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Most Americans don't even realize they're trapped in their own country now. You can't leave even if you want to.
by pdog 6y ago
Most Americans don't even realize they're trapped in their own country now. You can't leave even if you want to.
- untog 6y agoA lot of Americans don’t leave the country anyway, only 42% have passports. I actually don’t think that’s as damning as many make it out to be: foreign vacations are expensive and the US provides an incredible variety of vacation spots at a much more affordable price. It’s just a shame there isn’t as much exposure to different cultures on those trips.
- bengoodger 6y agoMost Americans don't travel abroad. Those that are accustomed to frequent travel for business or leisure are acutely aware of the current situation because it's already blown up their year.
- beervirus 6y agoMost Americans wouldn't get on an airplane right now if you paid them. If I go on a vacation this year, it'll be in a car with my family, not in a cramped aluminum tube sharing infected air with hundreds of strangers.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoMost Americans just don't tremendously care. I wouldn't travel internationally right now even if I could; look at what happened to the British tourists in Spain, who got a surprise 2 week quarantine order dropped on them.
- duxup 6y agoMostly because they're not trapped in their on country. US passports grant access most places still... maybe not as many as before, but much of the world is / will still be open to them.
- hoorayimhelping 6y agoWhat does it even mean to be "trapped" in America? It's the third largest country in the world by landmass. It takes three to five days to drive across the country. How can you be trapped in a country that is so large, a single human can barely comprehend it?
- ConcernedCoder 6y ago"Your cage is so large... what are you even complaining about..." (laughs in freedom vouchers)
- CivBase 6y agoThis is a gross overstatement of the current situation. I have family who work at international airports and a large portion of travel is still to destinations outside the country. Besides, most Americans don't want to travel right now. Passenger aircraft are running at a fraction of their normal capacity - even after adjusting for the pandemic. There are few reasons to travel right now when it comes to business or vacation.
- lbotos 6y agoI just flew from JFK -> LHR via Dublin last week. Quarantine for two weeks, and I could enter Germany as per the UK GOV: "In line with the European Commission recommendation, from 2 July Germany is gradually lifting restrictions on entry from third states where the COVID-19 epidemiological situation is improving. The rules concern travellers’ place of immediate prior stay, not their nationality." https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/germany/entry-requirements https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/germany/entry-requi... (I'm not going to leave the UK or even the flat I'm in for the matter). Travel in COVID Era is stressful, but once you are out of the US "illness free" for two weeks, it seems like a US citizen wouldn't be barred.
- pb7 6y agoI think they go by your current permanent residence or citizenship, not which country you came from last, otherwise it would be fairly easy to get into the EU just by quarantining in stopover country.
- josefresco 6y agoAccording to this table of "countries that travel the most" Americans will definitely notice: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-whose-citizens-travel-the-most.html https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-whose-citizens...
- disposekinetics 6y agoI understand in the abstract sense not being able to leave is a trapping, but I don't understand how that is a bad thing except in the abstract.