U.S. warns against travel to Israel, Portugal and Spain as delta fuels outbreaks

[brooklynite]

Source: Washington Post

The United States is now warning against travel to Israel and several European countries as the more contagious delta variant fuels coronavirus outbreaks mostly among the unvaccinated.

The State Department and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new travel advisories Monday for Israel, Cyprus, Portugal and Spain, as well as Kyrgyzstan, citing surging case numbers in all five countries.

The warnings came as the White House also said it had no plans to lift broad restrictions on visitors from Britain, Europe’s Schengen region and other nations such as Brazil, China, India and South Africa. Spain and Portugal have already reopened to U.S. travelers — and Canada said it would allow entry to vaccinated Americans beginning next month.

But, “given where we are today … with the delta variant, we will maintain existing travel restrictions at this point,” White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Monday.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/07/27/coronavirus-latest-updates/

[Botany]

1. How about travel to Arkansas, Florida, Missouri, and Texas too?

n/t

[Initech]

5. I wouldn't go to Florida right now if you paid me!

[Botany]

6. If Hillary hadn't had the Presidency stolen from her we and the world would almost certianly not ...

... be going through this nightmare. President Obama had left the people, the protocols, the materials,
and the international connections in place that would have taken care of the virus in China but Trump
dumped all of "that stuff."

[Initech]

7. Yup, Fox News stole 2000 from us and 2016 from us.

And now since they lost 2020, it seems they're intent on making the pandemic go on as long as possible because it's good for ratings!

[Botany]

8. Don't forget OH 2004 too.

Republicans have been stealing elections from Dick Nixon in 1968 with all kinds of crap.
2020 really pissed them off because despite all of their efforts "they" lost.

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Fox, the GOP, and others have made the political calculus that having the pandemic go on and
on is good for "their side."

[Initech]

9. Yup! They can't win if they don't cheat or steal.

And I do have to say it's hilarious trying to watch them come up with ways to get Trump back in power. They're not entitled to anything. But since they have no constitutional recourse at all, I guess they're going with plan B which is to kill as many of us as possible.

[Botany]

10. The media has all but skipped over the dirty voting machines.

Ever since they passed HAVA (help america vote act) in 2002 the exit polls (and even before 2002)
stopped agreeing with the voting data.

We are flat up against evil but if the GOP wants to go with Donny "the Treasonous," Don Jr., anti
vaccine crap, anti science, racism/sexism, and religious extremism find let 'em. We have the #s
all we need to do is make sure our votes count.

[The Blue Flower]

2. Such a tragedy that Israel was ahead of us

They were held up as a role model for controlling the virus.

[Orrex]

3. WTF does "warn against" even mean?

“You shouldn’t go, but if yo do go, please don’t bring any viruses home with you.”

[sakabatou]

4. Good thing I went there about 20 years ago.

[bahboo]

11. well...I'm certainly waiting until 2022....

for any overseas travel. Just too much hassle involved right now anyway...

[itcfish]

12. Very Strange The US Would Say this

Since 58% of Spain's population has been vaccinated and Israel's is even higher.