When Trump called COVID "the Chinese virus," it led to a rise in anti-Asian attacks.
This racist and ineffective policy from the Biden White House will have the same devastating effect. Shame on you!
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/28/politics/us-covid-measures-travelers-china/index.html
Requiring negative tests for flights from a single country is ineffective because the US is already letting it rip and generating variants, and also because people travel everywhere, so variants that may become dominant in China will still reach the US via other countries.
The Biden White House requiring negative tests for only China is a move that puts politics over public health, and increases the likelihood of xenophobia and attacks on Asian people in the US.
If the US is really worried about variants and the spread of COVID through travel, it should require negative tests for all travelers, no matter where they come from, and require masks. Targeting single countries with bans and requirements is ineffective and racist.
I've found studies indicating that Black People, Native Americans, and LatinX People are more accepting of P & NP interventions than are us whites. I keep throwing that info at bigots.
Define RACISM. Define XENOPOHOBIA. Define YELLOW PERIL. Define HYPOCRISY. Define INFURIATING. Define OTHERING. Define EXCEPTIONALISM. Define ARROGANCE. Define LYING TO ONESELF. Define COMPLICIT. I could go on. Seriously. #COVID19
Sounds like many people are trying to leave China if they can, it's such a disaster there.
I understand your comments on this being ineffective because it does not address COVID coming in from elsewhere but I really disagree that this is somehow anti-Asian. It's testing anyone coming in from one country that has a surge ,, They could be Polish, American, Angolan or anything else .. if they fly in from there. Now you say that is ineffective OK but to compare it to what Trump said is way over the top.
@luckytran
You want to stop Asian hate?
Stop voting for Republicans after they stirred up all that Asian hate that led to little Asian grandpas getting beaten to death in the streets.
That wasn't directed at you, but there are a lot of our fellow Asian-Americans who remained Republican even after the crap that Trump pulled, and I cannot for the life of me understand that.
@luckytran
It’s just the same story over and over. When will we learn that once a virus is established in one place (wherever that might be) it’s already everywhere? Only sane public health measures do anything at that point (universal access to testing, required masking inside, air circulation requirements, paid sick leave, etc).
We could try being proactive for once, but apparently that’s too much to ask
It’s a virus, not a people. And it’s most likely already here
@luckytran Acusing countries of racism because they want to slow down the spread so they can prepare for the next wave while not unnecessarily blocking everyone is just unnecessary and makes your point very weak while half of the passengers on a flight from China have covid https://news.sky.com/story/covid-patients-no-longer-have-to-quarantine-in-hong-kong-as-restrictions-are-lifted-12775498
We need intelligent solutions to save lives, not shotgun solutions and blanket solutions, one size doesn't fit all.
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