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  RIGHT NOW! Don't wait to start it. And test before and after flight
context: ... starting January 5. Why not starting right now??!? >
  
  Gives time to get materials into place, is the only thing I can think of. But really it should be a temporary ban until the 5th. Then do the testing. >
  
  It's not like we've not been in this situation before. We've had 2.5 years of practice. Surely we can move faster this time around? >
  
  A week and a half gives time for:
  
  Retraining (Lots of people have been switching jobs)
  Creating/printing materials for people to read to understand requirements
  Allows for the literal air to clear (Can’t do it immediately as people are still in the air from there)
  Allows for those who visited family in China over the end of the year to make it back to the US even if they are starting to have signs. >
  
  
  (Can’t do it immediately as people are still in the air from there)
  
  No airliner stays in the air for even 1 full day >
  
  A lot of international flights are overnight though. Plus you have to contend with the international date line as well. >
  
  Heck, going from Hawaii to Pennsylvania is an overnight trip even if you leave at 12pm. International has to be overnight >
  
  Coming from China to the USA you land around the same time you took off on the same day. Roughly 12-14 hours in the air. >
  
  And depending on when that is, it is an overnight. The longest is to Singapore from a certain point of the world can't remember. >
  
  JFK / EWR
  Currently you can hop on a plane in JFK > SSS > LAX > JFK. RTW with minimum amount of planes, 41 hours 50 minutes in the air. >
  
  I thought something similar was deemed xenophobic? >
  
  Silly. Should be negative covid test for any international travelers. Like someone from China can't go anywhere else, infect someone, then that person comes here. We never learn. >
  
  This study was specifically about omicron >
  
  Then it's an outlier which doesn't reflect the consensus, which is accurately reflected by my link >
  
  Your link is a blog >
  
  No, it is not. >
  
  Here we go again, the same mistakes from 2 years ago from doing things halfway. >
  
  There was never a way to do things full throttle because of a desire to preserve the economy plus the vaccine didn't stop the spread >
  
  No but it flatten the curve.
  Unlike China currently speed running to make the fucking largest curve ever, overwhelming their shitty healthcare system. >
  
  Actually, people staying at home and isolating is what flattened the curve >
  
  Problem is they still won’t acknowledge their vaccine sucked and refuse to accept help from anyone. So hell bend on saving face. >
  
  China gonna make a new variant because they're too prideful of western vaccine. They going to start the new year 2023 by fucking the world over again. >
  
  Yeah too late bud…wtf >
  
  Should’ve always required it >
  
  I don't think this will convince Beijing to be honest about their data, so it's a bit on the hollow side as a gesture. 
  ...Mostly because I don't think anything will, granted. Too obsessed with projecting 'strength'.
  But still. >
  
  It isn't about stopping spread with this move. It is about making sure you don't have hundreds of thousands of infected streaming into the country over a short period of time causing a bit of spread that taxes the medical system a bit. 
  Also, it pressures China to share their data instead of saying only 7 have died in December. Simply put, they're not being a good partner by holding back current data. >
  
  Even if they did share data, people would just screech that China is lying. >
  
  All I can see is a huge increase in fake COVID tests/test cards. >
  
  Thanks again for the COVID, China. >
  
  Remember when Biden called Trump a xenophobe for doing this and a bunch of morons with no understanding of politics on social media agreed?
  Remember when it was xenophobic to want to ban TikTok?
  Maybe, just maybe, we will form political opinions based on facts, and not based on partisanship and party tribalism. 
  Reality isn't just red vs blue, and the sooner we stop acting like it is, the less issues we'll have. >
  
  Do you have a source for Biden calling trump a xenophobe for requiring a negative covid test to travel? Genuine question. >
  
  And who trusts a COVID test result from China? >
  
  I hope this doesn’t lead to another wave of Asian Americans getting attacked >
  
  3/4th of hate crimes against Asian people are from white perpetrators, but go off. It’s not like you actually care either way, you just hate black people. And probably Asian people too, especially if they’re Chinese. >
  
  You know those will be faked unless they happen on this end of the trip. >
  
  For the record, this is the same shit Biden criticized Trump for two years ago. >
  
  It's (D)ifferent this time >
  
  Very convenient of China to release their citizens when the virus is out of control there >
  
  So we care now and not for the past year >
  
  It was racist to care before now. Now it's just acceptable. >
  
  too late and too weak. all you need to do is buy two tickets. one from china to a non-restrictive country. that country to the US. you are no longer "originating" from China. no tests needed and you get to spread covid to more people.
  and that is too ignore why any travel restrictions would do any good considering we already have a ton of spread internally. >
  
  Watching Biden make these mistakes when we can see Trump's mistakes is honestly pathetic. >
  
  Why the wait ?, China has never been honest about their Covid numbers and there will be waves of infected Chinese across the world bringing  more infection and new variants . >
  
  Why can’t the US just ban the Chinese (like how China essentially banned the world the past few years), until their COVID shit show (that the rest of the world has already gone through) is over? >
  
  So a Chinese national living in Canada should be "banned" to punish them, but an American who's been living in China should be allowed to return because they're one of us? >
  
  Nope. They can stay there too for a while >
  
  Lol it will only be racist if trump did it lol. I'm waiting with popcorn to see the shit show in the comments >
  
  Worship not even close. The media hypocrisy is what I don't like. Voted for biden anyways. Just remember believe everything the media tells you. >
  
  Why did you vote for Biden and not Trump? >
  
  Looking for change in leadership. 2 terms lead to lame ducks >
  
  Pelosi going to Chinatown to protest the xenophobia? >
  
  I’m sorry but how are they requiring them for international travelers but they won’t even require them for domestic flights? That’s lazy bs… >
  
  That's kinda xenophobic >
  
  Nope, just good sense.  Any country sending huge numbers of infected people on airplanes should be testing their people before flights. >
  
  Or just walk over the southern border…..:-/ >
  
  yeah, vacationers from china aren’t going to fly to mexico and illegally cross the southern border just so they don’t have to take a covid test lmao >
  
  No shit r/woosh lmao >
  
  Xenophobia starts on Jan 5.  /smh >
  
  They don't trust PRC government numbers to begin with,  how do they expect to trust those "negative test". Can be easily faked...