Yeah I read the news about the border staying closed. Personally I think the border will remain closed for several more months. I was hoping for this summer. If Trudeau is saying that the border will remain closed until 75% of Canadians are vaccinated, that takes us until late summer or early fall at least. And then there is the new issue of booster shots.
My guess is Trudeau will keep the land border closed for a while but will drop the quarantine for air travel for people with vaccination proof. He will rely on the "standard" Europe adopts for proof.
Imagine Europe accepting Americans by plane but Canada not doing so.
But there needs to be a "gold standard" for vaccine proof. Every country will want their standard to be the standard.
Maybe the two countries can utilize the NEXUS pass by adding your vaccination status to it, similar to the info found in a states vaccine passport. The Fed has limited access to your state info to get approved for a NEXUS card, maybe they can add your vaccination info. Could also be done for Global Entry for other countries. What better way to trust a traveler who's a trusted traveler?the scrutiny that will happen at airports when border security must check proof of vaccination (travelers fumbling through phones, wallets, purses, etc and ensuing arguments about what is acceptable) and what the social scene will look like. Montreal goes into the “green zone” presumably June 28th but even then there will be multiple restrictions inside restaurants.
Personally, I would wait a couple months after any reopening given the anticipated chaos and restrictions.
Interesting perspective.
If you are correct, then the obvious considerations are the scrutiny that will happen at airports when border security must check proof of vaccination (travelers fumbling through phones, wallets, purses, etc and ensuing arguments about what is acceptable) and what the social scene will look like. Montreal goes into the “green zone” presumably June 28th but even then there will be multiple restrictions inside restaurants.
Personally, I would wait a couple months after any reopening given the anticipated chaos and restrictions.
The same US intelligence claimed there were Massive Destruction Arms in Irak. Now we all know this was all bullshit. But in this case they might be right as they already warned Trump in early december 2019 that there was something going on in China with a new virus. But Trump decided to play it down and pretended it was just a flew. Just keep our eyes wide open as everybody, specially China and USA are known to play politic with those issues. In 1930, the US government recruited 600 afro-americans in Alabama. Of those 400 were suffering of siphillis, but they did not know... Pretending offering a treatment for "bad blood", they did not treat them (even if penicilline was available) to follow-up the evolution of this disease... They even prevented them to receive a diagnostic or treatment from other doctors... This is now known as the Tuskegee experiment... An other glorious part of the USA history.Now there is new US intelligence that there were a number of Wuhan scientists hospitalized in November 2019 and again China is being suspected of a lab escape led to the China Virus outbreak.
Of course these labs are probably non existent by now and all evidence has been destroyed.
Where they experimenting with viruses as a weapon or was it just something that went terribly wrong.
There are lot of unknowns explaining why there is an explosion of cases in different areas. We know a tiny part of the story of COVID and its variants. Only time will tell. That supports that we should continue to be prudent with the re-opening.The United States State Department has issued a serious, Level 4 Advisory Against Travelling to Japan, this coming ahead of the Olympics:
It's not clear to me why Japan is having these issues, this is a country that usually has its act together on many things.US citizens warned not to travel to Japan as Tokyo Olympics near
The latest troubling sign for the Tokyo Olympic Games came Monday when the State Department advised US citizens against traveling to Japan because of a sharp increase in Covid-19 cases.www.cnn.com
Only 3% of population has been vaccinated. This is partly to blame on Japan’s rigid drug approval system, not to mention a hierarchal system with many leaders and local politicians (and their families) cutting the line. Approval is much worse than FDA. And apparently the country is even low on syringes (that one is mind boggling).The United States State Department has issued a serious, Level 4 Advisory Against Travelling to Japan, this coming ahead of the Olympics:
It's not clear to me why Japan is having these issues, this is a country that usually has its act together on many things.US citizens warned not to travel to Japan as Tokyo Olympics near
The latest troubling sign for the Tokyo Olympic Games came Monday when the State Department advised US citizens against traveling to Japan because of a sharp increase in Covid-19 cases.www.cnn.com
True however there were never any mass destructive arms used.The same US intelligence claimed there were Massive Destruction Arms in Irak. Now we all know this was all bullshit. But in this case they might be right as they already warned Trump in early december 2019 that there was something going on in China with a new virus. But Trump decided to play it down and pretended it was just a flew.
True however there were never any mass destructive arms used.
In contrast the virus has been used all over the world and still going strong in many countries. Funny how a country like China came out of it with one of the best death rates in the world compared to its population and their population is packed in real tight in big cities. The leak was definitely not planned but they sure seemed to know what to do real quick to defend against it.
Trump may have down played it in the beginning, but the same people who criticize that are the ones up in arms for it being called the China Virus because all they are interested in are blaming Trump. These same people have never given Trump even a tiny bit of credit that they now have two shots of a vaccine in their arm to keep them and their families safe.
Yes Trump is an egotistical asshole and a disgusting human being and he fucked up royally on the virus situation and it cost him the Presidency but he had a lot to do with having quick and effective vaccines and now millions of people being safe from this virus.
Unfortunately I would not put it past China, the US or many other nations governments for experimenting with viruses for war, I don’t believe for one minute that all work being done in secret labs around the world is for the benefit of mankind.
Probably comes from being a long time James Bond fan lol.
So Trump did it to get himself re-elected but of course everything Bidet is doing is because he is such a caring and fabulous guy and a model citizen.Yes, let's recognize that Trump made the vaccines reach us.
There is a big BUT, he did that to get himself elected, and it had been done only for him and he never did that for the well-being of his fellow citizens.
And why did he and his wife get vaccinated in secret?
Couldn’t agree more. And now there’s lots of traction in the news about Wuhan and this being a man made pandemic instead some dude in a wet market banging a pangolin in the ass. Secretary of State mentioned this a year ago. But now the CNN’s and the MSDNC’s are on board and airing it nonstop. It’s all spin, China clearly put us all in this position. The WHO will do everything in their power to absolve them.So Trump did it to get himself re-elected but of course everything Bidet is doing is because he is such a caring and fabulous guy and a model citizen.
Perhaps It is time to remove the rose coloured glasses occasionally.
some dude in a wet market banging a pangolin in the ass.