U.S. to require negative Covid-19 tests for international air passengers

Re:U.S. to require negative Covid-19 tests for international... by dizzystar on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @04:01PM (#25753584)

The relationship between border towns is very tight. You would ruin the entire southern economy if you banned cross-border travel entirely.

Back in the day before Mexico required passports to enter, many people lived in Tijuana and worked in San Diego. I'm sure this still happens today, and of course, you have to consider that many migrants work in US farms, etc.

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Re:U.S. to require negative Covid-19 tests for international... by Baeocystin on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @04:13PM (#25753760)

San Ysidro is still the busiest border crossing in the world. It's nominally 'closed', but still open for trade. In normal times you don't need a full passport, either- just a passport card is fine, and realistically a CA driver's license will get you through without trouble. It kind of has to be that way- Tijuana and San Diego are far too closely tied together for much else.

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Re:U.S. to require negative Covid-19 tests for international... by flukus on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @05:18PM (#25754730)

Border closures don't have to be all or nothing. In Australia we closed borders between states but allowed work permits in some places and had fuzzy borders (people within 100km could cross) in others.

No measures are 100%, but they don't need to be.

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