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It was racist because Corona virus was already spreading in from Europe in New York.
That and Corona virus does not make exceptions based on citizenship or nationality. Unlike Trump's partial ban on some, but not all, Chinese flyers.
That should be standard just as a general public health measure to know what is flowing into the country and not just for covid >

Yeah, it would be a pretty easy way to test for lots of different things at once >

Be ready for them to look for the presence of drugs. >

That would be a good idea to identify trends.  It's not like they can identify the individual responsible. >

Depending on how many segments on your trip they could. >

It is theoretically possible but goddamn there is so much reasonable doubt that would be created that you could fly a planet through it and you would have to test all flights and not just random samples and the drug probably has to be uncommon and you would have to personally drug test anyway in the end. 
But yes, you could in very very unlikely circumstances if you already know who is positive for a rarely used drug find if they were on multiple flights w/drugs in their system.
I'll give a charity upvote for you though because it is theoretically possible still. >

It may just be my cynicism wrt the US justice system that it's possible enough to be used to justify harassment of  someone the police 'know' to be guilty.
But I guess to be fair on that, all they need to do is look at you and decide they smelled some grass to have probable cause. >

Oh, that's actually a pretty good metric. We should also be testing city wastewater >

They do test city wastewater. That's how we have a general ballpark of how widespread certain viruses are. >

Considers?! CONSIDERS?! >

Why not just stop flights from China? >

We need to get Southwest on this Pronto! >

Unfortunately they only tank domestic travel and some limited Caribbean destinations. >

Well let's hook them up with China, you know how much they love tanks. >

I feel like the US is going to get hit again.
I was quadvaxed. Never had covid before, and got it for the first time a few days ago >

Again? It's been bad for months. Over 300 people in the US are dying to covid every week. It's fucking crazy how people aren't talking about this and/or are acting like Covid is gone >

i mean, i hate to sound like a defeatist but china gave up on their zero covid policy because there are limits to what a totalitarian government can do. what covid protocols do you expect from a democratic government where a solid 35% of people will flaunt the bare minimum? if youre vaxxed you have an extremely low chance of death, and thats good enough for most people >

I’ve gotten like 5 shots at this point and I caught it. I don’t know what else i am supposed to do so I just live my life. Reddit is stuck in this fairy tale land where we can shut the world down with no consequences. >

Vaccines aren't there to completely stop you from catching it, they're there to drastically reduce the odds of you dying if you do catch it >

Yes I realize that. Point still stands >

That is most certainly NOT going to provide us with the reaction time we need! >

So don’t do it? >

Like damn near any other human decision of consequence, don't stop there! >

I don’t think they plan on it? Go let them know. >

Just have them all book via Southwest.
Tired joke aside, hey, it works for polio. Notably. >

Am I taking paxlovid for my Covid infection - despite being double vaxxed and double boosted - or are these crazy pills? Didn’t we already go through this shit with goddamn infected people coming over in droves from China? Just ban travelers from China altogether. >

Wouldn't that occur after the plane lands, and all the passengers have already left?
We know its full of covid, what is this going to do about it? >

Quite crafty really...
They could install Covid testers in airplane toilets, and if someone tests positive, shhtup... They get jettisoned like a James Bond movie. 
I mean, people have to pee, how better to test them than without their knowledge?
This could really take off. >

What's the point? You'd have to quarantine the entire plane.
Which we probably should do anyway. >

And California is still making us all test every week and report with a QR code just to go to work.   The regulations make no sense. It's all theater. >

So was Trump right how to handle covid and China? Im confused. This would be deemed racist 2 years ago.