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Mexico Slow to Implement Strong Measures Against Coronavirus
The Wall Street Journal ^ | March 8, 2020 | By Robbie Whelan and Juan Montes

Posted on 03/19/2020 5:30:31 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

MEXICO CITY - Mexico’s government is resisting implementing strong measures to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, even as President Trump said Wednesday that he would block the entry of asylum seekers and ban nonessential travel across the U.S.-Mexico border.

On Wednesday morning, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he wouldn’t close airports, shut down businesses or take other steps that might damage the economy.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: border; china; coronavirus; mexico; virus; wuhanp4
Mexico could become the next Italy/Iran. Are we prepared for border chaos?
1 posted on 03/19/2020 5:30:31 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

thats exactly what is going to happen. We will get control of it here... then it will pop up in Mexico and spread like the plauge, at which point they will try to flee HERE ! we will have to have the military at the border with guns to keep them out, the democrats will be hysterical that we let them in.


2 posted on 03/19/2020 5:33:06 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: TexasFreeper2009

If it really plays out like you think, I believe the left will abandon Mexican immigrants. When it comes to their own safety and prolonged inconvenience they might have second thoughts.


3 posted on 03/19/2020 5:40:11 AM PDT by conejo99
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Or, the Mex. economy will not be trashed as our now is, and the death rate will be no worse than the “Regular” flu.
In that case perhaps a lot of illegals will suddenly “Self Deport”.
There HAS to be at least some upside to this insanity.


4 posted on 03/19/2020 5:40:11 AM PDT by Ex gun maker. (Unconstitutional "Law" is void from inception.....)
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To: conejo99

They might. Self preservation kicks in during a zombie apocolypse

Congress feeling the heat now that it has entered their domain


5 posted on 03/19/2020 5:48:19 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

they’ll just send them up here.


6 posted on 03/19/2020 5:50:34 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Shut down the border, guard it with lethal force.


7 posted on 03/19/2020 5:50:49 AM PDT by chris37 (Despite my growing "Coronaphobia", I still feel at least mostly sane half of the time.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"We don't need no stinkin' strong measures against coronavirus."


8 posted on 03/19/2020 5:52:27 AM PDT by moovova ("Socially responsible yet socially distance.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What a surprise! Dysfunctional country exhibits more dysfunction!


9 posted on 03/19/2020 6:00:31 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (Guide me, O thou great redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What a surprise! Dysfunctional country exhibits more dysfunction!


10 posted on 03/19/2020 6:01:46 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (Guide me, O thou great redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land.)
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To: TexasFreeper2009
the democrats will be hysterical that we let them in.

...and they will be hysterical that we tried to keep them out; so, for the 'rats, win/win.

11 posted on 03/19/2020 6:07:27 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (With every passing day, I am a little bit gladder that Romney lost in 2012.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

I live in Mexico, post in Mexico, there are measures being taken. Churches ask a 2 ft space between chairs, no touching, sanitizing things in the back of churches, schools and in stores. No running on the stores to buy up toilet paper or food. People help each other. Probably their is more civility and not so much panic. We’ll do all right. Death is part of the life cycle, and every cycle there seems to come a virus that hastens the departure of the weak. It does seem that the excessive procedures will only make the virus take longer to play out. Better get every ones immune eystem to be exposed to the virus, get the HERD of HUMANITY innoculated, so that in our blood streams, there is a memory chip in our immune system that on it’s own knocks out the corona virus. We will do just fine in Mexico and expect it all to blow over in 2 weeks.


12 posted on 03/19/2020 6:09:01 AM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Heck, I’m just as worried about actual decent people in places like SF, LA and SD who are going to get caught in the apocalypse when disease breaks about amongst the “Elite Homeless”.


13 posted on 03/19/2020 6:10:41 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: rovenstinez

I hope that will be the case.
The pursuit of herd immunity was abandoned in the UK as the case numbers rise.


14 posted on 03/19/2020 6:40:23 AM PDT by JayGalt (You can't teach a donkey how to tap dance. Nemo me impune lacessit!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Mexico is always slow at taking care of their own. They usually send them over here..


15 posted on 03/19/2020 6:55:08 AM PDT by vigilante2 (Make liberals cry again)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Up here, True-dope has closed the borders except for 'essential' travel...

...except he 'conveniently' forgot to close the border crossing for illegals at Roxham Road. (A dead end road in Upper NYS where illegals cross into Canaduh. True-dope has set up illegal immigrant reception facilities.) The RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police Porters) carry the illegals' baggage into Canaduh, many of these illegals coughing, hacking and sneezing. There is NO TESTING SO FAR APPARENTLY, FOR WUHAN CORONAVIRUS among these seekers of Canadian gubmint largesse!

Of course, the MSM says NOTHING! It is only Rebel News that reports this. AFA the MSM, it has disappeared off their radar! Amazing what hundreds of millions of gubmint dollars given to the media can do to silence them!

16 posted on 03/19/2020 7:12:10 AM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (0 once was blind but now I see...)
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To: rovenstinez

Hope you and yours are well now and in the future.


17 posted on 03/19/2020 7:21:44 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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