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Re:There have been 7M-13M excess deaths worldwide during the... by lostapathy on Sunday May 16, 2021 @07:57PM (#27178478)
> Just because we have two neighboring countries on north and south borders doesn't mean we couldn't lockdown people from coming in...

If there was one thing Trump was all in on, it was closing the southern border. His motivations were obviously not COVID for most of that, but the fact is he was nowhere near able to control that border (let alone close it) despite his best efforts.

Before you downvote me, I'm not saying I agree with Trump's policy on the matter, just pointing out that he did try.

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Re:There have been 7M-13M excess deaths worldwide during the... by rualca on Sunday May 16, 2021 @08:13PM (#27178595)
> If there was one thing Trump was all in on, it was closing the southern border.

Is there any source that even suggests that the US's "southern border" played a remotely relevant role in the US's pandemic?

I mean, COVID spread like wildfire in the US throughout a timespan where the US's central government was quite militant in either denying or downplaying it's gravity. Even today we see states and cities taking militant stances in refusing to implement basic public health precautions. Why is the US's "southern border" suddenly relevant regarding covid-19?

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Re:There have been 7M-13M excess deaths worldwide during the... by rhino369 on Sunday May 16, 2021 @10:05PM (#27179367)
It wasn’t relevant in the course we took. But had we locked down until there were 0 cases-like AZ or NZ—then new cases would walk across our borders.
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Re:There have been 7M-13M excess deaths worldwide during the... by nradov on Sunday May 16, 2021 @10:52PM (#27179629)
Which states are taking militant stances against public health precautions?
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