Biden to impose South Africa travel ban to combat new COVID-19 variant

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  1. Steve N

    Steve N Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    For a year we were fed a steady diet of how racist and xenophobic travel bans are, Biden even accused Trump of being a xenophobic racist during the debates over his travel bans. And after just a few days in office Biden is cranking out travel bans.

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    Virus. Mutant strain.

    See how easy that is?
     
  3. Steve N

    Steve N Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I don't think you thought that through. So it's OK to have a travel ban on a mutant strain but it's racist and xenophobic to have travel ban on the original strain. Brilliant.
     
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    I'm not obsessed with race. Try someone else.
     
  5. Andrew Jackson

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    Great.:bored:

    Spread the mutant strain because some disgruntled Trump supporters have an ax to grind?:roflol:

    I don't think Biden really cares about what the Losing Side thinks.

    Sounds like a good move by Biden
    To protect Americans from the mutant strain.


    "Lookie here! Biden Bad!":roflol::bored:
     
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    I hear there are a lot of black people in Africa. Xiden is obviously xenophobic and racist.
     
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    Something like 50,000 people arrived in the US from China after the 'closure' of the border. Trump couldn't even do that right.
     
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    Seems like a sound strategy against the mutant. Hopefully Biden will show more back bone than the previous POTUS and stick the course on this.
     
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    “We are adding South Africa to the restricted list because of the concerning variant present that has already spread beyond South Africa,”

    Nothing like shutting the barn door after the horse has already left.

    Brilliant!!
     
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    Bad analogy. We're shutting the gate before the entire herd gets away.
     
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    So you're ok with a travel bad then?
     
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    Yes.
     
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    Let me rephrase that, are you ok on a travel ban to stop the spread of Covid 19
     
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    Yes. I understood you the first time. Go on.
     
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    It includes a lot more than south africa
     
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    So does the travel ban. UK, Ireland, Brazil and much of Europe.
     
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    Did you support Trump's ban from China to stop the spred of Covid
     
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    It had already spread way beyond China
     
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    They can't vote in America for Biden, so they ain't black.
     
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    Of course Biden can do this and its better that he does it if lets say Trump were still the president. Then the media would call it a black ban if Trump did it but since its biden they'll report it for what it is, a ban on a GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION due to a VIRUS
     
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    The S. Africa strain is already spreading in 10 other countries.
     
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    That seems right, and Joe Biden's farts smell like bouquets of roses. He makes the sun rise in the east.
     
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    They would if they could. Blacks aren't diverse unlike Hispanics
     
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    The mutant strain is already here, FFS!

    If he's shutting down travel from some countries, he may as well shut it down to and from all countries.

    After all ... isn't that what Trump should have done according to all his critics?
     
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    Exactly.

    Trump should have cut down travel from ALL Countries when Covid was first discovered.

    Oh well. Trump dropped the ball and cost America (at least) an extra 300k Deaths.
     

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