I don't think anyone should be denied entry to a country if they're willing to undergo a 2 week quarantine at their own expense. Banning countries may have made

I don't think anyone should be denied entry to a country if they're willing to undergo a 2 week quarantine at their own expense. Banning countries may have made sense in the beginning when COVID was blowing up, we didn't know much about the virus, and healthcare systems weren't prepared, but at this point countries should have their act together (and many like South Korea and Hong Kong have handled it extremely well), and we know that as bad as the virus is, it's magnitudes of order less deadly than we thought. In any case, I've heard of stories of U.S. nationals living abroad being denied boarding on their flights to other foreign countries solely on the basis of their U.S. nationality. That is absurd, and should not be allowed. If I've been living in Thailand for the last month, I'm not more likely to have COVID just because I happen to have U.S. citizenship. Also there are currently 1.2 million U.S. passports awaiting issuance with a 3-4 month waiting period due to COVID related staffing reductions, so I'm legitimately trapped in the U.S. until my new renewed passport arrives. I live abroad, so it's not like I'm trapped at home and simply giving up a 2 week holiday.