Originally Posted by
the810
Or perhaps just leave it to pax to check what the local laws are, they are autonomous people after all. Is there an announcement that you can't cross the road outside of marked crossings upon landing in the US?
In the context of my post, this was a period of time where COVID related rules and restrictions varied widely, and often changed.
I daresay that the plane load had indeed checked the rules, hence the panic at an announcement that completely contradicted what those actually were.