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Old Dec 31, 2020, 7:11 am
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sydneyracquelle
 
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Originally Posted by Fiordland
Is the wording "before arriving" or is it "before departure"?

I hope this is the start of the longer term permanent solution. You show a test result or you show a vaccination card. If not on arrival you spend 3 days in a government controlled hold area.

Phase II should be to start to apply the same requirements for "essential exempt" travelers. Either vaccination card or test report.

The health authorities are also reaching the point where the vaccines are arriving faster than they can administer them. A solution could be to send some of that to a private operator that setups up shop at each of the airports. Business that have a need to have there people travel regularly can pay to get their people vaccinated outside of the health authority queue. That may not be popular on the universal healthcare front but it addresses restarting the economy. A reasonable exemption for the next six months.
Dumbest policy has always been quarantining at final destination and not at port of entry. Someone asymptomatic sick arrives at YYZ then gets on the plane to YVR to quarantine and infects people on the flight.
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