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Re:Almost third of UK Covid hospital patients readmitted wit... by Izkata on Friday April 02, 2021 @07:01PM (#26676819)
> They periodically reimport it.

Right, so why would the US - with much more porous borders - somehow do better?

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Re:Almost third of UK Covid hospital patients readmitted wit... by amluto on Friday April 02, 2021 @11:36PM (#26678234)
I think doing as well as NZ would be a laudable goal. If the whole world did that well, then I think COVID would be quickly eradicated.

But, beyond the fact that the US has large land borders, the US has a genuine problem. We are economically dependent on legal and illegal cross-border seasonal migration. I personally think that, with actual political will, the borders could be made a lot less porous, but this would involve attacking the supply and demand sides. Neither party is interested.

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