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Old Jul 22, 2022 | 1:14 pm
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trek604
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Originally Posted by analogueman
While trying to monitor potential new variants is an admirable task, the fact that 95% of passengers can go unchecked while the remaining 5% get tested but potentially spread the disease while awaiting test results just doesn't make sense. To me anyway. If they want to track new variants, then surely they should be testing absolutely everyone who arrives and make them quarantine until their results return back negative. Otherwise the whole thing just feels... pointless.
No, if they want surveillance for new variants they should have sample collection across an equal subset of travelers arriving from various countries and that's all. No quarantine or waiting on results BS.
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