.” Ugh 🤦🏻‍♂️