Originally Posted by
STS-134
Complete bull. Hey why don't we have an identical policy for the US except let's have a group that is majority owned by AA, DL, and UA do the testing, and have the power to suspend CA, MU, and CZ flights based on the results of those tests. What could possibly go wrong here?!? Because look at who owns a majority stake in CA, CZ, and MU.
You know how much money the US has spent fighting COVID-19? What fraction of that money would have to be directed to universities to make up for the "lost" revenue? 1%?
Or less than 1%.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/...ised-to-hit-6t
On March 10, 2021, it was reported that US spending on COVID relief hit 6 Trillion USD. The total should be even more now.
https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/0...united-states/
There are 372,000 Chinese students in the US. It is estimated that their tuition fees and living expenses contributed US$16 billion in 2019.
Even if all these students return to China, the $16 billion spending is about 0.4% of 6 trillion on COVID relief in the US.
Let's put things in perspective.