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EU experts: closing borders 'ineffective' for coronavirus
EU Observer ^ | 28. Feb 2020, 07:06 | Elena Sánchez Nicolás

Posted on 03/03/2020 12:40:17 PM PST by Olog-hai

EU experts said on Thursday (27 February) that refusing entry to an EU country of people with coronavirus symptoms would be counterproductive and “ineffective” to prevent the spread of the virus.

“Refusal of entry is not considered an appropriate preventive measure as the virus would spread further” since those potential patients would keep moving in the region without being treated, EU sources said.

Instead, the experts advised having “systematic” checks for all those arriving, ensuring a coordinated approach between border guards and national authorities, as well as a real-time exchange of information.

The principle of free movement of people in the EU was already in danger in 2015 when some member states introduced border check due to the migration crisis. […]

Additionally, the commission is working on a joint procurement to ensure there is enough protective and medical equipment for health care workers — and other authorities like the army — over fears that the outbreak of the coronavirus could lead to a supply shortage in some member states. …

(Excerpt) Read more at euobserver.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: borderinsecurity; coronavirus; covid19; eussr; openborders
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1 posted on 03/03/2020 12:40:17 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

What are they experts on? Idiocy?


2 posted on 03/03/2020 12:42:26 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: Olog-hai

then how did singapore shut it down


3 posted on 03/03/2020 12:44:28 PM PST by Mount Athos
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To: Olog-hai

This would be the same EU that passed a bill stating that drinking water did not cure dehydration.


4 posted on 03/03/2020 12:45:48 PM PST by BubbaBasher ("Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals" - Sam Adams)
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To: Olog-hai

“Refusal of entry is not considered an appropriate preventive measure as the virus would spread further”

Tell that to the Venetians of Middle Ages...


5 posted on 03/03/2020 12:46:03 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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To: Olog-hai

EU bureaucrats choosing political correctness over...oh, I dunno…..the GERM THEORY of DISEASE?

No wonder the Brits wanted out.


6 posted on 03/03/2020 12:47:49 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Olog-hai

Yet Trump did that and the US has far fewer cases then the EU. Why is that?


7 posted on 03/03/2020 12:48:17 PM PST by MNJohnnie (They would have abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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To: MNJohnnie

We also had tests that did not work.


8 posted on 03/03/2020 12:49:04 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Olog-hai
EU experts have lost their minds.

Any clues on their location is appreciated.

9 posted on 03/03/2020 12:49:51 PM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Olog-hai
Folks who still compare CV to the flu don't understand the difference between linear and exponential growth.

They confuse a daily 3' rise and fall in the tide with a tsunami that is coming, but has not hit them yet, and they cannot see.

But they will


10 posted on 03/03/2020 12:50:51 PM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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What is really important is the genetic susceptibility of a population group to a given specific pathogen. Its not politically correct but to understand the real impact and spread of the COVID-19 corona virus, it is critically important to define the race of the victims. The CDC and the MSM have been studiously avoiding releasing such data to the American public. What are they hiding?


11 posted on 03/03/2020 12:53:27 PM PST by allendale (.)
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To: Olog-hai
Major BS ALERT!!
12 posted on 03/03/2020 12:53:51 PM PST by Dick Bachert (THE DEEP STATE HATES YOU!)
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To: Travis McGee

Folks who still compare CV to the flu don’t understand the difference between linear and exponential growth.


Well said. (Not that you need an attaboy, but I stuck with what I decided to say even after I saw who the poster was). That is worth saying again.


13 posted on 03/03/2020 12:54:43 PM PST by Hieronymus ("I shall drink--to the Pope, if you please,-still, t Conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.")
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To: Olog-hai

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14 posted on 03/03/2020 12:55:13 PM PST by sauropod (David Horowitz: “Inside every progressive is a totalitarian screaming to get out.”)
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To: philman_36

“EU experts have lost their minds.
Any clues on their location is appreciated.”

Brussels


15 posted on 03/03/2020 12:56:58 PM PST by romanesq (8Chan & its child porn are kaput & all the crap with it. Trump-Pence 2020! Magacoalition.com)
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To: Mount Athos
"then how did singapore shut it down"

Singapore doesn’t have EU's politically correct “experts.”

16 posted on 03/03/2020 12:57:51 PM PST by Amendment10
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To: Hieronymus
Thanks. It's an uphill slog getting this message out against the normalcy bias.


17 posted on 03/03/2020 12:58:00 PM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Olog-hai
Major BS ALERT!!
18 posted on 03/03/2020 12:59:00 PM PST by Dick Bachert (THE DEEP STATE HATES YOU!)
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To: Olog-hai

They’re criminally insane.


19 posted on 03/03/2020 1:01:33 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: PghBaldy

Misleading bordering on our right lie

The CDC initially developed and mailed testing kits with three components, or reagents, to detect the COVID-19 virus. Some states had trouble validating one of three components in the kits. Friday, a CDC official said the agency reviewed the glitch and determined using two components accurately will detect coronavirus


20 posted on 03/03/2020 1:03:30 PM PST by MNJohnnie (They would have abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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