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Without cutting off the roads first? That wouldn't make much sense, right?

by viraptor 8mo ago

renegade-otter 8mo ago
Well, air travel spreads things harder and faster.
- DebtDeflation 8mo ago
  Sure, but people will just drive to the next closest airport and fly. Quarantine makes no sense as an explanation without accompanying roadblocks.
  - ramesh31 8mo ago
    >Sure, but people will just drive to the next closest airport and fly Tell me you've never been to west Texas.
    - mothballed 8mo ago
      The next closest airport is Juarez, it's like 6 miles away, full fledged international airport. It's a few hours walk at worst.
      - dylan604 8mo ago
        They really prefer you have a passport now, and the vast majority of people do not. Also, I doubt this admin would mind if there was suddenly an uptick in one way travel into Mexico
      - ramesh31 8mo ago
        >The next closest airport is Juarez, it's like 6 miles away ...In Mexico, sure. The closest major US airport to El Paso is Albuquerque or Tucson, 4 hours each.
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bluGill 8mo ago
People drive too much. Cut off ais travel and only a few care - who drive to Los Cruzes NM to fly. cut off roads and they will in mass break the barricades.
- Johnny555 8mo ago
  >People drive too much That doesn't seem like a good argument for instituting a quarantine by blocking air travel but not ground travel. And why block everything including police, cargo and medivac flights for a quarantine?
  - bluGill 8mo ago
    It is why they won't block ground travel even though they might want to.
    - Johnny555 8mo ago
      Then there's no real infection risk if they'll continue to let people drive out of the area, including let people drive a 4 or 5 hours to another airport to make their trip. Closing the El Paso airspace will reduce the number of people flying, but not stop it, lots of people will make the drive to Tucson or Albuquerque to catch a flight. I could maybe see it if it was, say, LAX which is a major travel hub, but shutting down a small regional airport without also shutting down ground travel is "quarantine theater" rather than a real quarantine.
- openair18 8mo ago
  I’m sorry I have to say I have never seen Las Cruces spelled like that.
  - bluGill 8mo ago
    Disgraphia - the inability to spell (and otherwise write well). Sorry about it.

Without cutting off the roads first? That wouldn't make much sense, right?

renegade-otter 8mo ago

Well, air travel spreads things harder and faster.

DebtDeflation 8mo ago
Sure, but people will just drive to the next closest airport and fly. Quarantine makes no sense as an explanation without accompanying roadblocks.
- ramesh31 8mo ago
  >Sure, but people will just drive to the next closest airport and fly Tell me you've never been to west Texas.
  - mothballed 8mo ago
    The next closest airport is Juarez, it's like 6 miles away, full fledged international airport. It's a few hours walk at worst.
    - dylan604 8mo ago
      They really prefer you have a passport now, and the vast majority of people do not. Also, I doubt this admin would mind if there was suddenly an uptick in one way travel into Mexico
    - ramesh31 8mo ago
      >The next closest airport is Juarez, it's like 6 miles away ...In Mexico, sure. The closest major US airport to El Paso is Albuquerque or Tucson, 4 hours each.

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bluGill 8mo ago

People drive too much. Cut off ais travel and only a few care - who drive to Los Cruzes NM to fly. cut off roads and they will in mass break the barricades.

Johnny555 8mo ago
>People drive too much That doesn't seem like a good argument for instituting a quarantine by blocking air travel but not ground travel. And why block everything including police, cargo and medivac flights for a quarantine?
- bluGill 8mo ago
  It is why they won't block ground travel even though they might want to.
  - Johnny555 8mo ago
    Then there's no real infection risk if they'll continue to let people drive out of the area, including let people drive a 4 or 5 hours to another airport to make their trip. Closing the El Paso airspace will reduce the number of people flying, but not stop it, lots of people will make the drive to Tucson or Albuquerque to catch a flight. I could maybe see it if it was, say, LAX which is a major travel hub, but shutting down a small regional airport without also shutting down ground travel is "quarantine theater" rather than a real quarantine.
openair18 8mo ago
I’m sorry I have to say I have never seen Las Cruces spelled like that.
- bluGill 8mo ago
  Disgraphia - the inability to spell (and otherwise write well). Sorry about it.