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Re:U.S. to require negative Covid-19 tests for international... by peytn on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @04:29PM (#25754030)
I recall that the science deniers were the ones in favor of border restrictions. Besides, I don’t envy anybody whose position is so weak they must resort to finger pointing. A scientist would let the data speak.
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Re:U.S. to require negative Covid-19 tests for international... by us0r on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @04:33PM (#25754075)
> A scientist would let the data speak.

Yet many schools in the US are still closed.

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Re:U.S. to require negative Covid-19 tests for international... by peytn on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @04:42PM (#25754224)
It’s clear through this all that we’ve seen great power wielded. Regardless of who you support, I hope anybody reading this remembers that there are more important things than winning. The government has a monopoly on violence. It doesn’t need you that much. Our kids are the losers when we allow ourselves to be pitted against each other.
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Re:U.S. to require negative Covid-19 tests for international... by cush on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @01:49AM (#25759018)
They based border restrictions on bigotry, not science. And the cost to wait and collect more of that data is time and corpses, so it's not so cut and dry.
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Re:U.S. to require negative Covid-19 tests for international... by peytn on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @01:59AM (#25759070)
I’m sorry, that just sounds like an excuse. The policy we chose was bad for almost a year. To me that’s inexcusable.
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Re:U.S. to require negative Covid-19 tests for international... by cush on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @05:53PM (#25769111)
An excuse for what...? What policy are you referring to?
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