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EastendDan t1_j2fgt18 wrote

countries should really be banning flights from Covid-China,

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green_flash t1_j2flk4p wrote

Pointless unless you ban flights from everywhere. The virus is still circulating everywhere and a potential new variant with an evolutionary advantage will also be everywhere in no time unless everyone bans flights from China.

The virus variants circulating in China (BF.7 and BA.5.2) are actually not as problematic for us as the ones circulating in the US and Europe for example (BQ.1 and XXB) because we've all been exposed to them in summer already..

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liangyiliang t1_j2fo5b8 wrote

Won't work since you'd also have to ban flights from Japan, Korea, Singapore, etc. Many Chinese passengers transit there.

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EastendDan t1_j2fonxq wrote

I have a feeling the next 3-4 months are going to be the nastiest for Covid yet, even rivalling Spring 2020

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