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This is such a nonsense headline. It is immensely clear that most (all?) countries in the world are soon going to require proof of covid vaccine before they'll
by grecy 6y ago
This is such a nonsense headline.
It is immensely clear that most (all?) countries in the world are soon going to require proof of covid vaccine before they'll even consider letting a person travel to their country.
If you find this hard to believe, this system already works today, very well. It's already the case for many, many countries in Africa - you can't get a visa, and the airlines won't let you on a plane unless you have proof of Yellow Fever vaccine. You also can't cross land borders. It even goes a step further - when entering a country like Australia they specifically ask if you've been to <given African countries> in the last 90 days, and they won't even let you into Australia if you have not had the Yellow Fever Vaccine.
If you're wondering why the airlines enforce this, it's the same reason they enforce visas. The governments cleverly decided to make airlines foot the bill for anyone that must be sent back, therefore airlines are strict about not allowing anyone to board who they know would be denied entry. It works very well, and has done for decades.
From my experience travelling the world, it's immensely clear this will soon be the requirement to fly essentially anywhere in the world - proof of Covid vaccine and possibly a recent negative test and possibly a short quarantine on arrival and even another test in a few days. (like Iceland now).
This will be an interesting way to "force" citizens to get a vaccine. Your own government probably won't be able to (human rights and all), but foreign governments will force you to, if you desire to ever leave your own country.
- uniqueid 6y agoYour own government probably won't be able to (human rights and all) I can't see many high courts interpreting 'human rights' like that — not if there's a lethal enough virus, at any rate.
- grecy 6y agoI'd be very curious to learn of any country that is going to forcibly administer vaccines. Australia have tried for years, and the best they can do is tax breaks if you do get vaccinated, and barring kids from school and daycare if they're not. (NOTE: I am NOT anti-vaccine, and I will be getting it as soon as I'm able. I just don't think it's possible for a country to physically force citizens to get a needle against their will. I've certainly never heard of it)
- uniqueid 6y agoTo be fair I can't see a nation doing so except as a last resort because trying to enforce it would cause a lot of turmoil.
- Barrin92 6y agoA significant amount of countries on this planet are not even able to police their own borders. Vaccines aren't 100% effective, corruption causes exceptions, false negatives exist, and so on. Given the nature of viral disease spread only a few people slipping through the cracks are enough, which is of course why the more dangerous Brazilian strain was already in dozens of countries before we even knew about it. So yes, countries failing to contain the pandemic are absolutely a threat to the world, and no control mechanism is enough to contain variants of rapidly transmittable diseases because one mistake is all that it takes. The only solution is to globally quell the pandemic and this is particular important in large, highly populated countries because they're statistically the biggest source for the generation of the variants.