Canada's COVID-19 travel restrictions for China a 'political move,' says expert

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An expert says Canada\u0027s requirement of a negative COVID\u002D19 test of travellers from China will not help prevent the spread of the virus.

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“I don’t think it’s a great idea. I don’t think it makes us safer. On the surface of it, looks like governments are being proactive and sensitive and protecting their citizens,” he said. “We know from the past that very focused and targeted travel measures such as this don’t do much to prevent the spread of COVID, either by importing COVID to Canada, or by the threat of variants of concern in Canada,” he said.Article content

Research has shown how the virus spreads through human mobility, which means that the next variant of the virus may not even emerge from China, and even if it did, it could land in Canada from other indirect routes, he said. “And that’s just unfortunately the way it is. What we can do is take measures to help reduce the burden of COVID in Canada, but we’re not going to stop the importation of this infection.”

 

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Funny, because I was told the travel restrictions placed on CANADIANS weren't a political move.

The same 'experts' that had no problem imposing this same bs on Canadian citizens?

canada doesn't anymore chinese coming in, whether their infected or not, be ready for more lockdowns and masking,

Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, India, US, UK, France etc all did the same.

Gee ya think

Everything the Liberals do is a political move

What do the Truedope Liberals ever do that isn't political pandering?

Seeing as the CCP has 11 MPs in our government and pulls the strings of the liberal party, who can be surprised

Expert. The word has been so overused as to be rendered meaningless.

Who cares what it is? China is an enemy country, so don't let them in.

“Expert” LOL Experts confirm media quoting experts are lazy propagandists that no one believes.

Would it have been a political move if he hadn’t placed a restriction

Wait what? CanadianPress disagreeing with Turdeau policy? And disagreeing with a CovidRestriction? DizzyNeedToSit Canpoli Cdnpoli

You’re still quoting Bogoch? Why?

It’s all a political move! The government is NOT telling the truth about any of it

An expert didn’t need to tell me that

But when they restricted my travel restrictions, it wasn't a 'political move?' What a joke! New year but same bullcrap🖕

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