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Re:Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at... by schoolornot on Friday July 17, 2020 @11:21PM (#23878620)
JFK international airport is a 20 minute ride from the heart of Manhattan and we have a "transportation security agency" that can't find physical contraband in a suitcase much less be expected to be gatekeepers of health for the nation.

Suppose we drastically lower transmission. How many times should NYC and the surrounding areas be locked down because someone flew in from a country with loose contagion protocols?

Besides waiting for a vaccine and mass infections of those unwilling or unable to stay at home, I haven't seen a concrete proposal from anyone on what we should have or should be doing next.

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Re:Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at... by yongjik on Friday July 17, 2020 @11:33PM (#23878677)
Logistically, it's easier to force everyone arriving into mandatory two-week quarantine, than finding a contraband whatever hidden in a sea of suitcases.

What's lacking is political willpower.

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Re:Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at... by strken on Saturday July 18, 2020 @06:29AM (#23880407)
Australia does this. The border is somewhat porous, but it's worth mentioning that Australia is worrying about hundreds of cases right now.
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Re:Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at... by nickserv on Saturday July 18, 2020 @06:29AM (#23880405)
Close the border, it's as simple as that. All countries that were able to lower infections did this.

In Europe this was done even between neighboring countries both part of Shengen.

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Re:Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at... by dghughes on Saturday July 18, 2020 @11:19AM (#23881960)
Here in Canada it was even done between provinces. My region has a bubble of four small provinces with few cases. But even so to travel across a provincial border in the bubble you will need proof of residency.
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