Disease at the border

[Excast]

@TheRedComet

I’d rather the money go to job assistance for poor unemployed or underemployed Americans.

Fair. How about we do that too?

Instead, we give massive tax cuts to corporations, fund a military that is the equivalent of like the next ten countries combined, and then the rest of us are told to fight over the scraps.

[TheRedComet]

Not disagreeing with you on that.

[SottoVoce]

@Snow96

@SottoVoce

I think if the reason you don’t want to allow a person into the country is health reasons, that should extend to everyone entering the country. Unless you’re saying only the asylum/refugee seekers should be subject to health screening. In that case you don’t think everyone entering the country should be assessed for disease, which is what you said earlier.

No what I said earlier was regarding those in the migrant center in Mexico waiting to claim asylum in the US. What I said is those that are obviously sick should be denied entry. Those that have been in close quarters with them for an extended time should undergo quarantine if they are admitted to see if they develope anything from the center.

I see. So its OK for sick people to come into the United States, just not those coming across the Mexican border. They should be turned away or quarantined but those from other ports of entry are free to pass.

[Snow96]

Again comparing apples to oranges.

We KNOW these people are sick. They are being treated.

person gets a plane ticket, no one knows they are sick, gets on the plane, still no one knows.

See the difference yet?

[CanadianJudo]

sick with what? am I not allowed to cross the border if I have a cold.

[CanadianJudo]

Chickenpox isn’t a “Serious” health issue.

[7ranz]

@TheRedComet

Is that our responsibility?

It may be the decent thing to do but it isn’t necessary.

I can visit abject poverty two miles from my apartment. People living in squalor, fearful of gang violence.

Why are these caravaners more important than these Americans?

We can’t even fix our own issues. Are we supposed to solve the world’s issues?

Am I My Brother’s Keeper?

[Kyshia]

Telling them to walk a thousand miles to get treatment is a fantastic idea.

[biggestal99]

@Snow96

Apples to oranges comparison.

Do you think a person who is KNOW to be sick, doesn’t have a visa to enter the country, wants to claim Asylum should be allowed in the country?

People who are sick can apply for asylum.

There is no health test on the form that you fill out

Allan

[biggestal99]

@CanadianJudo

Chickenpox isn’t a “Serious” health issue.

It however is a chronic one.

Allan

[Snow96]

Read the linked article and you’ll get the point

[Snow96]

Then there should be no problem with them heading home to get treatment. How many people exposed have had a vaccination?

[Snow96]

Then Let Mehico take care of them until they are cured/well. THEN they can apply for asylum

[SottoVoce]

@Snow96

Again comparing apples to oranges.

We KNOW these people are sick. They are being treated.

person gets a plane ticket, no one knows they are sick, gets on the plane, still no one knows.

See the difference yet?

You’ve never been on a plane with an obviously sick person? Either you don’t ride on planes that often or you’re the luckiest person I know.

And no, I don’t see a difference. Disease is the same whether it comes from someone on an airplane or someone at the southern border.

[Snow96]

@SottoVoce

You’ve never been on a plane with an obviously sick person? Either you don’t ride on planes that often or you’re the luckiest person I know.

50 years yound and I’ve been on a total of two round trip flights (so 4 times on a commercial airplane). Don’t care to fly – first flight my brother asked when they started letting green martians fly and my mom asked how much I had to drink (not a drop).

@SottoVoce

And no, I don’t see a difference. Disease is the same whether it comes from someone on an airplane or someone at the southern border.

If you can’t see the difference I can’t help you.

[Klaxton]

@DougBH

@Excast

@Snow96

Anyone who is sick should be denied entry into the United states. Those who don’t appear to have any symptoms should be quarantined for an appropriate time.

It’s almost like walking thousands of miles in a desperate attempt for a better life might not be great for your health.

Yep. That’s just one reason illegally breaking into other countries is frowned upon…at least by some.

What a ghoulish response to what was posted. Excast didn’t say anything about illegally breaking into a country, did he?

[Klaxton]

lol - I see no problem at all with making sure the people are healthy/not contagious before allowing them entry, but we’re typing like Trump talks now, really?

[TheRedComet]

We have plenty of brothers and sisters here who are struggling in the modern economy.

I’m all for helping the world. But we have issues here that have to be dealt with at some point.

[7ranz]

@TheRedComet

We have plenty of brothers and sisters here who are struggling in the modern economy.

I’m all for helping the world. But we have issues here that have to be dealt with at some point.

And what is your plan for helping the brothers and sisters here who are struggling in the modern economy?

Usually, when people bring up domestic issues when talking about immigrants it’s used as a cynical distraction from some sort of abuse we are currently inflicting on them (ex. family seperation, tear gas, etc.). Hopefully, you are not doing that.

[CanadianJudo]

outside of HIV nothing in the article is a serious health disease.