Oh Canada! Say it isn't so! "Vast majority of travellers entering Canada allowed to skip 14-day

[abqtommy]

quarantine"

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"More than five million arrivals into Canada have been allowed to skip the 14-day quarantine requirement put in place when the country closed its borders to non-essential travel in late March, the Canada Border Services Agency estimates.

The data — which was compiled by the CBSA/Canada Border Services Agency at the request of CBC News — shows that more than 80 per cent of the 6.5 million total arrivals into Canada between March 31 and Nov. 12 were exempt from the quarantine meant to battle the COVID-19 pandemic.

The arrival numbers include repeat entries by the same person.

The federal government exempts travellers from quarantine when they're providing services deemed "essential." Those exempt include flight crew and emergency response workers, as well as truck drivers who cross the border multiple times."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/quarantine-exempt-travellers-border-covid-19-canada-essential-workers-1.5804848

Hmm... sounds a lot like the complacency that is present in the U.S. and other places
around the world. I have people that I love in Canada, in the U.S. and other places too
and I am pissed off!

Anyone who thinks things in Canada are always rosy needs to read the CBC News.
Every day!

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. Click bait headline belied by details in article

These stats are for multiple trips by the same people- truck drivers bringing food, airline personnel, etc.

Most non-Essential travellers are turned away at the border, and returning citizens are tracked and monitored for compliance with the quarantine.

While Canada is experiencing a surge in COVID cases, it is primarily through community spread, and not from travellers.

Compared to the hellscape in much of the US, things indeed are still quite rosy here...