From: januarybaybee@gmail.com   
      
       
   Only 66 miles of it so far.  Seems the Mexicans are now wishing it was much,   
   much longer -- to keep the Americans covid spreaders out.   
      
   A Trump administration.  Other country leaders got Trump's number long time   
   ago.  Now it's ALL Americans who are going to be getting the un-welcome sign   
   in those countries.   
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   The US has the highest number of infections and deaths of any country with   
   close to 2.5 million cases with almost 125,000 deaths as of June 26.   
      
   First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon used the US surging cases as a way   
   to remind residents for the need to practice social distancing.   
      
   The European Union is set to bar Americans from traveling to its member states   
   due to its failed containment efforts on Friday, The New York Times reported.   
      
   Several foreign lawmakers have taken jabs at the United States' failed   
   coronavirus containment efforts.   
      
   In Canada, Ontario Premier Doug Ford called the US response as "reckless."   
      
   In Canada, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is wary of reopening the US-Canada border   
   on July 21 due to the rising cases in multiple US states.   
      
   "I know it's inevitable, we've got to do it, I just don't think we're ready   
   right now," Ford told local outlet CP24.   
      
   "You see what's happening down in the states, you look at Florida, you look at   
   Texas, Arizona, California — I don't want to be those states," he said.   
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   The US had two straight days of record-breaking daily coronavirus cases. On   
   Thursday, the US announced more than 39,000 new coronavirus cases, breaking   
   the single-day record of 36,000 cases it set the day before, according to data   
   from The Washington    
   Post.   
      
   By contrast, for 10 out of the past 12 days, Ontario recorded fewer than 200   
   new daily cases.   
      
   "This isn't over. I can't stress it enough.  We're doing great because   
   everyone listened," Ford said according to CP24.   
      
   "But man, this thing comes back, that's what concerns me," he continued. "So   
   we have to stay focused and we can't let our guard down for a heartbeat. We   
   let our guard down and look what happened to Florida, look at what happened to   
   California and Arizona    
   and Texas. That's what happens when you're reckless, you're careless and you   
   let your guard down."   
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   First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon used the US as a warning note to   
   citizens when advocating for the need to take necessary measures to limit the   
   spread of the virus. Sturgeon posted a chart highlighting the rapidly   
   increasing cases in the US and    
   wrote: "Here's what's happening in USA just now. If we don't take great care,   
   it could happen here too."   
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   The US has the highest number of infections and deaths of any country with   
   close to 2.5 million cases with almost 125,000 deaths as of June 26.   
      
   The growing number of cases in the US has prompted the European Union to say   
   it'll likely bar Americans from traveling to its member states, The New York   
   Times reported on Friday.   
      
   Americans are among those from a list of countries deemed too risky due to   
   their poor containment of the coronavirus to allow travel from when borders   
   reopen on July 1, according to The Times.   
      
   Visitors from more than a dozen countries including China would be allowed   
   entry. Chinese visitors would only be allowed if China allows European Union   
   visitors.   
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   The bar on American residents is a major blow to America's image on the global   
   stage, Business Insider previously reported.   
      
   While President Donald Trump's administration barred European visitors in   
   March due to the growing rates of infection in European countries like Italy.   
   The outbreak has been largely contained in EU countries, but the ban still   
   remains in place.   
      
   Trump and other members of his administration including Vice President Mike   
   Pence have maintained that the outbreak is under control in the US and   
   advocated for the continued reopening of the economy, even as cases surge.   
      
   Pence falsely claimed that the US had "flattened the curve," during Friday's   
   White House coronavirus task force — the first press conference in two   
   months. He claimed that the surge in cases is due to increased testing.   
      
   "We want the American people to understand that it's almost inarguable that   
   more testing is generating more cases," Pence said.   
      
   However, public health experts, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, the leading US   
   infectious disease expert, have warned that the outbreaks are not "embers," as   
   Trump has previously suggested, and could lead to "full-blown outbreaks" if   
   new restrictive    
   measures are not put in place and social distancing isn't taken more seriously.   
      
   He warned that the US healthcare system would be quickly overburdened by the   
   cases. Hospitals in several states including Arizona, which has become a new   
   epicenter, are already close to capacity.   
      
   Based on the latest trends, the main model used to estimate the impact of the   
   coronavirus outbreak in the US now predicts close to 180,000 deaths by October   
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