Would you volunteer for a nasal swab after a long flight? Why the CDC wants you to

NY Post ^ | 11/07/2023 | Marc Lallanilla

[ChicagoConservative27]

After being stuffed into an airplane cabin for a long, redeye flight from overseas, you’re finally on your way home — but first, the government wants to shove a cotton swab up your nose.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking passengers returning from international destinations at four U.S. airports to volunteer for its Traveler-based Genomic Surveillance (TGS) program.

Passengers at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, Boston Logan International Airport, Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C., and San Francisco International Airport can now have their nasal discharge anonymously sampled as they leave the travel hubs.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Hell to the NO

[rktman]

Does not apply. No long flights. No short flights. Maybe a plane ride with a guy we know. Commercial? No Mo!

🙏🇺🇸🇮🇱👍

[Still Thinking]

....and the horse you rode in on.

[dfwgator]

They can take their swab and stick it where the sun don’t shine.

[gitmo]

They can take their swab and stick it where the sun don’t shine.

That's what they want to do to you.

[DesertRhino]

Freaks …

[gunnut]

If anyone believes anything is anonymous they are sadly delusional.

[NorthMountain]

Don’t worry ... that’s next.

[lee martell]

If/when they get desperate for ‘volunteers’, they may start offering free gift cards to Starbucks, Kohl’s or the IHOP.

[aynrandfreak]

They do this in China. Standardization is the name of globalization means we’ll be adopting a lot of the policies.

[pierrem15]

Dengue will soon become endemic to the US because of the open southern border.

Tell the CDC to shove their swabs where the sun doesn't shine.

[aynrandfreak]

is=in

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

No.

But you have a nice day now.

[dforest]

Aw hell no. They can stick that swab up their Schwab.

[TexasGator]

“Hell to the NO”

Does that mean YES?

[algore]

LOL an anonymous Traveler-based Genomic Surveillance (TGS) program.

Hi there, I am from the government and I want a sample of your unique DNA.

Why yes, it is totally anonymous. There is no way anyone could be identified from a DNA sample.

[Allegra]

Nope. I don’t want the government putting anything into me in any form. I do not trust them one bit.

[Iron Munro]

Why?

Isn’t their latest version of COVID spreading fast enough on its own?

[Ezekiel]

Perhaps the real purpose is to count sheep.

“The dream is that you’re running similar programs across the world in many, many places, so you get much earlier detection than if somebody shows up at a hospital,” Matthew McKnight, the general manager of biosecurity at Ginkgo Bioworks, told CNN.

Nasal swab? Remember folks,

[Ginko] seeds decompose and give off a smell that’s been likened to such things as dog poop and rancid butter.

“It really does smell like vomit,” said Mary Maloney, director of Ohio State University’s Chadwick Arboretum, adding that the seed’s covering contains the same butyric acid found in the human intestine.

What's that stink? It's just ginkgo

(Tis the season)

[moovova]

“Anonymous” my big butt.

Sample goes straight to the DNA database (along with your facial profile data).