Posted on 03/12/2020 10:00:06 AM PDT by RummyChick
President Trump raised fresh questions surrounding his response to the coronavirus on Thursday by saying that Americans in Europe will be tested for coronavirus before they are allowed to board flights and that they will not be allowed to come home if they test positive.
The shocking announcement came after his decision to halt all travel from Europe to the US for 30 days starting from Friday at midnight.
During a press conference with the Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in the Oval Office, Trump said: 'We are not putting them on planes if they test positive. It is going to be a pretty strong enforcement of quarantine,' he said, without explaining which tests would be used or where the diagnosed cases would then be treated overseas.
It was a direct contradiction to what Pence said on Thursday morning - that 'everyone' can 'come home regardless of their symptoms or what their condition is' and that they would be asked to go under 'voluntary' quarantine after landing back in the US at one of 13 airports designed to handle the outbreak.
Foreign nationals or visa holders without permanent residency will not be allowed back in the US from Friday at midnight, aside from people in the UK and Ireland which have been exempt from the ban.
Trump has not yet explained why they are exempt.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Ahh, people are starting to catch on to you RummyChick. Quick, call SpaceBar an idiot and go off on another COVID-19 tangent.
So are you going to sit out the election, or vote for Biden?
Well then how about you reconcile it for me because I can’t
Yes, I cant reconcile the two comments
Please answer:
“All US citizens CAN come home.”
HOW?
I just tested positive in France, I am a US citizen. How do I come home??
‘We are not putting them on planes if they test positive”
on to me how??????
Because I post DM articles.. I have always done that.
No. They should not be allowed on any plane going anywhere.
I’ve already seen lefties saying that on Reddit a couple days ago.
Btw, I am a fan of stopping all tested positive people from getting a flight from ANYWHERE TO ANYWHERE unless special flight.
BUt then again, I am not part of the It’s Just the Flu crowd
What if someone tests negative and after a 14 hr flight from Tokyo tests positive here? My wife is in that situation. How does she get home?
I don’t want to argue.
I was pointing out what seems to be a misleading headline.
Also, what if President Trump said that we’ll fly infected people back to the U.S.?
Seems like that could cause a panic about flying in general.
I’m so sick of the media.
Last night Trump said infected Americans would be allowed in but quarantined for 14 days.
Everyone has an agenda. Anyone who says they don’t is a liar.
You just stay put till you test negative. Are you really that stupid that you can’t figure that out?
Go away. Troll.
Praying for your wife.
That is a good example.
These are all things that have to be addressed.
Perhaps tested positive people need to be quaratined but who pays for it?
Say I am negative in Australia, go to France for a few days , get sick and now I am positive.
Am I stuck in France...or do I cheat and go to the UK and hop on a flight infecting everyone..
Most people flying home from Europe own cars.
Have a relative park the car in an airport lot and stock up the house with two weeks food.
Returning flyers from Europe could walk to their car, drive home, and self-quarantine for two weeks.
This probably has more to do with the EU trying to throw Iran a sanctions-busting lifeline than about the EU being extra-contagious- listen to them squealing :
Trump banning travel to Europe will do nothing to halt coronavirus. Lifting sanctions on Iran will
The coronavirus outbreak in Iran has turned into a national crisis. Officials have confirmed 9,000 cases of infection and 354 ...
The Independent on MSN.com2h
“Daily Mail ‘nuff said.”
Not in this case.
In Europe? Makes sense to me, IF we have the facilities' space / housing.
Approx. how many US citizens in EU @ present?
Tom Hanks can charter a private jet if he doesn’t already own one. If he shows up in the US, he will be quarantined. Get a life.
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