Biden orders COVID-19 travel restrictions and adds South Africa to the list

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President Biden reinstated COVID-19 travel restrictions on non-U.S. travelers from South Africa, Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom and many other countries.

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Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci called Biden’s decision to reinstate the travel restrictions — and expand them to include South Africa — “prudent.” “We have concern about the mutation that’s in South Africa,” Fauci told “CBS This Morning” on Monday. “We’re looking at it very actively. It is clearly different and more ominous thanBiden reversed an order from President Trump in his final days in office that called for the relaxation of the travel restrictions as of Tuesday. Trump’s move was made in conjunction with a new requirement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that all international travelers to the U.S.

 

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It should be South Africa, the Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Artic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. In other words, think bubble. Fix covid then we can pop the bubble until then nothing in or out.

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Racist?

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