Posted on 06/28/2020 8:25:58 AM PDT by rintintin
Evidence continues to mount that spikes in Covid cases in U.S. border states are due to successive waves of infected people fleeing Mexico's dysfunctional and overwhelmed hospitals to get American medical care at least as much, if not more than, to the re-opening of those states' economies. This matters because officials in border states are beginning to base policy decisions for partial lock-downs on grounds that lifting them is what caused the spikes.
Although the states and hospitals do not release nationality or immigration status information, several Border Patrol agents told the Center for Immigration Studies that, per policy, they have been transporting to U.S. care facilities increasing numbers of illegal Central American border-crossers they apprehend who report Covid-like symptoms, as well as Cubans, Venezuelans, Ecuadorans, and other nationalities.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection's media relations office was not able confirm the extent to which that was happening, but did release the following statement regarding Border Patrol hospital runs such as those the agents described.
“CBP has longstanding procedures in place to ensure that the individuals we encounter are able to receive treatment from local health authorities or other medical professionals. All persons in CBP custody who meet the Center for Disease Control's Covid-19 travel history and enhanced screening guidelines are being referred to the CDC or local health officials for additional screening. CBP takes all necessary precautions to ensure that no communicable diseases are spread across populations in custody.”
Earlier, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal all reported a crush of infected people from Mexico coming over the Arizona and California borders, although the publications say all appear to be American expatriates, dual citizenship holders, and Mexican legal permanent residents.
States appear to be transporting many to interior facilities ...
(Excerpt) Read more at cis.org ...
I went to a one room school & I figured this out days ago.
Illegals may be a small part but the very large part is due to flubros not taking precautions. Too many parties. Too fast a reopening. Too many taking vacations. Too many shopping. Too many, too many, too many.
Someone always has to be blamed... so now let’s just blame Mexicans.
Gosh, I wonder if they are following 14 day self quarantine mandates? Or are they just treating them like every other thing - optional?
This flu is going to spread. There is no stopping it. Cowering in place is neither sustainable nor effective.
I thought the same thing but New Mexico doesn’t comport with the idea.
Refugees or migrant ag labor...?
“Cowering in place is neither sustainable nor effective.”
It’s worked for us so far and we’ll keep it up. And we aren’t cowering, just having fun actually. Doing what we usually do with a couple of exceptions.
Not just border states...Sanctuary States, ie Oregon
Illegals may be a small part but the very large part is due to flubros not taking precautions /
Listen $#@#,
My mom got infected in a Riverside county nursing home that was locked down
NO visitors
Zero to do with masks
Everything to do with murderous Dems and demoncrat politicians like Gavin, and Dem defenders .
Yup, a glance at a map does it too.
We had a total of 30 cases in our county. then it jumped overnight to over 100.
Why, you ask.
Migrant workers in watermelon fields.
You forgot too many protest marches, riots, and fights.
Doesn’t explain Florida.
Doesn’t explain Florida.”
Are Florida’s hospitals filling up? I hadn’t heard that. Do you have a link?
It's called "Getting on with your life." It's not the Black Death fer Chrissakes. It's an infection that has to make the rounds and die out. "Preventing its spread" is like shoveling against the tide.
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