CNN analysts call for tighter national coronavirus travel restrictions for Americans
Media Headlines December 6
In media today, a women’s group says “good riddance” to Chris Cuomo after CNN’s dismissal, Brooke Baldwin calls on the Liberal Network to replace Cuomo with a woman, and an MSNBC presenter appears to downplay Bob Dole because of his support for Trump.
CNN medical analysts expressed dissatisfaction over the weekend over measures implemented by the Biden administration to combat the potential winter spread of the coronavirus, arguing that more stringent measures needed to be taken.
In separate appearances on the Liberal Network, Dr. Jonathan Reiner and Dr. Leana Wen each called for a domestic travel vaccine mandate to be implemented across the United States, along with a requirement for testing; measures that go well beyond the restrictions President Biden announced last week.
BALTIMORE, MD OCTOBER 01: Dr. Leana Wen is the new president of Planned Parenthood. She is pictured at the Baltimore City Health Department on Monday October 01, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Marvin Joseph / The Washington Post via Getty Images) ____ Screenshot by Jonathan Reiner: CNN
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Biden announced Thursday that travelers on all international flights to the United States would be required to test negative for coronavirus within 24 hours of departure, regardless of their vaccination status. The announcement follows a travel ban to eight African countries announced earlier last week, including Namibia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa and Botswana.
“There’s already a lot to Biden’s winter strategy… I think the right components are there, but not to the extent that they can be,” Wen told CNN host Boris Sanchez on Saturday. “For example, with international travel moving the 72 hours from… pre-departure testing to 24 hours is fine, but why not also have people self-quarantine and then test once they get there? “
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“When it comes to domestic travel, I think it’s really important to have a testing or vaccination requirement in place, which means everyone has to be tested, but you can opt out if you are vaccinated. “she said. “And that’s because it’s not so much the journey itself that’s dangerous – in fact, if everyone is masked on planes or trains, it’s pretty safe, it’s more than if people go between different regions, they could carry Covid-19 with them. ”
Wen added that a requirement for testing or vaccination would be essential to reduce the spread of the coronavirus in different parts of the country.
President Biden speaks about the COVID-19 variant named omicron, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, November 29, 2021, in Washington. as Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci)
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On Sunday, Reiner argued to CNN host Jim Acosta that a high level of daily coronavirus cases in the United States warrants testing for the virus in the country and not just for international travel.
“I like the idea of controlling who gets on a plane to come to the United States, but we should be able to integrate it into our travel system here in the United States to prevent infected people from leaving, say, parts of this country that have a high viral threat in places maybe where there is a lower viral threat, “Reiner said.” One way to contain the virus is to test people on the day of departure. And we have rapid tests that can do that. We just need the systems and the will to do it. “
A resident of Orange Farm, South Africa, listens to a nurse after receiving his jab against COVID-19 on Friday, December 3, 2021 at the Orange Farm Multipurpose Center. South Africa has stepped up its vaccination campaign a week after the discovery of the omicron variant of the coronavirus. (AP Photo / Jerome Delay)
He added that it was also a “mistake” for the Biden administration not to implement a vaccine mandate for travelers to the United States.
“Vaccines are very popular in this country, 83% of adults have received at least one injection. So by refusing to institute a travel vaccine warrant, the Biden administration bowed to the 17% minority,” did he declare. “So like I said, it’s basically the tail wagging the dog. We should have a travel vaccine requirement in the US like our cousins in Canada.”
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“It makes sense, not only to prevent transmission in this country, but another incentive for people to get vaccinated,” Reiner said. “It’s going to take a strong step to get these people to cross the finish line. And maybe if you tell them they can’t fly without a vaccine, that will get some there. So I’m strongly in it. favor of that. “
