From: gregcarrsober@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 6:39:14 PM UTC-7, Phantom_View wrote:   
   > On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 17:56:11 -0500, "Byker"  wrote:    
   >    
   > >wrote in message    
   > >news:ec60b45e-165b-4530...@googlegroups.com...    
   > >>    
   > >> OTTAWA -- As Canada and the U.S. move to extend the border closure by    
   > >> another month, more than 12,000 Americans have been turned away at our    
   > >> shared border — and almost half of them were coming to Canada to   
   sightsee,    
   > >> shop or have some fun, despite the ongoing pandemic.    
   > >    
   > >No biggie. We're better off anyway spending our    
   > >hard-earned dollars on our side of the border ..   
   > Agreed.    
   >    
   > I see Trump is offering tax incentives for American    
   > businesses to move from China - especially the    
   > pharmas. It has become crystal clear that we just    
   > CANNOT be dependent on foreign states - especially    
   > hostile ones - for certain classes of necessities. We    
   > cannot even trust Canada with these things.    
   >    
   > I do not blame Canada for restricting travel from    
   > the USA though ... our Covid rate may be declining    
   > but it is still high enough to be a legit worry to the    
   > Canadians. I do not know how well the Canuks    
   > follow the masks/distance/sanitizing thing, but I    
   > do know Americans are for CRAP when it comes    
   > to doing them. Better everybody just hang out in    
   > their own countries for awhile more. Canadian    
   > moose will still be there next year.    
   >    
   > Alas now we see France and Spain and likely soon    
   > Germany fully imposing serious lockdowns. Their    
   > good little socialists were no better at preventing a    
   > second wave than anybody else. The Brits are    
   > looking good at this snapshot in time - actually more    
   > deaths from regular flu than from Covid - but as    
   > their tourists flee the EU and 'migrants' continue    
   > to float in this situation may not last very long.    
   >    
   > Maybe Trump will start distributing the vaccines a    
   > week or two before the election ? :-)   
   Around here there is lots of masking and lots of sanitizing. Most ppl are good   
   at social distancing but of course at times it is impossible.  I took a trip   
   from B.C. to Nfld couple of years ago and back. I saw way more moose warning   
   signs than actual    
   moose.   
      
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